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Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas:Is A Carbon Free Wales Possible?
13 February 2012 05:23

As part of the Research Institute for Arts and Humanities Public Lecture Series, Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas – National Assembly for Wales is to give a public lecture at Swansea University on February 23 about the possibility of a carbon free Wales.

Grant to help reduce animal testing in cancer research
8 February 2012 06:06

A team at Swansea University’s Institute of Life Science have received a grant to develop new testing methods based on human cells, which will substantially reduce animal testing for cancer-causing chemicals in coming years.

The College of Arts and Humanities Celebrates Swansea Authors and Inspires Reading in Wales
2 February 2012 09:12

Swansea University has now launched its Celebrating Swansea University Authors project on YouTube.

Reaching 100 !
2 February 2012 08:04

In terms of ancient Egyptian history a 100 years is a short space of time but for the Young Egyptologist workshops reaching the 100 mark is a time for celebration.

Spitting Goddesses and Stony Snakes: The Religious Significance of Flint in Pharaonic Egypt
1 February 2012 09:00

The next in the series of free community lectures organised by the Department of Adult Continuing Education (DACE) at Swansea University takes place later this month.

Geography Seminar Series 2011-12
26 January 2012 02:55

These events are open to everyone and admission is free.

SWANS100 – Be a part of your football club’s history!
17 January 2012 04:44

Swansea University and the Swansea City Supporters Trust have received £47,500 from the Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) to support a unique community heritage project celebrating the Centenary of Swansea City Football Club (the Swans) in 2012. The aim is to create an on-line archive in which the experiences of Swans’ fans will be recorded and preserved for future generations.

University receives Big Lottery Fund for student sex worker project
10 January 2012 18:07

Swansea University has been awarded £489,143 by the Big Lottery Fund Innovation Programme for a three year project to provide advice and support to student sex workers in Wales.

Centre’s review into female asylum seekers’ Country of Origin Information published
21 December 2011 04:59

A review by Swansea University researchers of women/gender issues within Country of Origin Information, produced by the Country of Origin Information Service (COIS) and used in the asylum determination process, has been published.

NERC highlights Swansea's New Green Revolution
19 December 2011 02:59

The Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) has highlighted research by Professor Tariq Butt from Swansea University’s College of Science.

Research into the visual communication of dragonflies published
8 December 2011 06:15

Biologists from Swansea University’s Conservation and Ecology Research Team Swansea (CERTS), working in collaboration with experts based in Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, have investigated the visual communication of dragonflies – or Odonata.

Pontifical Academy symposium invitation for Physics Professor
7 December 2011 04:26

Professor Graham Shore of Swansea University’s Physics Department has recently returned from the Vatican in Rome, where he was an invited participant in the “International Symposium of Sub-Nuclear Physics: Past, Present and Future”.

Impact of injuries more than two and a half times higher than estimated
6 December 2011 15:15

Injuries in the UK are having a much greater impact on peoples’ lives than previously estimated, a study has found.

The Impact of Individual Electoral Registration on British and Welsh Elections
23 November 2011 05:02

The Swansea University Briefing at the Senedd, Cardiff Bay next week will look at the impact of Individual Electoral Registration on British and Welsh elections.

Wales-US research uses dreams in memory study
26 October 2011 16:00

New research which uses evidence from dream reports to investigate how during sleep the brain consolidates memories – or makes them permanent – has been published by leading US science journal PLoS ONE.

Swansea University Ups The Anti With Particle Physics Research Award
18 October 2011 08:17

Congratulations are in order for four members of Swansea University’s Physics Department. Professor Mike Charlton, Dr Niels Madsen, Dr Dirk van der Werf and Dr William Bertsche are winners of the American Physical Society’s 2011 John Dawson Award, which recognises outstanding achievement in plasma physics research.

Swansea academic brings Chester’s medieval past into the present
17 October 2011 05:38

Dr Catherine Clarke from the College of Arts and Humanities at Swansea University has received an Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Knowledge Transfer Fellowship to the value of £172k to develop a Knowledge Transfer project titled 'Discover Medieval Chester.’

Disability and Industrial Society project results in million pound award
10 October 2011 04:41

The Wellcome Trust has granted a Swansea University led research team almost one million pounds for a project which will explore the history of disability and industrialisation.

Groundbreaking SPECIFIC project powers ahead
19 September 2011 06:34

A new ground breaking project which will turn buildings into power stations, bringing significant environmental and economic benefits, showcased at the recent Low Carbon Expo.