Construction is underway on a state-of-the-art research centre at Cardiff University, set to become one of Europe’s top facilities for brain imaging. The new £44M Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre (CUBRIC) will co-locate world-leading expertise in brain mapping with the very latest in brain imaging and brain stimulation. The centre will play a pivotal […]



Converis has been selected as the University’s research information management system.  The selection was approved by the University’s Research Data and Information Management (RDIM) Programme Steering Group in June.  The system will: Provide facilities for researchers to increase the visibility of their research and research data online, gaining a higher profile and greater opportunities for […]


We are pleased to confirm the HR Business Partnering team structure from August 2014. The development of the College structure within the University has prompted a review of where services are best managed and provided.  For HR, this is with a view to ensuring our service to the College of Biomedical and Life Sciences is […]


This September, Wales will host the largest gathering of international leaders ever to take place in Britain as the UK hosts the NATO summit. The University has established a Major Incident Contingency Planning Group and dedicated web pages have been created to present the most up-to-date information leading up to and during the summit (September […]


Each year at  Graduation ceremonies there is an opportunity for the University to honour individuals distinguished in their respective fields by the award of an Honorary Fellowship of Cardiff University. The Fellows Committee would welcome suggestions of distinguished individuals who might be so honoured in 2015.    Cardiff University Honorary Fellowships are usually awarded to individuals […]


New initiative supports synthetic biology research in Cardiff Academics from across Cardiff University get the chance to develop new research focused on synthetic biology as part of a significant financial commitment from Cardiff University. The Cardiff Synthetic Biology Initiative is designed to fund a number of short (approx. 12 month) projects for the purpose of […]