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March 2016

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2016

Vice-Chancellor’s all-staff email – March 2016

Posted on 31 March 2016 by Colin Riordan

Dear colleague Earlier this month I found myself spending a portion of the morning hurtling round on that fairground attraction that we used to know as the bumper cars, but […]

Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre – a truly remarkable building

Cardiff University Brain Research Imaging Centre – a truly remarkable building

Posted on 31 March 2016 by

Eighteen months since the first spade-in-the-ground and we now have a brain imaging facility unique in Europe. In many ways it is an astonishing achievement that will place Cardiff University—without […]

Science and Innovation Audit Success for GW4

Science and Innovation Audit Success for GW4

Posted on 22 March 2016 by Paul Jewell

There was good news in last week’s budget for the University, when Chancellor George Osbourne announced that a GW4-led consortium of businesses and organisations from across South East Wales and […]

A leading role at Bio Wales

A leading role at Bio Wales

Posted on 16 March 2016 by

Earlier this month I attended Bio Wales 2016 one of the UK’s leading Life Science conferences. Attracting over 600 leading academics and industry experts the event provides a unique opportunity […]

UEB 14 March 2016

UEB 14 March 2016

Posted on 14 March 2016 by Mairwen Harris

It was noted with great sadness, the death of Professor Chris McGuigan and recognition of his huge contributions to the University including his role as Pro Vice-Chancellor for Research and […]

Talented women for a successful Wales

Talented women for a successful Wales

Posted on 14 March 2016 by Helen Murphy

Tuesday 8th March marked International Women’s Day, and also the publication of a Welsh Government report on women in STEM, which was co-authored by myself and Professor Hilary Lappin-Scott of […]

Academia Europaea: the new Knowledge Hub takes shape at Cardiff

Academia Europaea: the new Knowledge Hub takes shape at Cardiff

Posted on 11 March 2016 by Nora de Leeuw

Academia Europaea is an international association of scientists and scholars from all disciplines, who are experts and leaders in their subject areas, as recognised by their peers. With hubs already […]

UEB 7 March 2016

UEB 7 March 2016

Posted on 7 March 2016 by Mairwen Harris

It was noted that that the National Software Academy received the ‘Collaborative Partnership prize’ at the recent ESTnet Awards for its partnership with Alacrity and the Welsh Government. It was […]

Half Marathon excitement

Half Marathon excitement

Posted on 3 March 2016 by Claire Sanders

Registration for mass participants in the IAAF/Cardiff University World Half Marathon has re-opened today by popular demand following the announcement of the Great Britain team for the event. The race, […]

Top awards for international researcher mobility

Top awards for international researcher mobility

Posted on 3 March 2016 by Nora de Leeuw

Looking through the list of awards to Cardiff University from the Horizon 2020 programme, I was delighted to see four new European Fellowships awarded from the 2015 call for Marie […]