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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 […]

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 […]

Seeding discovery at the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute

Seeding discovery at the European Cancer Stem Cell Research Institute

Posted on 19 February 2016 by

Earlier this week I was delighted to be hosting a visit of Ogmore MP, Huw Irranca-Davies, who is also standing in the Assembly elections in May. It was a great […]

A great day for fundamental science

A great day for fundamental science

Posted on 17 February 2016 by Helen Murphy

The excitement last week when one of the biggest breakthroughs in physics for the last 100 years was announced reinforces how great it is to work as a scientist– and […]

21st Century Technologies: a Catapult for Compound Semiconductors

21st Century Technologies: a Catapult for Compound Semiconductors

Posted on 21 January 2016 by Paul Jewell

Despite recent talk of the year’s gloomiest ‘Blue Monday,’ January brought some potentially outstanding news for Cardiff, Wales and the wider UK economy. Following a visit to the University, Chancellor […]

Improving internal communications

Improving internal communications

Posted on 20 January 2016 by Claire Sanders

One of my biggest challenges at a University with over 6,000 staff is internal communications. In the central communications team we produce staff Blas on a weekly basis to keep […]

Selecting Honorary Fellows

Selecting Honorary Fellows

Posted on 6 January 2016 by TJ Rawlinson

Just before the holiday break, I attended my first “Honorary Fellows Committee” as Secretary to the Committee. The Chair of Council, the Vice-Chancellor, the Deputy Vice-Chancellor, the Pro Vice-Chancellor for […]

Transforming Our Communities

Transforming Our Communities

Posted on 8 December 2015 by Paul Jewell

I recently chaired the fourth meeting of the Oversight Board for the University’s Flagship Engagement Projects, also known as the Transforming Communities programme. The Board meets three times a year and […]

Maintaining research excellence

Maintaining research excellence

Posted on 26 November 2015 by Paul Jewell

Earlier this year I was tasked by the Vice-Chancellor to lead Research Forward, a project aimed at increasing research income and volume, building on the excellent REF2014 results, and establishing […]