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Welsh University of the Year 2024, The Times and The Sunday Times Good University Guide.
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Tonight Lee Waters MS delivers the CWPS & WISERD Annual Lecture
“Devolution Generation: The Birth and Bedding in of the Senedd”

📅 27 Nov | 18:00 drinks | 18:30–20:00 lecture
📍 Main Hall, Department of International Politics
🔗 Register: tinyurl.com/54ecttea

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November 27, 2025 at 2:58 PM
🩺 Ioan Mabbutt, 18, from Aberystwyth, has won a scholarship worth £2,500 to study Veterinary Medicine through the medium of Welsh.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/msn2m5nw

@colegcymraeg.bsky.social
November 26, 2025 at 3:17 PM
👩🏻‍⚕️ Health services users are being asked to share their experiences to help shape the future of nursing education in mid Wales.🧑🏾‍⚕️

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November 25, 2025 at 3:09 PM
💉 It’s World Antimicrobial Awareness Week and the team from the Arwain DGC (Responsible Antimicrobial Use) project are at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair 2025 to discuss Antibiotic Stewardship with farmers and vets. Find them on the balcony above the Main Ring.

#AMR #WAAW #Mentera
November 24, 2025 at 1:40 PM
🌿 A new research project will explore how herbal medicine shaped health in Wales before the NHS.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/43zd4kp5

#herbalmedicine #medicine #NHS #wales
November 24, 2025 at 12:03 PM
😊 We were delighted to present a cheque for over £5,000 to HAHAV Ceredigion, the University’s Charity of the Year 2024-25.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/yc23bcfm

#HAHAV
November 20, 2025 at 5:26 PM
🌎 Today we celebrate our amazing international community – students from all over the world who bring their cultures, ideas and passion. Thank you for making Aber such a vibrant, diverse and welcoming place.

#InternationalStudentsDay #Welcome #Diversity
November 17, 2025 at 11:53 AM
A Senedd exhibition about the impact of war and displacement in Wales which commemorates refugees has been opened by Culture Minister Jack Sargeant MS and the Llywydd Elin Jones MS.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/4cdatrzp

@andreahammel.bsky.social
#senedd #wales #refugees #exhibition
November 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
🫧 Particles as different as soap bubbles and ball bearings can be made to arrange themselves in exactly the same way, according to a new study that could unlock the creation of brand new materials — including those with promising biomedical applications.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/vunvj9c2
November 12, 2025 at 3:54 PM
A team of researchers led by the University is conducting new research into the state of rural enterprise in Wales.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/2wu7xc98

@lpipruralwales.bsky.social
November 6, 2025 at 4:35 PM
Russia state media is actively silencing mothers’ opposition to the war in Ukraine, according to a new study by one of our academics.

🖱 tinyurl.com/35fw7p67

#russia #ukraine #media #study
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November 3, 2025 at 4:41 PM
Writing in The Conversation, Professor Stephen Tooth explains how since Dolgarrog, the UK has had an excellent reservoir safety record but disasters do still occur.

🖱 tinyurl.com/45yrfjfk

#resevoirsafety #climatechange #flood
November 3, 2025 at 10:42 AM
We’re delighted that Aberystwyth has been named a UNESCO City of Literature – the first in Wales!

More: tinyl.co/3u04

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October 31, 2025 at 12:59 PM
A new group to promote efforts to prevent the abuse of power across the world has been launched by our academics.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/4v6etn5s
October 31, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Our IBERS researchers have joined forces with other leading plant scientists to catalogue the diversity of oats, helping plant breeders develop healthier, climate-resistant oats.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/42peynra

#PlantScience #Oats #CropResearch

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October 29, 2025 at 4:57 PM
Many congratulations to our Pro-Chancellor, Dame Elan Closs Stephens – the Learned Society of Wales’ new President.

More: tinyl.co/3t2c
October 28, 2025 at 2:54 PM
📖 New collection of short poems by one of our academics offers a fresh take on the work of one of Wales’ highest regarded poets.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/mry9a5yv

#poems #shortpoems #academic #wales
October 24, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Drawn into Landscape – Symposium 🌿

The School of Art invites you to Drawn into Landscape, a symposium in conjunction with Robert Newell’s exhibition Echoes Among the Rocks.

🕑 Wednesday 29 October, 14:00 - 17:00
📍 School of Art, Aberystwyth University, Buarth Mawr

More: tinyurl.com/h5x5tr9y
October 24, 2025 at 10:10 AM
🌎 Congratulations to Professor Stephen Tooth who has received a prestigious international award for his research at a ceremony in the USA.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/nhaxdabv

@geosociety.bsky.social #GSA2025 #desert #drylands #geology #GSAconnects2025 #Connects2025
October 23, 2025 at 10:59 AM
🎓 Today we mark our Founders’ Day— celebrating the visionaries who laid the foundations for our institution on the west coast of Wales that has inspired generations across the globe to change lives for the better.
October 17, 2025 at 12:55 PM
📖 A haunting novel inspired by the largely unknown history of Welsh witchcraft has been published by one of our lecturers.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/3nhm5fyc

@mariellisdunning.bsky.social
#novel #history #wales #witchcraft
October 17, 2025 at 12:33 PM
The new UN body charged with providing evidence to tackle drug-resistant diseases needs to include lower income countries, according to an Aberystwyth academic.

More: shorturl.at/4Qzm2

@interpolaber.bsky.social
#UN #DrugResistant #Disease
October 16, 2025 at 11:30 AM
🚀 The search for life on Mars takes a leap forward today, as a key instrument for a major space mission begins its journey from the University to Italy for testing.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/54ztps3n

#ExoMars #mars #MarsMission
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October 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
💻 The University has officially opened newly refurbished teaching spaces in the Department of Computer Science, marking a significant investment in the future of digital education.

🖱 tinyurl.com/bdcfxb64

@abercompsci.bsky.social
#ComputerScience #DigitalEducation #Teaching #Future
October 10, 2025 at 9:15 AM
🫁 Our scientists are part of a £1.55m project to unravel long-term vaping risks and benefits on lung health for smokers.

🖱️ tinyurl.com/2pzk65kf

@aberdlsagb.bsky.social @ukri.org #vaping #smoking #smokingcessation #lunghealth
October 7, 2025 at 1:19 PM