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2017

Ser Cymru II

Cardiff University welcomes Sêr Cymru II Fellows

2 March 2017

Early-career researchers from across the world have been welcomed to Wales as they embark on the next stage of a £45m Welsh Government-funded programme to increase the economic prosperity by attracting the brightest minds to the country.

Port Talbot steel works

Mapping future emissions in Wales

2 March 2017

Cardiff University academics partner with BRE to forecast Wales’s future carbon emissions

ASSL building (side angle)

National Library of Wales @Cardiff

2 March 2017

Collaboration agreement between Cardiff University and NLW

Forlorn girl sat on steps

Substance misuse and binge drinking higher in young people in foster care

2 March 2017

Adverse outcomes partly explained by poorer quality social relationships with peers and school staff

Dr Dawn Knight

National Corpus of Contemporary Welsh

1 March 2017

Official launch for the largest representative collection of Welsh language

Two young children overlooking community from hillside

UK-wide study shows huge postcode disparity in proportion of children in care

28 February 2017

Children in poorest areas in Wales 16 times more likely to be looked after

Grange Pavilion

Pavilion project’s Lottery boost

28 February 2017

Flagship engagement project Community Gateway secures Big Lottery development funding for Grange Pavilion

Newly discovered exposure multiple prints

Rare prehistoric footprints redefined as 7,000 years old

28 February 2017

Ancient footprints paint a picture of early inhabitants on the Gower Peninsula and hint at climate change millennia ago

Microscopic gene

Genes and inflammation

27 February 2017

Genetic variant linked to overactive inflammatory response

CU graduate Joanna Natasegara and Orlando von Einsiedel at the 74th Annual Peabody Awards

Oscar for Cardiff graduate

27 February 2017

Joanna Natasegara wins Academy Award for Syrian documentary