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“My placement really helped me develop my analysis skills and build my confidence.”

31 May 2023

Placement student Emelie chatted with us about her work experience at Cardiff University.

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Work with us: We are recruiting a director for our new research centre

19 May 2023

We are looking for a director of our new research centre

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“Listen to us”: young people still too rarely consulted about relationships, sex and sexuality education

4 May 2023

Research found young people have many ideas on what and how they want to learn

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Research into young people’s mental health hopes to stop children ‘falling through the gap’

17 April 2023

Dr Hayley Reed is investigating how adolescent mental health could be better supported in schools

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Nearly a quarter of young people in Wales are reporting very high levels of mental health symptoms following the pandemic

6 April 2023

More than 123,000 learners were asked their views in national health and wellbeing survey

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Slavery and its links to the history of Wales focus of research project and personal journey for academic

15 March 2023

Penrhyn castle and estate in North Wales built its wealth from Jamaican plantations

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3m euro grant for Cardiff University research team and collaborators to develop well-being programme for families in Eastern Europe

23 February 2023

A team of researchers have been granted 3m euros to advance family interventions in low-resource areas in Eastern Europe.

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Two School of Social Sciences academics in world top 100

21 February 2023

Two of our staff are recognised as top 100 contributors to social work academia across the globe.

West ill-prepared to deal with evolving cyber threats, report concludes

8 February 2023

Hacking and disinformation operation has continued to expand its activity, despite separate interventions in several European countries