Swansea University named ‘Welsh University of the Year 2025’
Swansea University has been named The Times and The Sunday Times’ Welsh University of the Year 2025. Published on Friday 20 September 2024, the guide also ranks Swansea 37th in the UK, up four places from last year. According to the…
New research from Swansea University shines a light on how solar power and farming can coexist
Scientists from Swansea University have developed a new tool to help identify optimal photovoltaic (PV) materials capable of maximising crop growth while generating solar power. In a recent study published in Solar RRL, academics from the University’s Department of Physics…
Swansea University plants over 300 trees for BioSci, Geography and Physics Graduates
Swansea University has taken a new step toward a greener future, planting more than 300 trees, one for each student graduating from its School of Biosciences, Geography and Physics this week. Led by the Swansea University Tree Society, the Graduation…
Welsh Universities ‘battered and bruised’ from every angle, Senedd hears
Wales’ universities are being battered and bruised from every angle, with concerns about a fundamentally broken funding model, a Senedd member warned. Cefin Campbell told the Senedd the greatest burden will fall on students, with a reduction in services, as…
Swansea University students claim honours at unique aerospace challenge
Swansea University students claimed the honours at a unique challenge designed to celebrate the talents of aerospace engineers of the future. This year’s IT FLIES competition was hosted for a fourth year by Swansea University and the two home teams…
Controversial author Helen Joyce to talk at Swansea University about sex, gender and equality
Helen Joyce, controversial best-selling author of Trans: When Ideology meets Reality, will be visiting Swansea University on Monday 1 July to talk about sex, gender and equality. Helen has been accused of hate speech by some Swansea University staff and…
Swansea University hosts Careers Fair aimed to help students break into job market
SWANSEA University recently welcomed 60 top companies and organisations to its annual Careers Fair, helping more than 2,300 students break into the job market and boost their employability. As part of this year’s Fair, the Swansea University Employability Academy (SEA)…
AIMLAC conference putting focus on AI and machine learning
Students and researchers came together to discuss AI and its wide variety of applications at a special event hosted by Swansea University. The annual conference of UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Advanced Computing (AIMLAC) was…
Beach walk to raise money and awareness of suicide in young people returns to Swansea
A BEACH walk to raise money and awareness of suicide in young people returns to Swansea later this month. Swansea University’s Wellbeing Service is hosting HOPEWALK 2022 on Sunday, October 30 in aid of PAPYRUS , the suicide prevention charity which offers confidential support and advice to young people. It will be the fourth time the University has organised the three-mile circular beach walk which will start and finish at The Secret Bar and Kitchen on Oystermouth Road. Anyone who wants to take part should meet there at 10am. Almost 100 people joined the first event back in 2019 and even during Covid socially distanced walkers stepping out at locations of their choice collected nearly £1,000. This year the Wellbeing Service is hoping members of…
Swansea Science Festival to feature week-long programme of events
THIS year’s Swansea Science Festival will feature a week-long programme of in-person events, including a talk from award-winning TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham, when it returns this autumn. The Festival, hosted by Swansea University in partnership with the National Waterfront Museum, runs from 31 October – 6 November with events taking place across Swansea’s LC, Taliesin Arts Centre, Oriel Science and National Waterfront Museum. An early bird discount of 22% is available for bookable events up until midnight on Sunday 9 October. The theme of this year’s Festival is ‘frontiers’ and visitors of all ages will be able to enjoy demonstrations, shows, and workshops based on everyday science through to the latest cutting-edge innovations. The popular Family Weekend, which has attracted nearly 10,000 visitors in previous years, will be held on 5 and 6 November and will feature more than 30 free interactive exhibitions designed to take visitors’ minds on a journey of discovery. On 31 October, wildlife biologist and broadcaster Lizzie Daly will host a Spooktacular Science quiz night for families at the National Waterfront Museum, featuring questions about all things weird and wonderful in natural science. Visitors can learn about athletic performance and test their speed, strength, reaction skills and more in a new Sports Zone at the LC on Saturday 5 November, featuring the Ospreys, Swansea City AFC foundation, Swansea University’s sport science team and many others. Chris Packham will share tales of his travels to the world’s wildlife hotspots and the beauty he sees in unexpected places in his talk Pictures from the Edge of the World on Sunday 6 November….