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School astronomers lift off with Glamorgan project
Posted on September 1, 2010
A pioneering astronomy project to train the next generation of space scientists is lifting off as the new term begins in schools across Wales.
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Glamorgan Astronomers share their knowledge with the Next Generation
Posted on August 27, 2010
University of Glamorgan Astronomers Martin Griffiths and Allan Trow are teaching observational astronomy to school-teachers at the Griffon Educational Observatory in Andalucía.
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Successful first year for Bwcabus
Posted on August 26, 2010
An award winning transport project that is revolutionising public transport in West Wales celebrates its first birthday on 24th August.
Glamorgan student’s career moves into the fast lane with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars placement
Posted on August 23, 2010
Glamorgan student Sajid Ali, 21, is increasing his chances of a graduate job by learning about life in industry on a sales placement with Rolls-Royce Motor Cars. Having just completed his second year at Glamorgan Business School, studying for a BA (Hons) degree in Marketing and Business, Sajid says:
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French Muslims – Exploring the Issues
Posted on August 23, 2010
The dilemmas faced by Muslims living in France are examined in a new book out early next month.
Glamorgan and Hollywood work together to revive the radio play
Posted on August 19, 2010
Bulldog Drummond and Jack Frost come up to date in Glamorgan-Hollywood collaboration
Read the Western Mail’s feature article here
Detective plays were the staple of families’ evening listening in the Golden Era of the wireless. Now, they are making a comeback thanks to a collaboration between a Hollywood screenwriter and the University of Glamorgan. The Casebook of Violet Strange: The Inseparables was written by Diane Lake for Glamorgan’s Cardiff School of Creative and Cultural Industries, is now available to the public through iTunes.
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Glamorgan Professor explores Wales's hidden slave past
Posted on August 18, 2010
Writing in the the Western Mail, David Williamson explores Welsh industrialists’ historic links to the slave trade with Glamorgan history professor Chris Evans, and uncovers a dark secret from the past.
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From shop floor to fashion buyer: “I’ve got my dream job and a great future ahead”
Posted on August 16, 2010

Charlotte Cox, 24, from Cardiff loves fashion. After setting out in beauty therapy and fashion retailing, becoming Assistant Manager at Oasis by the time she was twenty, Charlotte realised that she wanted a career as a fashion buyer.
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Student film script attracts Welsh ‘Four Weddings’ actor David Bower
Posted on August 16, 2010
A script written by Screen Academy Wales students tackling the isolation of deafness is to star Welsh-born deaf actor David Bower, best known for his role as David in Four Weddings and a Funeral. The Wrexham-born actor has agreed to play the lead character in a sensitively written student film ‘Little Voices’, the tale of a bereaved and isolated deaf man struggling to cope with losing his partner.
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Harlem's Rugby Renaissance built by Glamorgan students
Posted on August 11, 2010

The New York neighbourhood of Harlem is known for its jazz, the singing of Paul Robeson, radical politics and its world-famous basketball stars. Now a group of students from Wales are building another cultural link with the district.
Professor finds inspiration in Glamorgan students for Ghost Story book
Posted on August 10, 2010
The ghost story has long been a favourite of families and literary experts. Now. a professor publishing a major book on the subject has attributed his inspiration to the students at the University of Glamorgan.
Welsh academic appointed to top table for Small Business work
Posted on August 9, 2010
University of Glamorgan Business School Senior Lecturer, Richard Tunstall has been appointed to the editorial review board for the Journal of Small Business Management. This prestigious appointment was the culmination of a very competitive process with over 140 applicants vying for the position.
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Families and Art Lovers involved with Welsh major art prize
Posted on August 6, 2010
Wales Millennium Centre, until 26 August 2010
Contenders for one of Wales’s most exciting artist prizes are putting their work on show to the public with this year’s University of Glamorgan Art Purchase Prize ‘Female Wales’ exhibition, running at the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay until 26 August.
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Cardiff City stars and Glamorgan Summer Camp children share the media spotlight
Posted on August 5, 2010
Cardiff City stars Danny Drinkwater and David Marshall joined Glamorgan Summer Camp footballers today in a football discussion and penalty-taking training session.
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First Campus celebrates Seven Year anniversary
Posted on August 5, 2010
More than 150 people have packed the Pierhead Building in Cardiff Bay for First Campus’s seventh anniversary celebration event.
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