July 2009 News Archive
Education is Key to Disaster Preparedness
July 1, 2009
Educating local communities and empowering them to communicate their concerns is essential if we are to improve disaster preparedness, a conference heard yesterday.
Tagged: research
Research shows ‘co-operative awareness’ remains strong in Wales
July 1, 2009
Public awareness and conscious use of co-operatives is high among people in Wales, according to new research from the University of Glamorgan.
Cardiff/Glamorgan wins MCC Cricket Challenge Cup at Lords.
July 2, 2009
The Cardiff/Glamorgan University MCC Centre of Excellence cricket team won the MCC Challenge Cup final at Lords on 29th June.
Tagged: sport
Glamorgan Raps at the Royal Institution
July 3, 2009
University of Glamorgan science communication experts, Jon Chase and Professor Mark Brake, are to star at the Royal Institution this Saturday, 4 July, using science and hip hop music to creatively explore ways in which film and fiction has helped us imagine the future.
Tagged: hesas
Business Success for Glamorgan Student
July 6, 2009
A University of Glamorgan business student is selling products across the globe and attributes her success to the skills she is learning as part of her course.
Tagged: business
Glamorgan Vice-Chancellor to Retire
July 7, 2009
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Glamorgan, Professor David Halton , who was sixty earlier this year, has today announced his intention to retire at the end of the next academic year (summer 2010).
Tagged: corporate
Honorary Awards 2009
July 7, 2009
Paralympic gold medal swimmer David Roberts, rugby legend Scott Quinell and Welsh personality Roy Noble are among those receiving honorary awards at this year’s graduation ceremonies at the University of Glamorgan next week, 13th – 17th July.
Tagged: corporate
Honorary Doctorate for Welsh Physicist
July 14, 2009
Dr Lyndon Rhys Evans, high-profile leader of the Large Hadron Collider Project has today, 14th July, received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glamorgan.
Tagged: corporate
Retail Chief Gets Honorary Award
July 15, 2009
Richard Kirk, Chief Executive of Wales-based clothing retailer Peacocks, received an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Glamorgan today, 15th July.
Tagged: corporate
Rugby Legends Honoured
July 15, 2009
Two of the most prominent figure heads in Welsh rugby were honoured at the University of Glamorgan’s graduation ceremonies today, 15th July.
Tagged: corporate
Law graduate flying high
July 16, 2009
Most graduates would welcome the chance to study at either of the UK’s top two universities, Oxford and Cambridge.
Tagged: law
Glamorgan PhD research forecasts changes in housing market
July 16, 2009
Dr Stuart Paris, who received his PhD in a ceremony at the University of Glamorgan this week, has developed models that can predict changes in the housing market.
Glamorgan Graduates Most in Demand
July 16, 2009
More University of Glamorgan graduates are successful at finding employment than graduates of any other Welsh university, according to figures released today, 16th July.
Tagged: corporate
Purchase Prize Winner Announced
July 17, 2009
This year’s University of Glamorgan Purchase Prize has been awarded to Swansea-based artist Richard Monahan.
Tagged: cci
NASA Invitation for Science Communicator
July 17, 2009
University of Glamorgan science communication rapper, Jon Chase has been invited by NASA to guest star at a conference at the University of Washington, in Seattle.
Tagged: hesas
Putting children first
July 17, 2009
Research conducted by a Glamorgan PhD student has helped to ensure that the needs, rights and wellbeing of asylum seeking children are at the heart of policy and service provision in Wales.
Welsh Personalities Collect Honorary Awards
July 17, 2009
Well-known Welsh radio and TV personality Roy Noble was awarded the Chancellor’s Medal at today’s (July 17th) University of Glamorgan graduation ceremony.
Tagged: corporate
University leads foundation degrees project
July 20, 2009
A £16.5m project to help more than 1,300 people raise their skill levels for work, which has been announced by Education Minister Jane Hutt, will be led by the University of Glamorgan.
Tagged: corporate
Merthyr Learning Quarter
July 20, 2009
A proposal for a new, state of the art, tertiary based centre was approved by Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council on Monday 27th June 2009.
Tagged: corporate
Working Lives
July 21, 2009
Funded by the Welsh Education Research Network (WERN) and the Economic & Social Research Council (ESRC), the ‘Working Lives’ research team is led by Dr Lynne Gornall, Centre for Enterprise, University of Glamorgan and brings together members from multiple academic disciplines across three Higher Education Instiutions in South Wales
Tagged: research
PHS Marketing Student of the Year Awards
July 23, 2009
Jutta Geisinger, 23, from Munich has scooped the PHS Marketing Student of the Year Award at this year’s Glamorgan Business School award ceremonies.
Tagged: bus
New Bullying at Work Study
July 23, 2009
The UK’s only centre for research into workplace behaviours is looking for people who have been bullied in the workplace to take part in its important research.
Website Launches Into Space
July 23, 2009
During a week in which all things space are hitting the headlines, the University of Glamorgan is launching a website for anyone interested in the solar system.
Tagged: hesas
Successful business start for Glamorgan Graduate
July 24, 2009
University of Glamorgan graduate Andrew Watts, 25, from Caerphilly has set up successful furniture retail company No.81 Interiors in Cowbridge.
Tagged: business
Business School awards Commonwealth Scholarships
July 27, 2009
The University of Glamorgan Business School has recently awarded two scholarships under for the Department for International Development (DFID)’s Commonwealth Shared Scholarship Scheme.
Tagged: business
The Planets
July 30, 2009
Forty years after man first landed on the Moon, Hands On Science, in association with Professor Mark Brake and the Burry Port Band, marked the milestone with ‘The Planets’, a fascinating visually-enhanced performance of music inspired by science, science fiction and the stars.
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