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News Archive: October 2011
Research team seek views of young people with diabetes
A research team based at Bangor and Cardiff universities want to find out what is the best way of presenting diabetes information to young people with type 1 diabetes, and are looking for young people to help them.
Publication date: 31 October 2011
Rob's record run
Former Bangor University postgraduate student Rob Samuel has won this year’s Snowdonia Marathon in a record field of about 2,000 entries. Rob, who runs with the Eryri Harriers, came home in two hours 36 minutes 45 seconds, despite atrocious weather conditions.
Publication date: 31 October 2011
BTO Cymru nests at new University office
Prof John Hughes, Bangor University's Vice-Chancellor cut a celebratory cake at The British Trust for Ornithology Cymru’s (BTO) opening reception recently. The BTO have newly settled into offices at the Thoday building alongside the School of the Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENERGy), The Head of SENRGy Dr. Christine Cahalan gave a brief speech welcoming the BTO to the University, seconded by the Vice Chancellor.
Publication date: 31 October 2011
The remarkable story of a Bangor University’s contribution to the development of aircraft flight
A public lecture at Bangor University today (Wednesday 2 November) at 6.30 in the Main Arts Lecture Theatre reveals the remarkable story of Bangor University’s contribution to the development of aircraft flight.
Publication date: 28 October 2011
Bangor University on your mobile...
Bangor University is one of the first universities in the UK to launch a ‘mobile web’ site aimed at attracting new students and providing the basis for a range of exciting new mobile web-based services for current staff and students.
Publication date: 27 October 2011
Drama radio premiere for Bangor students
Sunday 30 th October will see Bangor’s Student Radio Station, Storm FM, air the premiere of the radio drama Pontypool. The drama was adapted by members of the Bangor English Dramatic Society (BEDS) from the novel Pontypool Changes Everything by Tony Burgess, a horror novel set in Ontario, Canada and recently turned into a feature film.
Publication date: 27 October 2011
Bangor university students get their acts together for Conwy Festival
Bangor University Students’ Union’s societies turned out in force to take part and strut their stuff in the extremely popular Conwy Feast Festival. Bangor University Medieval Re-enactment Society, Bangor English Dramatic Society (BEDS) and Cadi Ha Morris Dancing Troupe were all invited to the festival after the highly successful Medieval Day Out in Beaumaris at the end of the last academic year.
Publication date: 26 October 2011
Free lunch-time concerts
Bangor University has opened its doors to a range of concerts for nearly a hundred years. The Music at Bangor Concert Series brings around thirty concerts to Bangor during the academic year: a diverse mix ranging from concerts for chamber ensembles to the BBC National Orchestra of Wales.
Publication date: 26 October 2011
Bangor Business School enters new partnership with Guru Nanak
Bangor University has signed an articulation agreement with Guru Nanak Institute of Management and Information Technology in India which will see Guru Nanak students being able to transfer their studies to Bangor Business School, one of the top Business Schools in Europe.
Publication date: 26 October 2011
Top Marks for SHES in the National Student Survey
SHES maintained its record for high levels of student satisfaction this year with the publication of the National Student Survey results putting us in the top ten Sport Science Schools.
Publication date: 20 October 2011
Bangor University a world-ranked University
Bangor University has risen substantially in Times Higher Education World University rankings 2011-12, and is now placed among the world’s top 275 universities, alongside universities such as Bath and Queen’s.
Publication date: 19 October 2011
Olympic Flame Blazes a Trail To Bangor University
Local people will have the opportunity to be photographed with the Olympic Torch as part of Bangor’s preparations to welcome the Olympic Flame next spring.
Publication date: 19 October 2011
Sir Roger Casement-The Last Hero
On Good Friday 1916 Roger Casement landed in Ireland from a German submarine and was immediately arrested. He was charged with treason and was hanged in August 1916.
Publication date: 17 October 2011
Vice-Chancellor to host launch of Bangor Business School ‘Green Economy’ project
Monday, 17th October 2011 sees the launch of Bangor Business School’s GIFT (Green Innovation Future Technologies) project, an instrument to establish a cross border forum to help grow a sustainable “green economy” in the INTERREG regions of Wales and Ireland. GIFT is a partnership between Bangor University, the Waterford Institute of Technology and University College Dublin. The project was established in response to the Operational Programme call for “more and better jobs”…”through greater linkages between the region’s higher education institutions and industry”. It aims to bring together and up skill Welsh and Irish businesses / social enterprises and the public sector. The project is funded by the Economic Regional Development Fund (ERDF) through the INTERREG IVA programme.
Publication date: 13 October 2011
Alcohol industry ‘responsible drinking’ messages failing to address the real issues
Alcohol industry campaigns to promote ‘responsible drinking’ have little effect, and may even be counterproductive. That’s one of the key findings of a new Alcohol Concern Cymru report to be launched on Wednesday 12 October, which has been written by researchers from Glyndŵr and Bangor Universities.
Publication date: 12 October 2011
US Award for Expert in Ageing
An internationally recognised expert on ageing and dementia, Professor Bob Woods of Bangor University, is to be the first international recipient of an American Award on Thursday 13 October 2011.
Publication date: 12 October 2011
Sticky Stuff - Ocean Sciences Research Grant to study ripples on mudflats and beaches
Sand and mud banks form important barriers around our coastline. Researchers at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences are to lead a major research project to assess how these fine materials are moved by water currents around our coastline, and how this movement could change as the result of climate change
Publication date: 11 October 2011
Canolfan Bedwyr Opens its Doors
A number of innovative projects that promote and support the use of the Welsh language will be celebrated today (12 October 2011) as Canolfan Bedwyr, Bangor University’s centre for Welsh language services opens the doors of its new home to the world.
Publication date: 10 October 2011
Prize-winning Quartet returns to Bangor
The all-female Benyounes String Quartet returns to Bangor University for two concerts this week after winning the prestigious Daisy de Saugy Prize for an exceptional chamber music recital last week in Geneva. This will be the quartet’s third visit to Bangor, and follows recent concerts in festivals across Europe which have attracted considerable attention – “catch one of their recitals if you can” wrote a reviewer after a performance in Swansea – as well as a special invited performance for the Prime Minister at No.10 Downing Street in July.
Publication date: 10 October 2011
A First for Gwynedd
The first Age Well Centre in Gwynedd will be officially opened on Wednesday, 12 October, with an Open Day offering special taster sessions and information stalls.
Publication date: 10 October 2011
Public Lecture 07/10/11 - Paul Harris S.C.
Bangor Law School is delighted to announce that on Friday 7 October 2011, from 5.00pm-6.00pm, Mr. Paul Harris S.C. will deliver a lecture about his distinguished career at the Bar, specialising in civil liberties and other Human Rights cases. Mr. Harris is one of the leading silks in Hong Kong, and practises at the Bar in this country from Oxford and his London Chambers at Doughty Street.
Publication date: 7 October 2011
Bangor University a world-ranked University
Bangor University has risen substantially in Times Higher Education World University rankings 2011-12, and is now placed among the world’s top 275 universities, alongside universities such as Bath and Queen’s.
Publication date: 7 October 2011
'The Future of Public Law in England and Wales' - Lecture by Ms. Sarah Nason
Bangor Law School is delighted to announce that Ms. Sarah Nason, a member of the School’s UK Public Law Group, will be giving a talk on her research into Judicial Review in the United Kingdom on Wednesday, 12 October 2011. Ms. Sarah Nason is Lecturer in Law at Bangor University. She graduated from Cambridge University with 1st Class Honours in Law and later began training as a solicitor with the London law firm Slaughter and May. Ms. Nason decided to return to academia to pursue her interest in public law and access to justice issues. Alongside her funded research into the future of judicial review in England and Wales, Ms. Nason is a doctoral candidate of University College London and is currently writing up her Thesis on the philosophy of public law and new approaches to legal rationality. An overview of the theme of the lecture, titled ‘The Future of Public Law in England and Wales’, can be found by clicking the link below. The lecture will take place in room A1.01, Alun Building, at 2.00pm on Wednesday 12 October 2011.
Publication date: 6 October 2011
Olympic Flame Blazes a Trail To Bangor University
Local people will have the opportunity to be photographed with the Olympic Torch as part of Bangor’s preparations to welcome the Olympic Flame next spring.
Publication date: 6 October 2011
Bangor graduate scoops Pride of Britain Award
Congratulations to Bangor University graduate Llew Davies, who has just scooped a Pride if Britain Award.
Publication date: 5 October 2011
Jamie & Louise visit Bangor University
Radio Wales’ popular radio magazine show Jamie & Louise , fronted by journalist–presenters Jamie Owen & Louise Elliott, came live from Bangor University on Friday 7 October. ( Listen again here for next 6 days).
Publication date: 5 October 2011
Bangor University’s Vice Chancellor opens new section of Wales Coast Path
The latest section of the Wales Coast Path was opened by the Vice-Chancellor of Bangor University, Professor John Hughes on Tuesday October 4 th at the University’s Treborth Botanic Garden .
Publication date: 5 October 2011
Bangor graduate wins British Wildlife Photography Award
A former Applied Marine Biology student at Bangor University has won a prestigious wildlife photography award. Shetland based Richard Shucksmith claimed the top prize at the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards for his stunning ethereal photography of a jellyfish.
Publication date: 3 October 2011
US Award for Expert in Ageing
An internationally recognised expert on ageing and dementia, Professor Bob Woods of Bangor University, is to be the first international recipient of an American Award on Thursday 13 October2011.
Publication date: 1 October 2011