News Archive

News Archive: September 2012

A Green Economy Has Never Looked So Good

Bangor University’s Green Innovation Network will be supporting local businesses who want to benefit from the burgeoning green economy with their autumn event at The Quay Hotel in Deganwy on Thursday 4 th October. Peter Jones OBE, resource efficiency guru and former director of BIFFA waste services will be revealing more about the opportunities and challenges of green growth.

Publication date: 28 September 2012

Bangor welcomes guest lecturers from the University of Cádiz

Professor del Valle Galvez of the University of Cádiz and his colleague associate, Professor Inmaculada Gonzalez Garcia, recently visited the Law School, and delivered a fascinating series of seminars on the Anglo-Spanish dispute over Gibraltar.

Publication date: 28 September 2012

Bangor lecturer nominated for nationwide ‘Law Teacher of the Year’ award

A senior lecturer at Bangor Law School has been nominated by students for a national award. Mr Aled Griffiths, Deputy Head of the Law School, has been put forward by his students for Oxford University Press’s annual ‘Law Teacher of the Year’ prize.

Publication date: 27 September 2012

North Wales International Poetry Festival Brings international poets to the region Monday 1st - Sunday 7th October 2012

October will see leading international poets venturing to north Wales, bringing a range of languages from Greek to Galician into dialogue with Welsh and English. An unusual programme, organised by Dr Zoe Skoulding of Bangor University in collaboration with Translators’ House Wales, reaches beyond Bangor to encompass Machynlleth, Aberystwyth and Mold. It will take poetry on an exciting journey, with events taking place not only in bookshops, libraries, museums and theatres,but also on Bangor Pier and in high street shops.

Publication date: 27 September 2012

Prestigious European history research grant for Bangor historian

Dr Katharine Olson, lecturer in medieval and early modern history at Bangor, has recently been awarded a prestigious Bernadotte E. Schmitt Grant for Research in European History by the American Historical Association

Publication date: 25 September 2012

Forthcoming events at the Bangor Centre for International Law

The Bangor Centre of International is the Law School’s hub for the research, teaching and dissemination of International Law, with a focus on Rule of Law. Professor Suzannah Linton, the Centre’s director, her Co-Deputy Directors, Mark Hyland and Yvonne McDermott, and the International Law team, are very pleased to welcome new students to Bangor Law School, and to provide advance notice of some of our forthcoming events

Publication date: 25 September 2012

Annual Lecture School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science

Annual Lecture School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science Tuesday 6th November

Publication date: 21 September 2012

Bangor victorious on University Challenge

Bangor University took on and beat Scotland’s oldest University, the University of St Andrews in the traditional arena for university students: University Challenge on BBC 2 Wales at 8.00 pm last night (September 24 th ).

Publication date: 21 September 2012

Appointment of Professor Robert Rogers

The School is delighted to announce the appointment of Professor Robert Rogers from the University of Oxford who will be joining the faculty during 2013.

Publication date: 21 September 2012

Rare Conifer first to seed in Wales

A rare Australian conifer, growing in Treborth Botanic Garden, at Bangor University, has set seed for possibly the first time in Wales and only the second time in the UK. There are only around 100 trees of the Wollemi pine ( Wollemia nobilis ) growing in its native location in a canyon in Australia. The conifer was only identified in 1994.

Publication date: 20 September 2012

Insight into snake venom evolution could aid drug discovery

Natural Environment Research Council press release UK-led scientists have made a discovery about snake venom that could lead to the development of new drugs to treat a range of life-threatening conditions like cancer, diabetes and high blood pressure. Most venom contains a huge variety of lethal molecules called toxins, which have evolved from harmless compounds that used to do different jobs elsewhere in the body. These toxins target normal biological processes in snakes’ prey such as blood clotting or nerve cell signalling, stopping them from working properly.

Publication date: 19 September 2012

Discussing the disappearance of the Arctic Sea ice

As Arctic sea ice reaches its lowest-ever recorded level in over three decades, Bangor University physical oceanographers Dr Tom Rippeth and Ben Lincoln of the School of Ocean Sciences are discussing the implications of this data with Adam Walton on Radio Wales’ Science Café programme on Tuesday 18.9.12 at 7.00 pm.

Publication date: 18 September 2012

All Wales and West Microbiology meeting

Dr Martina Lahmann invited to speak at Swansea University

Publication date: 18 September 2012

BPS Poster Prize for Masters Student

Postgraduate student wins prize for best poster at the BPS Division of Health Psychology annual conference.

Publication date: 17 September 2012

BBC Filming in Psychology Imaging Unit

On Friday 14th September the BBC are filming in Bangor's School of Psychology Imaging Unit with Professor Downing and Dr Mullins.

Publication date: 14 September 2012

National Recognition for NWORTH, The Bangor Clinical Trials Unit

Bangor University has secured national recognition for undertaking clinical trials and studies of the highest quality. The North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health (& Social Care) (NWORTH), the trials unit within the Institute of Medical & Social Care Research (IMSCaR) in the College of Health and Behavioural Sciences (CoHaBS) has been nationally recognised by the UK Clinical Research Collaboration (UKCRC) as a fully registered Clinical Trials Unit (CTU) for research excellence in undertaking multi centre clinical trials and other well designed studies.