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News Archive: January 2013
Law School to welcome Martijn Quinn from the European Commission as Visiting Lecture
A visiting lecturer from the European Commission is to teach on the Environmental Law module at Bangor Law School. Mr Martijn Quinn, a member of the Private Office of the European Union Commissioner for Humanitarian Aid and Crisis Response, will deliver seminars on environmental policy in February and March.
Publication date: 31 January 2013
Exciting Programme of Chinese Arts to welcome Chinese New Year
Bangor residents and student can prepare to welcome the Chinese New Year as never before this year, with a packed programme of Chinese Cultural Activities to whet their appetites for all things Chinese, in advance of the Chinese new year celebration period which rund between 10-21 February.
Publication date: 31 January 2013
Growing oil palm for biofuels can’t save our climate
Growing oil palm to make ‘green’ biofuels in the tropics could be accelerating the effects of climate change, say scientists.
Publication date: 31 January 2013
Wales’ greenest University appears in world rankings
Bangor University has been ranked 18 th in the world for its commitment to the ‘green agenda’ according to a global ranking.
Publication date: 30 January 2013
Pwyll ap Siôn premieres new work
The latest composition of Dr Pwyll ap Siôn , senior lecturer in the School of Music, has been premiered by soprano Elin Manahan Thomas and the European Union Chamber Orchestra at the Galeri, Caernarfon on 24 January 2013.
Publication date: 30 January 2013
Bangor students scoop inaugural Nurse of the Year Awards
Two Bangor University students from the School of Healthcare Sciences received awards at the inaugural ceremony of the Royal College of Nursing, Nurse of the Year award in Cardiff recently.
Publication date: 30 January 2013
Sarah takes 10k Title
Bangor University student, Sarah Caskey, 23, was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Twin Piers 10k race at Llandudno recently.
Publication date: 29 January 2013
House hunting was never easier!
For our students, when it comes to time to think about where they want to live next year, the task of finding the ideal student house in Bangor has just become far easier, with a new online tool for finding that ideal home.
Publication date: 28 January 2013
Pontio Project seeks local suppliers and contractors
New opportunities for local contractors, tradesmen and suppliers will be highlighted at an event in Bangor this week (Friday, 1 February).
Publication date: 28 January 2013
A Bangor University student has been nominated for an award at a Welsh Film Festival
The short film Not, directed by John Bryan Evans, a former pupil of Ysgol Friars, has been nominated for Best Fiction and Best Welsh language film at Ffresh, the student moving image festival in Wales. The 12 minute film is about Nia, a young mother in an abusive relationship, whose two young daughters grow up having to watch their mother beaten and bullied. The story is told through the eyes of the children, and has been described as ‘an unflinching look at oppression in the home.’
Publication date: 25 January 2013
Bangor University student to work with world’s number one bestselling writer on next project
Ashwin Sanghi, a Bangor University PhD Creative Writing student - who is already a publishing phenomenon in his own right in his native India, is to co-author a novel with a writer currently described as the world’s most popular crime fiction writer: author James Patterson.
Publication date: 24 January 2013
Holocaust Memorial Day
People in Gwynedd will join with thousands the world over this month to remember the innocent victims of genocides which plague modern history.
Publication date: 23 January 2013
Bangor’s Students square up for further University Challenge round
Bangor University appears in the second round in the 50th anniversary series of TV’s most challenging quiz show; University Challenge on BBC 2 Wales at 8.00 pm on Monday 28 January 2013.
Publication date: 22 January 2013
One-day symposium: ‘BEYOND THE CLASSROOM – the future of Language Planning’ (8th March 2013)
On Friday, 8 th March 2013, the School of Social Sciences, with the support of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, will hold a one-day symposium: BEYOND THE CLASSROOM – the future of Language Planning , for those working in language policy and planning and related fields.
Publication date: 22 January 2013
Student Society to host Sponsored 72 hour Gaming Marathon
Students from the Bangor University Gaming League are preparing for a marathon 72-hour gaming session on Friday 25 January, to raise money for children’s charity Child’s Play.
Publication date: 22 January 2013
View ITN's report on Bangor Business School's ground-breaking Chartered Banker MBA qualification
The Chartered Banker MBA is a ground-breaking qualification that allows you to gain the dual award of a top MBA in Banking and Finance and the coveted ‘Chartered Banker’ status, awarded by the Chartered Banker Institute . View ITN’s report on the Chartered Banker MBA…
Publication date: 22 January 2013
New Opening: Chair of Music
The School of Music at Bangor University seeks to appoint an outstanding and energetic individual to the position of Chair of Music.
Publication date: 22 January 2013
Tony Conran (1931-2013)
With the passing of Tony Conran Wales has lost one of its major writers, and those of us who knew him over many years have lost a man who was both a dear friend and mentor .
Publication date: 22 January 2013
Celtic Summer School
Enjoy a summer of study in the Celtic-language heartland of Bangor, Gwynedd (GB), in June and July 2013.
Publication date: 21 January 2013
Falkland Islands Blog
Publication date: 21 January 2013
Wild Things from north Wales
Bangor University graduate and botanist Trevor Dines appears in a new Channel 4 series, Wild Things , produced by local company Cwmni Da. The series has a strong input from north Wales, with Bangor University academics and researchers also having contributed their expertise to the making of the programme, which looks at Britain’s amazing wild plants.
Publication date: 18 January 2013
Ffresh Nomination for student
"Not", directed by John Evans, has been nominated for Best Fiction and Best Welsh language film at Ffresh, the student moving image festival in Wales.
Publication date: 17 January 2013
Joint working to help tackle anti social behaviour
A collaborative project between North Wales Police and other partners, which is aimed at tackling anti-social behaviour and crime has now gone live in two areas. Working with Bangor University and the National Police Improvement Agency, North Wales Police have reviewed their current approaches in tackling anti-social behaviour.
Publication date: 17 January 2013
Rolling dice reveals level of illegal badger killing
A little-used method for estimating how many people are involved in sensitive or illegal activities can provide critical information to environmental policy makers involved in the proposed badger culling scheme in England, according to new research. “Innovative techniques for estimating illegal activities in a human-wildlife-management conflict”, a paper written by a research team from Bangor University, the University of Kent and Kingston University, has revealed - for the first time - the estimated rate of illegal badger killing.
Publication date: 17 January 2013
Cutting Edge Green Technology Launched at Bangor
A new testing facility, unique in the UK in terms of scale and operational flexibility was launched at Bangor University’s BioComposites Centre recently.
Publication date: 16 January 2013
Meet us in India – January / February
Dona Breese Padan, International Marketing and Recruitment Officer at Bangor University, will be visiting India between 28 th of January and 7 th of February to meet students interested in studying Business, Law, Education and Social Sciences degrees at Bangor University in the UK.
Publication date: 14 January 2013
Bangor Professor visits China to lead on creation and teaching of new International Criminal Law course
Professor Suzannah Linton, Chair of International Law at Bangor Law School and Director of the Bangor Centre for International Law, was recently in China for an intensive series of teaching, public lectures and judging of moots.
Publication date: 11 January 2013
Fully funded MBA Environmental Management
Keen to develop or update skills in business and economic activities related to the environment? We have 30 FULLY FUNDED Scholarships available for our MBA Environmental Management degree for 2013 (UK/EU students only).
Publication date: 10 January 2013
Minister Leighton Andrews Joins Musicians to Lay Foundation Stone
The foundation stone for Bangor’s new arts and innovation centre will be laid today (Friday) by Leighton Andrews AM in a creative and musical ceremony. The Minister for Education and Skills will be joined by pupils from Ysgol Tryfan’s jazz and brass band and soloists Rhys Meirion and Huw Ynyr for a unique performance in hard hats on the building site.
Publication date: 10 January 2013
BBC news report on virtual learning iPad app to help train future neurosurgeons
BBC News reports on a pioneering 'app' developed by Bangor University to help trainee surgeons hone their life saving skills on the operating table.
Publication date: 9 January 2013
Historic First as Bangor becomes first Welsh Law School to moot before the Supreme Court
Bangor Law School students made history last month as they became the first Welsh Law School team to be invited to moot before the Supreme Court in London.
Publication date: 9 January 2013
Bangor Law School contributes to ‘Big Voice London’ Project on legal identity
Bangor Law School welcomed a group of young people from London for a conference at the University in November 2012. The students from the Big Voice London project were researching aspects of legal identity and had a specific interest in the legal tradition in Wales and the Welsh language.
Publication date: 9 January 2013
MEng students enjoy study trip of a lifetime to Brazil
Electronic Engineering students Sean Kiely and Paul Spencer recently spent nine weeks studying in Brazil. Sean writes about the experience: "Brazil! I mean ... WOW! Four years ago when I was in college, if you told me I would be flying to the other side of the world to work on the most cutting edge research going, I would have told you, you had as much chance to become prime minister! But there I was on my BA flight (all expenses paid) to University of Sao Paulo in Sao Carlos."
Publication date: 9 January 2013
Virtual Learning iPad app to help train future neurosurgeons
A new mobile ‘app’, downloadable free of charge, will assist with the training of future neurosurgeons, and is just one of a stream of programmes being developed, adapting visual computing and three dimensional realities to provide cost-effective virtual learning for a range of medical procedures.
Publication date: 8 January 2013
Personal Chair for Lecturer
Creative Studies and Media is delighted to announce the award of a personal Chair to Astrid Ensslin. Many congratulations to Astrid from the School.
Publication date: 8 January 2013
Artist Film Maker in Residence
Publication date: 8 January 2013
Recreating the experience of medieval worship
A research project which investigates the medieval experience of worship is featured on the Arts & Humanities Research Council website. The “Experience of worship in late medieval cathedral and parish church” project is led by Prof John Harper and Dr Sally Harper at the University’s School of Music .
Publication date: 3 January 2013
SENRGY students help to save Rainforest on GO GREEN Day!
Recently, you may have seen a lot of green people out and about in Bangor. Happily, these were not aliens, but modern “Eco-Warrior” Bangor students!
Publication date: 3 January 2013
One of Nature's Weirdest Events explained
One of the most spectacular migrations on earth; that of the Christmas Island Red Crab is among those included in the January 2 episode of Nature's Weirdest Events on BBC2 Wales at 20.00. Prof Simon Webster of the School of Biological Sciences explains the dramatic mass-migration of Christmas Island Red Crab on the programme. Prof Webster has identified the hormone responsible for this amazing migration. (See related research story here http://www.bangor.ac.uk/news/full-ori.php.en?Id=1381)
Publication date: 2 January 2013