Recent News from 2022

A research team at Swansea University have developed a ‘digital twin’ to help prioritise patients for urgent intensive care and ventilator support.

A Ukrainian medical student spending a semester at Swansea as part of a new partnership with her home university has said she fell in love with this country from her first day and thanked both universities for making the visit possible.

More than 600 Christmas hampers have been donated to Swansea foodbanks, thanks to the generosity of Swansea University staff.

Swansea University's Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR) has launched a campaign to raise awareness of the connection between hearing loss and dementia.

A new study is seeking participants to explore how respiratory tract infections, such as coughs, colds, flu, and Covid-19, are affecting people in Wales this winter.

Swansea undergraduate students will have the chance to study abroad in Australia, thanks to a new student exchange agreement signed with the University of Canberra.

Swansea University is part of a new CutCancer twinning project aimed at strengthening and increasing the research and innovation capacity and excellence of the project coordinator, the National Institute of Biology (NIB) in Slovenia.

One of Swansea University’s most exciting facilities has been expanded to offer an even better learning environment for its students.

A 74-year-old retired teacher who failed his 11-plus has graduated from Swansea University with merit and is encouraging others never to stop learning.

Attraction to same-sex partners is common in humans but the biological influences on homosexuality and bisexuality are not fully understood.

New research has revealed that sexual arousal leads to an immediate preference in short-term mating in men over more long-term committed relationships, such as marriage.

A new study from Swansea University has highlighted how social media may be threatening the future of the Welsh language and the psychological health of its speakers.

As a new ASTUTE Centre of Excellence is established in place of the ASTUTE 2020+ project,  the successes of ASTUTE 2020+ have been made all the more striking through its impressive £541 million contribution to the Welsh economy through Industry-Academia Collaboration in the Manufacturing Sector. 

A new study led by researchers at Swansea University has revealed that potentially only one in three pregnant women in Wales would actually have the Covid-19 vaccine during pregnancy, even though two in three said they would have the jab.

The annual Rhys Davies Short Story Competition is now open for entries.

A research collaboration examining how young children’s rights can be embedded into teaching practice has secured a major funding boost.

A major new collaboration has been launched aimed at improving diagnosis and treatment of cardiovascular patients across Wales.

Research by psychologists from the School of Psychology at Swansea University found that people’s fear of COVID-19 has led to worsened mental health. The study, just published in the Journal of Health Psychology, also found that older participants and those from minority ethnic groups were most likely to experience COVID-19 fear.

The Children’s Legal Centre Wales, with the support of Welsh Government funding, has updated a series of guides designed for children seeking asylum in Wales, and the social workers and foster carers who look after them.

An old technique of overcoming fears may have potential for ridding people of their fears and anxieties about Covid-19, a new Swansea University study has revealed.

A Swansea University prestige lecture entitled “Asking the Next Evolution of Twins to Radically Shape Our Future” has been delivered by Professor Royston Jones, the Executive Vice President of European Operations and Global CTO of Altair, a global leader in simulation, AI and high-performance computing, at an event at the Faculty of Science and Engineering.

A Swansea University academic’s new book explores how an innovative digital exhibit was used to display historical photographic images across city sites and examines its implications for future practices.

Technocamps has been named Informatics Europe’s 2022 Best Practices in Education Award winner. 

A low-cost heated seat cover that can keep vulnerable older adults warm at the touch of a button is being put to the test using Swansea University expertise.

Three Swansea University academics have been named in the much anticipated annual Highly Cited Researchers 2022 list.

A new study led by Swansea University has shown how the flight of birds can offer a meteorological insight into fine-scale environmental conditions.

Primary school pupils have been given a unique opportunity to use creative engineering tools to learn about marine conservation as part of a project involving Swansea University.

Three academics from Swansea University are among the latest recipients of the Learned Society of Wales’ medals.

Swansea University has signed a twinning agreement with a Ukrainian university that paves the way for research partnerships, sharing online teaching and learning materials, and opportunities for students and staff from Ukraine to visit Swansea.

Social media sites are still not doing enough to tackle self-harm content being pushed to users on their sites, says Samaritans.

A Swansea University collaboration with Aspire2Be, iBroadcast has been named Academia and Business Partnership of the Year at the Wales Technology Awards 2022.

Swansea University’s Science for Schools Scheme (S4) was named the winner of the STEM Educational Programme of the Year in the Public Sector category at this year’s Wales STEM Awards.

New research has revealed the impact the Covid-19 pandemic had on senior staff in Welsh schools.

On Wednesday, 9 November, Swansea University's Faculty of Science and Engineering will host its sixth Zienkiewicz Lecture, with distinguished guest speaker Professor Sir Jim McDonald, BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc, CEng, one of Scotland's most accomplished engineers.

As world leaders gather in Egypt for the next COP27 summit, organised by the United Nations, four Swansea experts who conduct research on various aspects of the climate crisis are to feature in a showcase of Welsh collaborations with African universities.

The Institution of Engineering and Technology (IET) has awarded an IET Achievement Medal to Professor Tom Crick MBE of Swansea University.  

Innovative ways the public sector in South Wales is tackling the climate emergency have been highlighted at a conference organised by the circular economy experts. 

A new book which shows school pupils the diversity of research and of researchers includes a chapter by a Swansea expert in chemistry and climate change education who has learned that she is autistic.

The difference in finger length between a person’s left and right hand may provide vital information about how ill they could get if they contract Covid-19.

A Swansea University study is seeking participants to explore public experiences on bereavement during the COVID-19 pandemic and on their views of how the pandemic was handled and what support they felt did, or did not, receive. 

Swansea University physicists are using their research undertaken at the CERN facility in a major project aimed at developing next-generation, low-cost radiotherapy for cancer treatments that will be particularly effective when treating children and tumours near sensitive tissues.

New research has found that the cost of living crisis is having significant impacts on people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

Swansea University features among the world's top institutions in 10 out of 11 subject rankings in the 2023 Times Higher Education World University Rankings by Subject.

The Particle Physics and Cosmology Theory group in Swansea University’s Physics Department is one of 25 UK institutions that have been awarded more than £20 million to expand and test theories of how the universe works.

Swansea University’s Professor Michael Draper has been playing a key role at international events to highlight ethics and academic integrity.

General Engineering at Swansea University has been named a winner at the Engineering Talent Awards for Innovation of the Year 2022.

Students from Ukraine were given an official welcome to Swansea at a University reception, where they were able to meet each other and find out more about the support available to them during their studies.

Work is now under way on high-tech new teaching facilities set to put Swansea University at the forefront of healthcare education.

New diagnostic tool could deliver health test results in two minutes using fingertip sample - researchers develop proof of concept. 

In the first in a series of special talks, audiences will be invited to share a century of farming stories and take part in a discussion of what entrepreneurship means to the Welsh.

Swansea University academics have pioneered a process which converts the carbon found in discarded facemasks to create high-quality single-walled carbon nanotubes (CNT) which were then used to make Ethernet cable with broadband quality.

A major international conference at Swansea University has brought together experts in integrated pest management (IPM) to discuss new ways of cutting reliance on harmful chemical insecticides.

Children would like more space and time to play with their friends in school and at home, according to a new study led by Population Data Science researchers at Swansea University.  

A beach walk to raise money and awareness of suicide in young people returns to Swansea later this month.

New research led by Swansea University has found some pelagic seabirds fly directly towards the eye of a storm, which researchers think may help them avoid being forced onto land masses, reducing the risk of injury or death.

Swansea University recently hosted academics, researchers and enterprise educators from around the world at the first in-person International Entrepreneurship Educators Conference (IEEC) in three years.

As concussion in rugby comes under the spotlight, a Swansea researcher is inviting rugby players past and present to help with her research into head impacts, by sharing their experiences anonymously through a survey.

In their fourth year as rugby performance partners, Ospreys and Swansea University (Sport Swansea) have ramped up their commitment to the support and development of young players this season.

This year’s Swansea Science Festival will feature a week-long programme of in-person events, including a talk from award-winning TV presenter and conservationist Chris Packham, when it returns this autumn.

Mining metals that are crucial for net zero technologies, but in a way that does not harm the environment, is the aim of a joint UK-Philippines project which involves a Swansea University expert who has just returned from a research visit to the country.

A new book written by Stan Addicott, A Century of Sport (Y Lolfa) presents the story of the past 100 years of sporting activity at Swansea University, from its founding in 1920 to present times.

Swansea University has introduced beehives to its campuses as part of a project to enhance student and staff wellbeing.

Welsh research on multiple sclerosis has been strengthened by a visit to the Welsh Tissue Bank by a Swansea expert, made possible by the scholarship she was awarded by the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales.

Swansea University’s Science for Schools Scheme (S4) and Technocamps are thrilled to be amongst the prestigious businesses and individuals shortlisted in the 2022 Wales STEM Awards.

A group of pupils have not only been learning about a new way of using waste carbon emissions, but they have also made their own film to spread the word about the exciting project.

Laura Morris, an English teacher from Caerphilly, has won the 2022 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for her story ‘Cree’, described by guest judge Rachel Trezise as “bristling with an irresistible melancholia and brimming with a bold confidence.”

Swansea University experts say digital transformation could bridge the gap between knowledge, revolutionary technology, and patient psychology, to improve the experiences of amputees and clinicians.

A new animation and report, developed by Swansea University’s online safety DRAGON-S project, to assist with anti-grooming training is being launched at a virtual Senedd meeting today.

Two Swansea University researchers in sport and exercise sciences have won travel scholarships from the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, which will allow them to further their research.

Welsh Government Minister for the Economy Vaughan Gething has visited the £130 million Swansea Bay City Deal Campuses project at Swansea University to understand more about how this exciting development will boost innovation and business growth in the expanding Medical Technology and Sports Technology sectors.

Better water quality in Wales’ most famous cockle area is linked with smaller cockles that have a higher mortality rate, a new survey of fifty years of data has revealed.

A Swansea University-led study has highlighted the importance of parental health literacy and suggests those with higher understanding and access to medical information were more likely to take their child to be tested for COVID-19 and be identified as positive.

Children receiving books from the Imagination Library, set up by icon Dolly Parton, read more frequently and perform better at reading and development assessments than their peers, new Swansea University research has revealed.

A Welsh tradition dating to the medieval period of a landscape lost to the sea is plausible, new evidence on the evolution of the coastline of west Wales has revealed.

The Academy of Social Sciences has conferred the award of Fellow on 40 outstanding social scientists – including Professor Tom Crick MBE of Swansea University.

Recycling more material from products at the end of their life – from rails and girders to cars and washing machines – is the aim of a Swansea-led team who are planning to build a new high-tech sorting plant, and calling for industry support.

A ‘Report Card’ on the overall levels of physical activity (PA) of children and young people has assigned Wales a grade F - and raises concerns that this could have long-term implications for their health and well-being

The unnecessary death of a much-loved relative has driven Bethel Ohanugo’s passion for improving healthcare in her native Nigeria.

As Ukraine marks its national day on 24 August, Swansea University and staff members continue with efforts to support the country and its people, in the wake of the invasion by Russian forces in February.

Environmental champions from across South Wales and beyond will be able to share ideas and gain valuable inspiration for supporting the sustainable future of Wales at a special event next month.

If you have ever considered working in an operating theatre, at the very heart of hospital health care, a new course could put you on the perfect career path.

Thanks to a megalodon which was discovered in the 1860s, an international team of scientists, including some from Swansea University, have been able to create, what is to date, the most complete 3D reconstruction of a megalodon – the largest shark that ever lived.

Swansea University has secured more places on its successful Graduate Entry Medicine programme as part of a government investment to increase the number of Welsh-trained doctors for Wales.

Alpha Evans from Swansea University was crowned the winner of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol's Merêd Award at the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod in August.

Materials science and engineering at Swansea has been voted top in the UK for student satisfaction in the National Student Survey (NSS). This latest success follows awards for the department’s pioneering work on renewable energy technology.

With the climate crisis increasing the risk of wildfires in the UK and many other parts of northern Europe, scientists from across the world are sharing their expertise to help tackle the dangers.

With A-level results expected next week, many students may be feeling some uncertainty over beginning a university course following the challenges of the past few years.

The UK is experiencing not only record temperatures, but also unprecedented conditions favouring extreme wildfire danger and behaviour, according to wildfire experts.  

A Swansea academic at the forefront of shaping our understanding of Covid-19 has received further recognition for his work in the field of data science.

Two Swansea University graduate-led businesses have received top honours at this year's Wales StartUp Awards.

The spectacular and diverse grounds of Swansea University’s two campuses have once again been judged among the best green spaces in Wales.

A Swansea University researcher has developed a unique way to help build psychological resilience in young people, utilising gamification of mental health interventions and embedded learning.

Experts at the forefront of efforts to restore the UK’s coastal seagrass meadows say the remarkable plant’s contribution to the most important to-do list in the history of humankind should be reassessed.

Wales’ economic prospects are more uncertain than at any time since the Assembly was established – and what is needed is more intervention by the Welsh Government and more collaboration by politicians at all levels, a leading expert argues in a new survey of the Welsh economy since devolution.

Studying wellbeing science as part of their courses could be a key way of improving how today’s students cope with the barrage of stressors they face, according to research.

A village in rural India will now get clean, reliable electricity for the first time, thanks to a newly opened Active Building, similar to those pioneered in Swansea, which generates, stores and releases its own solar power.

A new paper from Swansea University in collaboration with ConcePTION, an Innovative Medicines Initiative (IMI) has called for breastfeeding data to be routinely collected in healthcare databases so that the long-term impacts of medicines taken by women during pregnancy and when breastfeeding, can be better understood.

Swansea University Centre for Sustainable Aquatic Research (CSAR) is a key partner in a pioneering Biophilic Living initiative which will provide a radical new approach to living and working within the city.

Disapproval or even disgust from the general public is one of the reasons why some women are reluctant to breastfeed outside of the home, according to researchers.

Swansea University has signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the largest women's university in the world to deliver a joint programme that will empower young Saudi female scholars within the energy sector.

Swansea University celebrated the achievements of the three winners of its inaugural Chancellor’s Award, during graduation ceremonies held in Swansea Arena.

A marine biology student who chose Swansea University for his Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees has now made it a hat-trick by graduating with a PhD in Biological Sciences.  

A woman who is amongst the first in her family to go to university, and who has Asperger's Syndrome and ADHD, has paid tribute to all who supported her, encouraging others to follow in her wake, as she graduated with a master’s degree – with distinction - in History at Swansea University.

Data experts, technology suppliers and policymakers have gathered to celebrate the power and future of supercomputing in Wales.

Swansea University is sponsoring Y Babell Lên (The Literary Tent) at the Ceredigion National Eisteddfod from 30 July to 6 August 2022.

A Barry woman is celebrating her graduation today which marks the culmination of an academic, professional and personal journey where she qualified as a Paramedic while working for the NHS through the pandemic and became part of a kidney donation exchange that helped her grandniece recover from serious illness.

Nine Carol Vorderman Maths Access Bursaries - worth £2000 each - are on offer to all students applying to do Mathematics at Swansea University, including those who apply through clearing.  

A woman who has struggled with poor mental health and an eating disorder, is today celebrating as she graduates from Swansea University with an undergraduate degree in Sport and Exercise Science.

Swansea University experts have helped identify several news species of bacteria growing in arid Asian soil which could play a key role in the fight against antibiotic resistance.

A mature student who suffered a devastating family tragedy during her degree course has now successfully graduated and dedicated her success to her late daughter.

A researcher motivated by her son’s sunburn on a school sports day is encouraging primary schools across Wales to help develop sun safety guidelines for the spring and summer terms.

A Swansea University lecturer who has provided immeasurable support to his students has been recognised with a prestigious award by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

Doctoral researchers and academics linked to two Centres of Doctoral Training (CDT) in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Data Science came together to share ideas at the 2022 Artificial Intelligence Conference. 

Solar roofing panels which are greener, lighter, cheaper and flexible, and which can be printed on the steel used in buildings, are the focus of a new three-year research collaboration between Swansea experts and Tata Steel UK.

Partygate, a lack of media coverage and the perception that the virus is now milder could all affect future compliance with Covid guidance.

A team of researchers at Swansea University have been awarded £322,000 to develop digital solutions to reduce concrete construction defects.

The UK Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Register is not only celebrating a decade of vital data collection and research, it has also secured another £2 million of funding.

An expert in nanomaterials who is based in Swansea and Germany has secured around £250,000 of funding from the Humboldt Foundation to recruit early-career scientists to join his research team.

Swansea University Employability Academy (SEA) has won the Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity category at this year's Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) Awards for Excellence.

Seven current Swansea University students and three graduates are set to compete at this summer’s Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.

A new animation and report recommendations, developed by Swansea University’s online safety DRAGON-S project, will provide vital tools to assist with anti-grooming training. 

New research published today highlights how the risk of wildfire is not only rising globally due to climate change, but already at a pace faster than climate models have predicted. 

A childhood visit to a museum not only triggered Ken Griffin’s lifelong passion for Egyptology, it has also led to him landing his perfect job.

Children younger within the school year are more likely to be treated for ADHD which suggests immaturity may influence diagnosis.

Swansea University has been ranked as the 15^th best university in the UK in the StudentCrowd University Awards 2022, and has claimed the 20^th position in the Students’ Union category.

A collaboration between researchers at the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University and insulation producer ROCKWOOL Limited has seen the installation of a new carbon dioxide demonstration unit at the company’s manufacturing plant in Bridgend, South Wales.

Swansea University is to take on the leading role in an international research network, established in 2014 with EU funding, that studies online extremism and terrorism and responses to them.

Swansea University’s Egypt Centre has been shortlisted for the Kids in Museums Family Friendly Museum Award, it was announced today. 

How terrorist groups use social media, and how this can be countered, is the focus of a major international conference in Swansea, which brings together researchers, practitioners and representatives from governments and major tech companies around the world.

Feeding a growing population while reducing the environmental impact is an urgent challenge, but a major international conference at Swansea University will help by bringing together experts in integrated pest management. They will discuss new approaches to managing insect pests which will cut reliance on harmful chemical insecticides.

Singleton Park is set to get a new stretch of lighting to help keep students and staff safe.

Swansea University's Professor Serena Margadonna has been named one of the UK's Top 50 Women in Engineering (WE50) by the Women's Engineering Society (WES).

Swansea University has launched a new five-year strategy outlining its ambitions and aspirations to continue its work of ensuring a prominent place for the Welsh language within the institution and the local community.

An analysis carried out by Swansea University Science for School Scheme (S4), a widening access STEM outreach programme established in 2012, has found that it is having a positive impact on young people from poorer areas by improving their career aspirations, and opinions on studying science at university.

Swansea University has won more than £2 million of funding to continue the drive forward the impact of its wide-ranging research and innovation.

A trainee schoolteacher, a Costa Short Story Prize finalist, and an author whose work has been broadcast on BBC Radio 4, are among the 12 authors shortlisted for the 2022 Rhys Davies Short Story Competition.

Swansea University will be Swansea City’s front of away shirt partner and will sponsor the club’s travel and training wear for the forthcoming 2022-23 season.

Technocamps has been awarded a UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) STEM Inspiration Award for Outstanding Contribution to Widening Participation, Diversity and Inclusion in STEM.

The Swansea region could become a centre for natural products – from biopesticides to natural alternatives in cosmetics and pharmaceuticals – as funding has just been confirmed for a feasibility study into setting up a new hub to support research and businesses in this fast-growing sector.

The life and work of Ludwig Wittgenstein, the Austrian-British philosopher regarded by many as the greatest philosopher of the 20^th century, is to be celebrated with a series of events hosted by Swansea University in partnership with the Austrian Cultural Forum London and the Wittgenstein Initiative in June 2022.

The issues now facing visitor attractions around the world are explored in the latest edition of a book edited by a Swansea University tourism expert.

Swansea University hosted the launch of the Swansea Bay Healthy Travel Charter, signed by 11 leading organisations from across the region.

Swansea University is pleased to sponsor one of the main attractions at the Urdd National Eisteddfod, the GwyddonLe pavilion, again this year – offering a full week of entertaining educational activities for children and young people.

Swansea University has ranked within the top 200 in the Times Higher Education Impact Rankings 2022.

A unique film project which brought together Swansea University students, staff and the community to showcase the beauty of Gower will be officially launched next month.

The breadth of Swansea University’s world-leading research was put in the spotlight at the Research and Innovation Awards 2022, with fourteen projects named as winners.

A Swansea University researcher is on the hunt for help to carry out a unique study into older Welsh speakers’ experience of care.

Swansea’s European links and research across the breadth of the institution will be strengthened when researchers working in Swansea and France meet in July, as part of a flourishing partnership with Université Grenoble Alpes (UGA).

Swansea University Employability Academy (SEA) has been nominated for five awards at the Association of Graduate Careers Advisory Services (AGCAS) Awards for Excellence 2022.

With skin cancer rates rising, much of it preventable, a new research project is to explore the role of primary schools in Wales and assess the effectiveness of sun safety policies in protecting children. The results will help improve prevention of skin cancer in Wales and beyond.

Welsh researchers have found that health checks help improve survival for people with a learning disability, especially those with autism or Down’s syndrome.

A new research and innovation facility based at Swansea University has received a funding boost of nearly £2.5m to host a project that will trial innovative emission reduction strategies for the semiconductor industry to help the sector deliver on Net Zero ambitions.

American poet, novelist and essayist Patricia Lockwood has been awarded one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers – the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize – for her debut novel, No One Is Talking About This (Bloomsbury Publishing). 

The publication of the Research Excellence Framework 2021 (REF2021) results today (12 May) shows that Swansea University has improved the proportion of its world-leading and internationally excellent research. In the 2021 assessment, 86% of the University’s overall research was rated as 4*, (world-leading) or 3* (internationally excellent) - up from 80% in the previous REF exercise in 2014.

Scientists at Swansea University, Biovici Ltd and the National Physical Laboratory have developed a method to detect viruses in very small volumes.

A Swansea University public health expert has been honoured by the prestigious Academy of Medical Sciences.

Seeing a larger number of species on urban coastlines - from marine animals to seaweed - is likely to improve the wellbeing of local people and visitors, new research from a team at Swansea University has revealed. The findings provide further evidence that biodiversity brings wide-ranging benefits.

Money can’t buy you love but it does make your profile more attractive when it comes to online dating. New research has revealed that level of education and income are particularly important, especially for men.

Queer short stories from Wales, the everyday voices of the Covid-19 pandemic, and the winning title of this year’s Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize are among the subjects set to delight audiences at the 35^th Hay Festival between 26 May - 5 June.

As many as four in 10 people in Wales who may have needed social care did not access its services during the Covid-19 pandemic, according to a new report.

Four midwives had special reason to celebrate this year’s International Day of the Midwife – it saw them being the first ever winners of a prestigious new honour.

Generations of surfers know there’s nothing like catching the perfect wave, but now new research has looked at just how beneficial the power of the sea can be.

Eight Swansea University academics are among the new entrants to the Learned Society of Wales’ Fellowship.

A chemistry PhD researcher has won two prizes at STEM for BRITAIN, a major scientific poster competition held at Parliament, which aims to give politicians “an insight into the outstanding research work being undertaken in UK universities by early-career researchers.”

The unique challenges facing health and wellbeing as we emerge from the pandemic into a new era have been highlighted in a new annual report launched today.

Hywel Dda University Health Board and Swansea University will work together to help improve the health and well-being of communities in the three counties under a new agreement.

Swansea researchers have developed a new method to stop a molecule from rotating using ultra-low energy, shedding new light on molecule-surface interactions.

Researchers will soon be able to reconstruct the climate of north-west Europe including the UK over the last 4500 years, and to date wooden buildings and objects more accurately, by analysing the chemistry of ancient oak trees, through a new Swansea-led project just selected for €3 million in European funding.

A Swansea University researcher’s pioneering work in the field of diabetes has helped earn her a major funding boost.

Menstrual cycle education in UK schools is inconsistent and inadequate, and teachers feel they lack time, confidence, and subject knowledge, according to new research led by Swansea University.

Swansea University has been shortlisted in the Outreach and Widening Participation Submission Award category of this year’s Whatuni Student Choice Awards.

Welsh food wholesaler Castell Howell and the new Swansea Arena will be the principal sponsors for Swansea University at this year’s Welsh Varsity returns.

Entrepreneurial students received a major boost for their business ideas at Swansea University’s annual Big Pitch Competition, sponsored by Santander Universities.

A new review by Swansea University, working with the University of Kent and non-profit organisation, Autistic UK, has found that breastfeeding support from midwives and health visitors is often not well suited to meet the needs of Autistic women.

Leading researchers within the Faculty of Science and Engineering are continuing a successful partnership with a leading rainforest research programme in Borneo following a new £330,000 research grant.

Swansea University and Aspire2Be have been recognised as highly commended at the National Undergraduate Employability Awards for their collaborative project, iBroadcast.

Swansea University has delivered its best-ever performance in a leading global university ranking by subject released today.

A research project aimed at bringing a truly circular economy one step closer, has received a £1.2 million research grant from the Engineering and Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC).

A Swansea University student has won £1,000 in a competition for his idea to create an online database for suppliers, manufacturers and dealerships in the automotive industry.

A Swansea University academic has won the Agronomy Best PhD Thesis Awards for his research to establish a new combination of methods for the earlier detection of plant disease in food crops, which could have global economic and environmental impact.

Swansea University is playing a key role in helping shape youngsters’ knowledge about migration at a unique new city exhibition.

The shortlist for one of the world’s largest literary prizes for young writers – the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize – has been announced. From Sri Lanka to Trinidad, Texas, and Ireland via the Middle East, this year’s shortlist features a powerful, international collection of writers who are offering platforms for under-represented voices.

A novel and eco-friendly nano asphalt binder has been developed by researchers at Swansea University and the Technical University of Braunschweig.

Could the length of a person’s fingers provide a clue to how ill they might get after contracting Covid-19?

Swansea University has signed the Technician Commitment, joining more than half of UK universities and several research institutions in backing a pledge to support their technicians.

A Swansea geographer has recently returned from the Amazon with vital data on giant trees of over 80 metres, which she first helped discover in 2018. As a result of this work, the State government in Brazil has pledged to enact a Bill to protect them and their surroundings.

Swansea University showed its commitment to sustainability by going green to mark Global Recycling Day.

PhD students from Swansea University have been sharing their cutting-edge research into artificial intelligence with colleagues in America.

Two Swansea University researchers have won travel scholarships from the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, which will allow them to further their research and share it with fellow experts.

At Swansea University, we join with universities and academic organisations around the world in condemning unequivocally the Russian state’s decision to invade Ukraine. 

HRH The Countess of Wessex, patron to The Scar Free Foundation, visited the world-leading facial reconstruction research programme based at Swansea University, meeting patients who could benefit from these ground-breaking studies.

Stronger links with Oman and Qatar were the subject of discussions during a visit by a senior Swansea University delegation to the Cultural Attaches’ offices for both countries in London.

Swansea University chemical engineers are finding new ways to capture and reuse carbon by turning it into useful products to help tackle the climate crisis.

Scientists at Swansea University have launched a major study to discover how everyday pollutants impact the development and health of fetuses and children.

A new Ofcom-commissioned study has revealed UK network news providers have enhanced their coverage of devolved topics, largely due to the pandemic.

Baroness Tanni Grey-Thompson will be speaking about the challenges she has faced and how she has overcome them, following the International Women’s Day 2022’s theme #BreakTheBias.

New technology that could store heat for days or even months, helping the shift towards net zero, is the focus of a new project involving the Active Building Centre Research Programme, led by Swansea University, which has just been awarded funding of £146,000.

Thomas Spriggs, a PhD research student at Swansea University, is to present his physics research in Parliament, to a panel of expert judges and politicians, as one of the finalists in STEM for Britain 2022.

Swansea University has been named in the UK’s top 100 most inclusive employers for LGBTQ+ staff, for the sixth time in a row.

If you are looking to return to education or just want to see what it is like to study, Swansea University is offering a series of free sessions to give you first-hand experience.