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A solar tech lab at Swansea University has temporarily switched to producing 5000 litres of hand sanitiser a week, to help the NHS fight the Covid-19 outbreak.   

The sanitiser, which meets the standard set by the World Health Organization, is already in use in the local NHS.

Dr Michael Bresalier, lecturer in the History of Medicine at Swansea University, has published a historical perspective that highlights important differences between COVID-19 and the 1918-19 influenza pandemic.

Swansea University’s innovative schools’ outreach programme is in the running for a top award for its work promoting diversity in the world of science education.

Mums-to-be whose antenatal classes have had to be cancelled because of the coronavirus are now taking advantage of free online advice from a Swansea University expert.

Student volunteers who work with disabled adults are staying in touch with them despite the coronavirus crisis, by offering support over the phone and getting them involved in online activities to help others.

Celebrating the Prize’s 15^th anniversary, the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize recalls its namesake thanks to the dominance of young and experimental poets showcased on its shortlist each of whom are in the running for the £30,000 prize.

Final year medical students from Swansea University are joining NHS staff in the fight against Covid-19.

Innovation experts at Swansea University are playing a key role in improving the way hospitals use information about patients.

A couple returned to Swansea University to leave their own legacy at the place where they first met more than 60 years ago.

Has living with isolation and social distancing inspired you to put pen to paper? If so, you could be part of an unique social research project examining how society lives through coronavirus.

A Swansea University academic has been working alongside The Law Society to endorse industry-wide guidance to conveyancing firms advising clients on house moves during the coronavirus crisis. 

Teams from across Swansea University are coming together to support a newly established consortium – SWARM (The South Wales Additive and Rapid Manufacturing Consortium) in its mission to support NHS Wales’ covid-19 response.

The new funding, which will maintain SAIL Databank for at least the next 5 years, comes as part of a £44 million investment package from Welsh Government into health and social care research to improve care and services.

Midwifery and paramedic students from Swansea University will be lending their support to frontline NHS colleagues in the fight to against the coronavirus pandemic.

A Swansea University lecturer and her husband have transformed their popular business to produce approved hand sanitiser amid the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.

It is estimated that every year, over 100,000 human deaths can be attributed to snakebite from the world’s 700 venomous snake species – all inflicted in self-defence when the snakes feel threatened by encroaching humans. However, new research from a joint Bangor/Swansea team concludes that snake venom did not evolve as a defence mechanism.

Swansea University’s Centre for Ageing and Dementia Research (CADR) has been awarded £2.8m in funding to extend their project for a further five years until 2025.

Swansea University’s Technocamps project have launched a series of free online resources to support pupils, teachers and parents amid the Covid-19 outbreak.

Staff at Swansea University have rallied together to provide essential items to their local hospital to support them during the Covid-19 outbreak.

A group of Swansea University students have come up with a practical way of helping NHS staff during the coronavirus pandemic.

The crystal structure at the surface of semiconductor materials can make them behave like metals and even like superconductors, a joint Swansea/Rostock research team has shown. The discovery potentially opens the door to advances like more energy-efficient electronic devices.

As part of Swansea University’s Centenary celebrations, its English Language Training Services has embarked on a global hunt to track down former students.

Two outstanding Swansea University students are in the running for the Most Inspirational Student of the Year award in this year’s Student Nursing Times Awards.

Health records from over 80% of the Welsh population have been used to create the UK’s first national-scale health database for dementia research, which is housed at Swansea University.

Sky Ocean Rescue, WWF and Swansea University have marked a major milestone in the biggest seagrass restoration project ever undertaken in the UK – planting over 750,000 seagrass seeds in Dale Bay in Pembrokeshire. 

Swansea University staff and students celebrated International Women’s Day with a group cycle ride from the University campuses to the Civic Centre.

Swansea University has been awarded £2.9million for the EPSRC Doctoral Training Partnership 2020-21.

Swansea University physicists, as leading members of the ALPHA collaboration at CERN, have reported the first measurement of fine structure in Antihydrogen that relates to Willis Lamb’s famous discovery almost 70 years ago.

A team from the University's Energy Safety Research Institute will be examining how best to integrate renewable energy sources into the UK power grid, helping to cut carbon emissions, thanks to a new £244,000 research award from the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. 

Swansea University’s Oriel Science will be returning to the National Waterfront Museum on Sunday, 8 March to host “Super Science Swansea” as part of British Science Week.

DylanED, a Swansea University initiative aimed at introducing children and young people to the world of literature, will receive a major boost from the Rhys Davies Trust over the next three years. 

Since launching in August 2017, the number of clients accessing free legal advice from students at Swansea University’s Law Clinic has more than doubled.

A Swansea University student, who was inspired to pursue a career in healthcare following the death of his father and grandad to brain tumours, is starring in a campaign to help find a cure for the disease.

The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol has recruited four student ambassadors at Swansea University who will work to encourage more prospective students to study part of their degree courses through Welsh.

Six films starring Richard Burton will be screened at Swansea’s Cinema & Co as part of a one-off festival celebrating the life of the Hollywood icon from Pontrhydyfen. 

Swansea University research into the threat posed by antifungal drug resistance has been highlighted in two prestigious international journals.

Climate change groups, companies and university researchers from across the UK have been exploring how they can contribute to a smart, green and clean steel industry, at an event organised by the Swansea-led SUSTAIN project. 

A Swansea University academic has contributed to a major study published in the journal Science, which shows the increases in aridity in some parts of the world may produce abrupt changes of ecosystems in areas where more than 2 billion people live.

Plans for the launch of Swansea University’s new pharmacy degree programme are now well under way but it won’t be the first time future pharmacists have been trained in the city.

A unique Irish-Welsh partnership involving life science expertise at Swansea University has won €5 million of additional funding.

New engineering research institute set to deliver high impact, fundamental and applied research through academia-industry partnerships, marked by launch with First Minister.

Scientists from Swansea University have revealed that A68, the world’s largest iceberg, is about to enter the open ocean for the first time.

Swansea University has been awarded funding from the UK government for two projects, which will enable the public to contribute to research and innovation projects that affect their lives.

As part of Swansea University’s 100th birthday celebrations, staff and student volunteers have planted 50 oak trees across the University’s Singleton and Bay campuses.

A Swansea University student has launched a campaign to collect basic toiletries and resources for hospital patients who are unable to access them themselves.

New data from Swansea University has showed that the bushfires raging in Australia are likely to pollute air quality over a very wide geographical area and could have a long term negative impact on public health.

From the screening of infectious diseases, to early diagnosis of bowel cancer, understanding the environmental impact of wildfires, responding to online terrorist propaganda, developing safety equipment for professional athletes and showcasing Science in the community; the astonishing range of research and innovation carried out at Swansea University was in the spotlight at the Research and Innovation Awards 2020.

Swansea University has been named in the UK’s top 100 most inclusive employers for LGBT staff for the fifth year in a row.

Swansea University is appealing for female scientists and engineers to take part in this year’s Soapbox Science by hitting the streets of Swansea to share their passion and inspire the next generation of scientists.

Eminent philanthropist and three-time cancer survivor James Hull has joined forces with six universities across the country to investigate why cancer returns in some people and not others.

Swansea University has been awarded €131,400 (£112,588) funding to support student mobility between Swansea and the University of Houston.

This year's Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize longlist combines a rich, international collection of young, experimental writers who are offering platforms for under-represented voices and exploring pressing social and world themes across identity, culture and power.

Rory Wilson, a distinguished professor of zoology at Swansea University, has been granted a Humboldt Research Award by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation of Germany.

A new method of producing carbon nanotubes -  tiny molecules with incredible physical properties used in touchscreen displays (pictured), 5G networks and flexible electronics – has been given the green light by researchers, meaning work in this crucial field can continue.

To celebrate 15 years of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, the Prize is announcing this year's longlist live from the Jaipur Literature Festival.  

A rapid diagnosis centre has cut waiting times for patients with non-specific symptoms who may have cancer from 84 days to 6, and it costs less than current usual care if used at more than 80% of capacity, a new study by Swansea University researchers and NHS colleagues has shown.

A multi-million pound early new year present has arrived to turbo-charge the Swansea Bay City Deal.

An interdisciplinary team at Swansea and Bangor universities have designed a programme which encourages school-aged children to think about their personal impact on climate change.

Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests.  This effect was made worse by the increased feelings of loneliness that use of digital technology produced.

Successful formers students have returned to Swansea University to help encourage the next generation of young entrepreneurs.

International experts, including researchers from Swansea University, have published a letter in The Lancet medical journal calling for a unified approach to addressing the global challenge of loneliness.

It is with great sadness that we heard Sybil Crouch, formerly the Head of Cultural Services and leader of Taliesin Arts Centre at Swansea University, has died.

Our domesticated animals - both pets and livestock – hold the key to the spread of viruses among humans and wildlife according to new research involving Swansea University.

A new textbook aimed at supporting the medical profession to give accurate and up-to-date breastfeeding guidance is released.

Researchers and health professionals in Swansea have revealed the value women put on their own health can have a direct effect on the success of medical treatment for pelvic floor problems.

Swansea University is this week celebrating the success of the first degree apprenticeship graduates in Wales.

Students have planted nearly 800 new trees on Swansea’s Kilvey Hill,  helped by local residents, scouts and police officers, in a community event funded by the University.

New research has found that positive community action can boost fish numbers in coral reefs and safeguard fish numbers there in the future.

A Swansea University student who battled back from losing his sight and undergoing a kidney transplant is celebrating after graduating with a master’s degree.

Swansea University is pleased to announce that Bleddyn Phillips has been appointed as its new Chair of Council.

To celebrate the 15^th anniversary of the Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize, the custodians of the Prize, Swansea University, have announced for the first time that five guest judges will be joining Chairman Professor Dai Smith CBE and Professor Kurt Heinzelman in selecting the 2020 winner of the world’s biggest prize for young writers.

A Swansea mum whose battle over her autistic son’s education inspired her to study law has now pledged to help other families following her graduation from Swansea University.

Reducing adverse childhood experiences, preventing alcohol and substance misuse, and improving education and training opportunities are some key ways to help prevent suicide in Welsh children and young people.

A former drug addict who turned her life around has graduated from Swansea University and become a nurse so she can help others.

A couple who fell in love at Swansea University in the early 1950s say the organisation will always hold a special place in their hearts.

Outdoor learning has had a positive impact on both children and staff at a Swansea primary school, boosting their wellbeing and pupil attitudes to learning.

Swansea University have become the first university in Wales to open a zero waste shop.

The Welsh Varsity will return to Swansea next year with the university sporting showpiece taking place on Wednesday, April 29.

An exhibition of work by prominent Bangladeshi artists, which draws on the experience of rural poverty in the country, is to open at Swansea University on 19 December. 

Swansea University has helped to restore ancient coppice at Landore Social Club and lay hedges at the Liberty Stadium in a bid to revitalise the Hafod-Morfa Copperworks site with Swansea Council.

The Irish Consul General to Wales visited Swansea University Medical School for a special briefing about the Celtic Advanced Life Science Innovation Network (CALIN).

A new study from Swansea University has given new insights into how the greenhouse gas methane is being produced in the surface waters of lakes, which should signal a rethink on the global methane cycle.

A new book by a Swansea University academic explores what breastfeeding means to women, how they feel when things don’t work out and importantly, how care, support and outcomes can be improved for future generations of women.

CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research. Home to the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), which is located 100m underground and consists of a 27-kilometre ring of superconducting magnets, CERN’s history dates back to the 1940s and is the birthplace of the World Wide Web.

Identical twins Will and Alex Carroll-Adams have been reunited at Swansea University as they both pursue their ambition to become doctors.

Swansea University’s Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) and Swansea Tree Forum have planted a number of trees outside the city’s Guildhall as part of their commitment to offset work related staff travel with tree planting.

Swansea University is collaborating with OXIS Energy UK Ltd to support the development of enhanced lithium metal anodes to improve the cycle life of lithium-sulfur or Li-S batteries, rechargeable batteries, notable for their high specific energy.  

A research collaboration between Rice University and the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University has found that old newspapers can be used as a low cost, eco-friendly material on which to grow single walled carbon nanotubes on a large scale.

Swansea University academics are calling for improved and targeted healthcare for pregnant women and new mothers who experience depression, following a new study looking at the impact of depression and anti-depressants.

Hillary Rodham Clinton has paid tribute to the women who have inspired her throughout her career at a special event hosted by Swansea University.

Hillary Rodham Clinton led a seminar with the first recipients of the Hillary Rodham Clinton Global Challenges Scholarship at Swansea University’s Singleton Campus earlier today (Thursday 14 November).

Swansea University scientists’ hard work in the fight against endometrial cancer has seen them being granted a US patent for pioneering new therapy.

Technocamps recently hosted a day of learning for education professionals throughout Wales aimed at inspiring those who work in the sector.

Today’s students are the Extinction Rebellion generation, global citizens who are more interested in contributing than consuming, Swansea University Vice Chancellor Professor Paul Boyle has told an international audience in Malaysia. 

Swansea University has secured £2.5m of EU funding to create a new research hub aimed at growing the global market for age-related products and services.

Swansea academic, bestselling author and leading infant feeding researcher Professor Amy Brown helps parents-to-be how to spot fake news on pregnancy, birth and babies in her new book Informed is Best.

Shore crabs carry parasites that pose a major threat to shellfish stocks. In a new study, Swansea University researchers have used several different detection methods, including taking DNA from seawater, to build up the first comprehensive picture of the problem.

Primary school children from across Wales united to find out more about the climate crisis and what is being done to combat it.

Swansea University Medical School has welcomed a new researcher under a prestigious European scheme.

Teachers and pupils at 14 schools in Swansea and Zambia have teamed up to tackle plastic waste, thanks to a partnership set up by Discovery, the Swansea University student volunteering charity.

Swansea University and the Welsh Government have today (30 October 2019) announced a £5.6 million investment in LegalTech and Access to Justice, as well as in countering terrorist and criminal use of the internet.

Swansea University’s Dr Bridget Kerr has won the 2019 Research Award of the Confederation of European Probation (CEP) for her PhD research on evaluation systems for probation services.

Girls in Wales are much more likely to end up in hospital after self-harming than boys according to new research led by Swansea University. 

A Swansea University academic has shared his expertise and experience in ethics and academic integrity with an international audience at an EU conference.

Swansea University is to join the SWBio Doctoral Training Partnership as an associate partner, following an £18.5m funding from the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC).

The Bloodhound Land Speed Record (LSR) team has revealed the car aiming to claim a new world land speed record next year, seen for the first time in completed desert spec as it begins its high-speed testing programme in the Hakskeenpan desert, Northern Cape, South Africa.

A new Swansea University study has revealed how common shore crabs can navigate their way around a complex maze and can even remember the route in order to find food.

Academics, students and health professionals gathered tackle some of today’s most pressing ethical issues at a special conference at Swansea University.

Pupils from two Welsh primary schools have shared concerns about plastic waste and healthy eating with AMs at a special event hosted by Swansea University’s Morgan Academy.

A Swansea-led project which will help communities in developing countries to generate their own solar power has been awarded £800,000 by the UK government.  

Swansea University will once again showcase its inspiring research to the people of Swansea later this month as the Swansea Science Festival returns for a third year.

Two artists have been chosen for inaugural Creativity Fellowships, Swansea University’s Cultural Institute has announced.

Pupils have been given an unique opportunity to find out more about nanotechnology at a special Swansea University workshop aimed at inspiring scientists of the future.

Swansea University is celebrating after being rewarded for its ongoing commitment to gender equality.

Swansea University's wellbeing service will be hosting a three-mile charity beach walk to raise awareness of suicide in young people.

Swansea University has retained its Meningitis Aware Recognition Mark for its ongoing commitment to raising awareness of the potentially deadly infection among students and staff.

A free family fun day all about Henry VIII’s warship the Mary Rose is to headline this year’s Being Human Festival, and visitors are welcomed to climb aboard for fantastical adventures on the high seas.

Swansea University’s SAIL Databank plays key role in a £4.6m UK-wide consortium on improving lives of millions with respiratory illness.

A new €4.2m cross-border project aiming to boost the marine energy industry in Wales and Ireland has been launched by Lesley Griffiths AM, the Welsh Minister for Environment, Energy and Rural Affairs.

A pioneering research centre focused on understanding and developing new ways of reducing anxiety and depression in young people will be established with funding of £10m from a major UK charity, the Wolfson Foundation.

The holidays may be over but thanks to Technocamps, school pupils will be taking new skills and experiences into their next term.

A team of Swansea University scientists have discovered a rare Japanese knotweed hybrid in south Wales.

Max Porter, the winner of the 2016 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his internationally-acclaimed debut novel 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers' , will join Dr Francesca Rhydderch at Swansea University to discuss and read from his globally anticipated, Booker longlisted second novel, Lanny.

Students on Swansea University’s upcoming pharmacy course will be able to see high-tech developments in community pharmacy care at first hand, thanks to a new partnership.

One of the top qualities that we look for in a long-term partner is kindness, according to new research by Swansea University.

Swansea University has retained its position as the highest ranked university in Wales in The Times and Sunday Times Good University Guide 2020.

Two researchers, a mathematician and a volcano expert, have been awarded Future Leaders fellowships by the UK government which will see them come to Swansea University to take forward their research.

A new inter-disciplinary study by Swansea University mathematics and economics academics of the 2016 Brexit referendum, has shown that support for the Leave campaign drew from a far more similar demographic than the Remain campaign, which may have had implications in mobilising votes for those campaigning to stay in the EU.

A Swansea University researcher who is developing more environmentally friendly techniques for car manufacturing has won a £1000 award from the Worshipful Livery Company of Wales, which will allow him to share his work with fellow experts. 

Swansea University and Gower College Swansea have teamed up to support students with autistic spectrum conditions as they prepare to make the transition from college to university.

A Swansea University doctoral student has found a way to view the life of plants and animals in murky waters – by using a lens of freshwater.

Students and staff from Swansea University’s Degree Apprenticeship Programme in Applied Software Engineering recently gathered with local businesses and organisations to celebrate the success of the first learners to complete the three year course. 

Health students at Swansea University are now able to learn vital skills at a unique new training facility in the heart of a busy hospital.

Are city deals the way ahead for those regions starved of private sector investment? That is the question being posed at a Swansea University conference for academics, politicians and those people most affected by the four regional partnerships being developed across Wales.

Swansea University academics call for policy makers, regulators and healthcare professionals to adopt a structured medicine monitoring system after research showed a positive impact on the care of people living in care homes and taking mental health medicines.

Sky Ocean Rescue, leading conservation organisation WWF and Swansea University are launching the biggest seagrass restoration project ever undertaken in the UK, to help this important habitat to thrive once again.

Swansea University scientists have reported a new approach to measuring the conductivity between identical carbon nanotubes which could be used to help improve the efficiency of electrical power cables in the future.

Swansea University has strengthened its long-standing links with Texas during a high-profile visit to the state by Vice-Chancellor Paul Boyle.

A leading Swansea University scientist has been named as the first winner of a prestigious international honour.

A pioneering research collaboration involving Swansea University has won a multi-million pound funding boost.

Entrepreneurial student from Swansea University are celebrating after winning cash backing to help them develop their unique business ideas.

Swansea University Medical School has appointed a new Head of Graduate Entry Medicine.

Getting better witness evidence in road traffic collisions, which is essential in prosecuting dangerous drivers, is the aim of a research trial currently being carried out by Swansea University experts and South Wales Police.

The extensive outbreak of wildfires in the arctic and the vast amounts of CO2 they are emitting have been hitting the headlines across the world with their extent being unprecedented since satellite observations of fire began.

two swansea university students have tapped into the growing demand for retro and second-hand clothing with the opening of their vintage clothes store in swansea.

With a new academic year around the corner, Swansea University and its sports teams celebrated their highest-ever finish in a British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) season.

Two Swansea University students have launched an app that will allow people to gain exclusive discounts around Swansea and in turn help local charities and independent businesses.

A former Swansea University student has shaken up the drinks industry with her non-alcoholic craft beer business.

Swansea University’s Academi Hywel Teifi has launched an appeal to establish a new scholarship in memory of Hywel Teifi Edwards at the Eisteddfod in Llanrwst.

Sport and exercise science experts from Swansea University have shared their world-leading research into how elite cyclists contend with diabetes at an international conference.

Swansea University and Swansea University-based company Bionema Ltd hosted the inaugural Biopesticide Summit in July this year, with the aim of providing an international platform for collaboration and partnership.

A study of twelve centuries of climate reveal Europe should prepare for wetter as well as drier summers as the climate warms.

The Welsh Government has announced a new £1.3 million project to develop world-leading process technologies for a range of applications, including autonomous vehicles, novel devices for clean energy, future mobility, artificial intelligence, advanced packaging, and biosensors and wearable sensors.

Hosted by the University’s Welfare@CampusLife team, Year 10 pupils at Bishop Gore Comprehensive School in Sketty got the chance to try the Skills for Life programme offered to students.

A Swansea University academic has been recognised for his dedication to teaching and inspiring the next generation of lawyers.

A trio of Swansea students didn’t just bond over their passion for the planet, they went on to a forge fantastic new idea for a green business of their own.