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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.