Recent News from 2020

A fast, green and one-step method for producing porous carbon spheres, which are a vital component for carbon capture technology and for new ways of storing renewable energy, has been developed by Swansea University researchers.

Swansea University’s Medical School has strengthened its unique connection with Wuhan, by joining an online conference of health professionals, also attended by the British Ambassador in China, Caroline Wilson CMG, which has helped to shine a light on healthcare and innovation and Covid-19.

A new project set up to study the best way to care for patients with long-standing eye conditions in the community has secured a major research grant.

Researchers at Swansea University Medical School are helping to drive forward understanding of the virus that causes Covid-19 and how it can be tackled.

Swansea University’s physician associate course is celebrating a remarkable hat trick – its students recorded a 100 per cent pass rate in the September PA National Exams for the third year running.

A new study led by researchers in the Geography Department at Swansea University reveals the extreme scale of loss and fragmentation of tropical forests, which once covered much of the Indonesian islands of Sumatra and Kalimantan.

A new study published in Nature reveals the true extent of river fragmentation and offers some solutions.

A Swansea University student and world kickboxing champion is finishing 2020 on a high after graduating in her master’s.

Swansea University’s Money@CampusLife team have been awarded a Stand Alone Pledge award for their role in helping estranged students during Covid-19.

New Swansea University research has revealed microalgae could play a crucial role in not only successfully reusing food and farm waste on an industrial scale but also creating thousands of jobs.

A Swansea University academic’s latest book, about child survivors of the Holocaust, has been included in the Daily Telegraph’s list of the best history books of 2020.

Researchers at Swansea University are developing an innovative approach to the design of smart buildings. A new environmentally sustainable, safer and cost-efficient model, designed at the Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies (IMPACT), will offer an improved system for energy supply distribution to sensors in smart structures. 

Swansea University in collaboration with international and UK institutions has lifted the International Collaboration of the Year trophy at the 16th annual Times Higher Education Awards. 

A new study from Swansea University suggests that women who stop taking their asthma medication during pregnancy are at risk of giving birth prematurely and are less likely to breastfeed their babies.

Manufacturing businesses across Wales can remain at the forefront of innovation, thanks to £4 million of EU funding announced by the Welsh Government.

The judges for the 2021 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize have been announced today (8 December).

Swansea University bioscientists are helping a community create a butterfly and wildlife garden in the heart of a Swansea village. 

Three research projects that could help the steel industry become smarter and greener have been given the go-ahead as part of a national steel research programme led by Swansea University.

Swansea University has received £125k of funding from Health Data Research UK (HDR UK) to study the impact of the direct and indirect effects of COVID-19 on cardiovascular disease (CVD).

Swansea University researcher Dr Lewis Francis will share his work with a global audience at an international online conference next week.

A Wales-wide research project that helps enhance the performance of Welsh athletes will be able to continue its work thanks to a £440,000 grant from Sport Wales.

Swansea University research has provided a new insight into the behaviour of nature’s own UV sunscreens when they are exposed to other parts of the light spectrum.

Swansea University’s Cultural Institute is relaunching the distinguished national Rhys Davies Short Story Competition for writers from, or living in, Wales.

A Swansea University project’s ground-breaking work to improve diagnosis and treatment of ovarian cancer has helped it secure more than £3 million of investment from industrial partners.

The Welsh government is backing a cutting-edge science project at Swansea University that changes waste plastics into highly valuable compounds for the energy industries.

A research team, led by Swansea University College of Engineering, are developing a pilot online marketplace designed to optimise manufacturing supply chain networks and create a new industry-wide business model.

A new collaboration is set to give student entrepreneurs a valuable networking boost as they launch their business ideas.

A review by Swansea University academics has found that older, poorer people who are socially distanced from their doctors or pharmacists, suffer more adverse drug reactions (ADRs) than the general population and that systematic monitoring is needed to protect these patients suffering from reactions which could result in over-sedation, falls, or drug-induced Parkinsonism.

A brand new exhibition on Richard Burton’s life reveals the man behind the headlines - the husband, father, reader, writer and passionate Welshman.

Sunlight could be used to convert hazardous medical waste into clean hydrogen fuel, using a new technique being developed by a joint Wales/India team led by Swansea University researchers.  The project has just been awarded £47,000 of funding by the Welsh Government.  

Wales faces a wave of mental health problems in the wake of Covid-19, with younger adults, women and people from deprived areas suffering the most.

Four Swansea University projects aimed at making a life-saving difference to patients’ lives have taken a major step forward.

Scientists at Swansea University have developed a very sensitive method to detect the tiny signatures of so called ‘charge traps’ in organic semiconductors.

A new project involving Swansea University researchers and Tata Steel will investigate the potential for recovering waste heat from industry so it can be re-used.

A Swansea University outreach project has helped deliver hundreds of science workbooks to children studying at home during Wales’ fire-break lockdown.

Meeting a life partner, forging friendships and enjoying a long happy career are just some of the life-changing experiences now commemorated at Swansea University.

When it comes to helping patients prepare themselves for surgery, Rea Pugh-Davies is arguably one of the best around.

The team that designed and built two low carbon buildings at Swansea University, which generate their own energy, is publishing a toolkit of the design principles that they used. The aim is to encourage others to construct these “Active Buildings” as it would drastically cut the UK’s carbon footprint; currently 40% of our emissions come from heating and powering our buildings.

A new Swansea University study is being launched to investigate how following Covid-19 safety measures may have the unfortunate effect of making people feel less safe, leading to increased anxiety and people avoiding situations and places they once considered safe.

The first study to establish the risk of COVID-19 to domiciliary care workers across Wales is to launch today.

A Swansea University physicist has been awarded a prestigious honour by the Institute of Physics for his leadership over thirty years in the field of antimatter science.

A Swansea University academic has helped draw up a landmark agreement amongst international experts, setting out the world’s first standard guidance on how people with diabetes can use modern glucose monitoring devices to help them exercise safely.

Matt Townsend, an Adult Nursing student from Swansea University, has won the Most Inspirational Student of the Year award in this year’s Student Nursing Times Awards.

Swansea University academics have called for NHS gambling disorder treatment clinics to be established in Wales, as a letter published in The Lancet reveals the serious impact of problem gambling in Wales, particularly amongst younger people. 

A gut hormone, ghrelin, is a key regulator of new nerve cells in the adult brain, a Swansea-led research team has discovered. It could help pave the way for new drugs to treat dementia in patients with Parkinson’s Disease.

A digital collection of manuscripts and photographs related to the Welsh poet and writer Dylan Thomas will soon be available online thanks to an international collaboration.

A Swansea University honorary senior tutor and a master’s student have been honoured for their dedication to diabetes care at a major UK healthcare awards.

A new animated video has been developed by Swansea University to raise awareness of lymphoedema and help patients understand more about how their condition will be treated.

SUNRISE has been shortlisted for ‘International Collaboration of the Year’ in the 16th annual Times Higher Education (THE) Awards. 

Swansea University Medical School’s Professor Steve Conlan has taken up a key role helping to highlight UK nanomedicine research.

Wales can remain at the forefront of next generation solar energy technology, for applications such as remote sensors and electric vehicles, thanks to £2.5 million of EU funding announced by the Welsh Government, to continue a Swansea-led research programme.

Coated steel can harness solar energy and cut carbon emissions, a Swansea expert will explain in a public online lecture, which is being held to mark him being awarded the prestigious Bessemer Gold Medal by the Institute of Materials, Minerals and Mining. 

Swansea University postdoc researcher Dr Claire Price has been recognised for her work to make science more accessible to the community in her home town.

Family carers for children and adults with intellectual disabilities have reported rates of mental health problems under lockdown that are up to 10 times higher than parents without those responsibilities, a new study has found.

Swansea University has once again been named among the winners of this year’s Green Flag Awards – the international mark of a quality park or green space. 

A group of engineering students have taken up a module run by Texas A&M University, which involves working remotely with fellow engineers overseas, thanks to a new initiative by the College of Engineering, which is founded on Swansea University’s Texas links.

When Swansea University nursing student Matt Townsend was given the opportunity to join the NHS frontline at the height of coronavirus crisis, he knew just what he had to do.

Welsh Government have announced funding for the Energy Safety Research Institute (ESRI) at Swansea University to develop a unique approach to next generation Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) in the fight against viruses.

Wales Women are using Swansea University’s sports facilities as they prepare for their Six Nations clash against Scotland.

Swansea University’s Cultural Institute has been chosen as one of four hubs for Being Human 2020, the UK’s only national festival of the humanities.

An expert in ancient history and Swansea’s Egypt Centre have been jointly awarded £1100 to develop a new display on Egypt and its neighbours, which will be used for the Centre’s education programme on issues such as identity, racism and xenophobia in the ancient world.

A new research collaboration led by Swansea University has highlighted a lack of high-quality breastfeeding support for some families during the Covid-19 pandemic.

October will see the return of the Swansea Science Festival, with a host of special guests including Professor Brian Cox, Steve Backshall, Konnie Huq, Iolo Williams and Lyn Evans.

Researchers from Swansea University have launched a new podcast series which uses real-time data from political gambling markets to analyse the US 2020 presidential campaign.

Swansea University’s commitment to sustainability has led to a double achievement.

A new £3.7m project will help public service organisations in south Wales work collaboratively to develop new regional service solutions to existing circular economy challenges.

Researchers exploring a new method to help people recover from Covid-19, using breathing exercises and a hand-held device, are looking for volunteers who have had Covid to help them test it. The work could benefit patients and ease the strain on the NHS.

Swansea University has literally gone green to hammer home the recycling message.

New research led by Swansea University academics and assisted by citizen scientists, has found that 99% of river basins in the UK are fragmented by artificial barriers like dams, weirs, and culverts. Urgent action is needed to reconnect rivers, to ensure their long-term health, and the health of the communities around them.

More than a thousand pupils in South Wales were given a helping hand with their studies during lockdown, thanks to a project involving Swansea University.

An international team of researchers – including some from Swansea University – have used remotely sensed data available through a Google Earth Engine to identify, map, and validate instream infrastructure such as dams, weirs, and locks across the world.

Swansea University has seen thousands of students pass through its doors in the past 100 years, but few can have had a more eventful time than Jeffrey Temple.

Swansea University has developed a dedicated Value-Based Health and Care (VBHC) programme in conjunction with strategic partner, Sprink Ltd, as part of its Executive Education offer. 

A Swansea University research team from the College of Engineering are to form a new partnership with major global energy solutions provider ENSERV POWER.

Around 1000 healthcare and medical students who have volunteered during the Covid-19 pandemic are to receive a voucher for a local business, thanks to a donation of £27,500 by Santander, through Santander Universities.

A new study led by Swansea University and the University of Bristol has revealed the size of the legendary giant shark Megalodon, including fins that are as large as an adult human.

Swansea University has achieved its highest ever rank in any UK league table after rising from 31^st to 24^th in the Guardian University Guide 2021.

A new state-of-the-art facility at Swansea University that will bring together groundbreaking research with technology development in the field of semiconductor science and engineering, is one step closer with the execution of the main build contract with Kier for the Centre for Integrative Semiconductor Materials (CISM) at the Bay Campus

Chinese students, eager to prepare for Swansea University courses, have been continuing their studies - even though their teachers were more than 5,000 miles away.

Children returning to lessons at 12 local schools this week are the latest people to be protected by hand sanitiser made at Swansea University, where a solar tech lab has temporarily switched production during the COVID-19 outbreak.

A new Swansea University study examining the best way for ambulance services to deal with suspected Covid-19 999 calls has just won major funding support.

Swansea University’s Health and Wellbeing Academy (HWA) will begin providing osteopathy services to the general public again from Monday 7 September.

Environmental conditions such as sea surface temperature and the occurrence of cold water upwelling events drive the structure of interaction networks in marine intertidal communities via their effects on species richness, according to new research.

The AgorIP Project which has helped the Welsh economy and innovation in west Wales to prosper over the last four years, has been extended to benefit all of Wales, with a total investment of more than £20m. 

The Living Planet Index for Migratory Freshwater Fish, the first comprehensive global report on the status of migratory fish has revealed that there has been a 76% average decline in freshwater fish populations from 1970 to 2016 - including a staggering average decline of 93% in Europe.

As schools reopen, a survey of primary school staff in Wales shows that they support children going back to their classes, for the sake of their education and social development, but that they also have real concerns.

Students at Swansea University are set to benefit from a funding boost dedicated to a programme of events for new and returning students from September 2020 to February 2021.

A revolutionary new way to give vaccines through microneedle skin patches is being tested at Swansea University, thanks to £200,000 of EU funding announced by the Welsh Government.

Inbreeding can reduce cooperation in banded mongooses according to a recent study by researchers.

Best-selling children’s author David Walliams has given his support to a children’s competition being held to mark Swansea University’s centenary.

Three mummified animals from ancient Egypt have been digitally unwrapped and dissected by researchers, using high-resolution 3D scans that give unprecedented detail about the animals’ lives – and deaths - over 2000 years ago.

Swansea University is delighted to announce that it will be the new front of shirt sponsor for Swansea City ahead of the forthcoming 2020-21 season.

Researchers from the College of Engineering have captured the moments a fluid reacts like a solid through a new method of fluid observation under pressurised conditions.

Four Swansea University academics are part of major new research project investigating Covid-19 and what it can teach us about coping with future pandemics.

Discovery SVS has been awarded two grants from Welsh Government for its work in alleviating the impact of COVID-19 in Wales and communities in Africa.

International rugby star James Hook, who played 81 times for Wales and toured with the 2009 British and Irish Lions in South Africa, has taken up the position of Attack Coach for Swansea University rugby teams.

A ground-breaking Swansea University project is using microalgae to explore how to reuse waste while increasing food production.

Swansea University has been successful in its bid to the Department for Education (DfE) to recruit 250 extra engineering students as part of a Government drive to provide over 9,000 additional places at UK universities for courses that will deliver vital services, support the economy and create positive outcomes for students.

Swansea University has welcomed a new Pro-Vice Chancellor to its senior management team, with responsibility for the University’s Research and Innovation portfolio.

Parents concerned that their child may have autism spectrum disorder (ASD) can wait up to four years for a formal diagnosis, but online assessments can help reduce these delays, two new research studies from Swansea University have shown.

A burn prevention project backed by Swansea University experts has had a dramatic effect on communities in Nepal.

The first week of August promised to be a busy one for Tregaron this year, but now that the main festival will not be held there, the Eisteddfod has launched the 2020 AmGen Festival – a project that will give people a taste of the main festival between 30 July and 8 August, all available on S4C, Radio Cymru and the Cymru Fyw website.

A £6 million award will drive next-generation solar technology into new applications.

Swansea University innovation experts are helping to refine a high-tech device which is already making a vital difference to people living with dementia and their carers.

Swansea University is marking its centenary by asking children to share their vision of how it would look in another 100 years.

Natalie Jarvis, 27, escaped domestic abuse and has now overcome breast cancer. This week she graduates from Swansea University. In her own words, this is Natalie’s story.

A Swansea University project exploring how to use algae to create the next generation of sunscreens has now teamed up with an award-winning skincare firm to help develop the idea.

A retired civil servant is celebrating after graduating from Swansea University - 50 years later than planned.

Two students are looking forward to their global aviation business soaring even higher after graduating from Swansea University.

The Prince of Wales has recorded a special video message for Swansea University as it celebrates its centenary on 19 July.

New research by Welsh academics shows that a patient’s pupils can reveal if they have suffered a traumatic experience in the past.

Swansea University, which this year is marking its centenary, is to channel funds that were previously earmarked for celebration events, into fighting Covid-19 and to champion innovation.

One of Charles Darwin’s long-standing questions on how turtles find their way to islands has been answered thanks to a pioneering study by scientists.

Swansea University has been ranked sixth for overall student satisfaction in the 2020 National Student Survey (NSS).

New research has revealed when it comes to flying the largest of birds don’t rely on flapping to move around. Instead they make use of air currents to keep them airborne for hours at a time.

A Swansea University student’s personal experience was the inspiration for his winning entry in a nationwide hunt for the best new innovation in disability products.

Swansea University has signed up to be part of a new online initiative aimed at supporting students disadvantaged by the coronavirus pandemic to enter higher education.

A Swansea University lecturer has won the prestigious Jacob Bronowski Award for Science and the Arts from the British Science Association.  

Two Swansea University students have been working to support the emergency services during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Swansea University has been shortlisted for Best Student Experience in the Guardian University Awards 2020.

The Secure Anonymised Information Linkage (SAIL) Databank, funded by Health and Care Research Wales, has been selected to play a key role in an international collaboration to accelerate Covid-19 research.

What happens when a molecule collides with a surface? Researchers at Swansea University have shown that the orientation of the molecule as it moves – whether it is spinning like a helicopter blade or rolling like a cartwheel - is important in determining what happens in the collision.

Sandra and Bob Cuthill will definitely be among those raising a glass to Swansea University when it marks its centenary this month.

In 2011, SPECIFIC was one of six UK Innovation and Knowledge Centres (IKCs) created by the UK Government.

Academics warn current system gives industry too much influence on how money is spent.

More than 150 former students reunited to celebrate their time at Swansea University Medical School with a unique virtual graduation celebration.

Isabel Francis, a law student at Swansea University, has been recognised with the highest accolade a young person aged between 9 and 25 can achieve for their social action or humanitarian efforts – The Diana Award.

Face shields to protect NHS staff, designed and 3D printed by a Swansea University team, have been awarded the CE safety mark, which means they can now be manufactured at larger scale for hospitals.

Cyclists in Swansea will be back in the saddle from July 1 following the decision to re-open the University’s popular bike share scheme.

New research has found that Europe’s rivers are the most fragmented in the world, with up to one million barriers blocking their flow, and urgent action to reconnect them is now vital to ensure the long-term health of these rivers and their surrounding habitats.

Swansea University’s Healthcare Technology Centre has played a key role in developing an award-winning communication aid for frontline health staff forced to wear face masks during the pandemic.

The UK Government has announced the first wave of funding through UK Research and Innovation’s flagship Strength in Places Fund in which a major £43.74M project with South Wales’ compound semiconductor cluster has been approved and will be supported by £25.44M funding from Strength in Places.

‘Shaped by Steel’ is the first ever ‘Twitter’ conference to be hosted by Swansea University.  With more traditional ‘face-to-face’ conferences cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the History Department’s ‘Social Worlds of Steel’ research project team is taking to Twitter as an alternative way to share research and heritage practice to a different audience – the Twittersphere.

Researchers from Swansea University have developed a new environmentally friendly method for removing toxic chemicals from water.

A research team at Swansea University have developed a new method for fast removal and detection of wastewater pollutants that come from everyday pharmaceuticals like paracetamol, ibuprofen and aspirin, which could help minimise their impact on the environment.

The history of Swansea University comes under the microscope in a new book published to mark the university’s centenary year in 2020.

Swansea University’s Professor Dave Worsley has won a prestigious St David Award for his contribution to Innovation, Science and Technology.

Swansea University has awarded a community grant of £250 to homelessness charity Llamau. 

A Swansea University student is playing a key role in managing supplies of PPE at one of the hospitals hit hardest by the pandemic.

Cancer researchers from Swansea University have set themselves the epic challenge of cycling more than 4,500km this June to raise money for Tenovus Cancer Care and Maggies Cancer Centres.

The partnership between Swansea University's Academi Hywel Teifi and Tafwyl continues once again this year as the popular festival moves online due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Swansea University’s free English language lessons for beginners are still going strong despite lockdown.

Researchers behind a major new study charting how the people of Wales have coped with coronavirus are appealing for volunteers to share their experiences.

A team of Swansea doctors and engineers has designed a new ventilator that can be built quickly from local parts and – crucially - used even for patients with severe coronavirus. Until now, ventilator designs could either be one or the other, but not both.

A Swansea University PhD student has won the Swansea University Three Minute Thesis (3MT) final.

Swansea University has been ranked joint 32^nd in the 2021 Complete University Guide League Tables – its highest ever position.

Swansea University has been accredited as a real living wage employer by the Living Wage Foundation (LWF).

Swansea University student Rebecca Ellis has been declared this year’s UK champion of FameLab - the world’s foremost science communication competition.

As part of Volunteers’ Week across the UK (1-7 June), we look at the way Discovery continues to help change lives in South Wales and across the globe.

Outreach scientists and academics from Swansea University have been hard at work in their kitchens and gardens producing online science workshops, lessons, and science club content to give school students the support and resources they need to continue their science learning from home, during lockdown.

A team of researchers led by Swansea University have developed new technology to monitor cholesterol in brain tissue which could uncover its relation to neurodegenerative disease and pave the way for the development of new treatments.

Swansea University has announced its intention to be open and ready to teach online and in person at the beginning of the new academic year in September 2020.

Professor Keith Lloyd, head of Swansea University’s Medical School, has been appointed Independent Member of the Swansea Bay University Health Board (SBUHB).

Levels of virus infection in lobsters seem to be related to habitat and other species, new studies of Caribbean marine protected areas have shown.

A digital discussion session on the imperial links between South Asia and Wales brought together more than 150 delegates from all over the globe, attending via Zoom.

Nine of the finest new science voices from across the country, including two from Swansea University, will battle to represent the UK in FameLab – the world’s foremost science communication competition.

Research into the effect of climate change in the Antarctic has been boosted by an award of $20 million (£10 million) from the Australian government for work led by the University of Tasmania in partnership with Swansea University glaciologists.

A leading Swansea University clinician is among a group of experts calling for the introduction of a risk assessment for frontline health professionals treating coronavirus patients.

A study by researchers at Swansea University and Manchester University suggest that people are torn over whether they will use the COVID-19 contact tracing smartphone app, which is planned for release in the UK later this month.

Swansea University Medical School has appointed two key members of staff as it prepares to launch its new pharmacy course.

Two academics from Swansea University are among the latest recipients of the Learned Society of Wales’ medals, announced at the Society’s AGM on Wednesday, 20th May.

Scientists from Swansea University will launch a series of Welsh-medium online activities for children as part of the alternative, redesigned Urdd National Eisteddfod event to be held online from 25-30 May.

Secretary Hillary Clinton has praised Swansea University staff and students for their “critical response” to the Covid-19 pandemic.

Twenty-seven-year-old American writer Bryan Washington has been named the winner of the £30,000 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his debut short story collection, LOT.

Frontline housing workers, homelessness support services and the people they look after, many of whom are vulnerable, are the latest groups to be using hand sanitiser made at Swansea University, where a solar tech lab has temporarily switched to producing 5000 litres a week during the COVID-19 outbreak.

Swansea University Medical School has secured a prestigious funding boost to accelerate the transition from discovery research to development projects in the field of nanomedicine. 

The Welsh Government is to invest £4.85m over the next five years on research into primary and emergency care in Wales, which will involve Swansea University.

Swansea University’s Professor Steve Conlan will be the keynote speaker at the world’s first virtual summit on cancer and immunology research.

International students who want to study in Swansea will now be able to sit a crucial English language test online, ensuring their University applications can continue as normal.

A Swansea University graduate has spoken of her immense pride at being part of the NHS during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Disabled young people and adults will be able to benefit from health and wellbeing advice from Swansea University as they cope with life in lockdown.

Freshwater Interdisciplinary Research and Engagement (FIRE) Lab at Swansea University have helped launch a short-animated film for young children in South Wales and beyond.

Scientists from across the UK, including Swansea University, are calling on the public to sign up to a new study which will help identify who is most at risk of contracting COVID-19 and why some people become more ill than others with the disease.

Swansea University academics are among the world-leading experts sharing their knowledge to help Welsh sixthformers with their studies during lockdown.

New research from Swansea University suggests that short, intensive lockdowns to flatten the COVID-19 epidemic curve could actually cost more lives – and instead the overall case numbers could be minimized by introducing a range of measures over a long period of time.

Swansea nursing students say they are proud to be able to face the challenge of joining the NHS during the pandemic.

They may not be able to rehearse in person but a Swansea University student has found a way for his choir to keep performing during the coronavirus outbreak.

Swansea University is delighted to announce a new three-year partnership with Swansea City Football Club until the end of the 2022-23 season.

The biggest impacts on the sea life in Swansea Bay come from waves and tides rather than human activity, a wide-ranging new study - encompassing over 170 species of fish and other sea life such as crabs, squid and starfish - has revealed.

Swansea University has used its unique connection to Wuhan to bring together health experts from across Wales with some of the first medics to tackle coronavirus.

Researchers at Swansea University are looking to ask children age 8-11 to take part in an online questionnaire to understand more about their health and wellbeing during the Covid-19 lockdown.

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

Swansea University has successfully won funding to reduce the time it takes to sanitise ambulances after carrying a suspected Covid-19 positive patient.

Swansea University’s English Language Training Services is continuing to run its prestigious Cambridge CELTA programme despite the lockdown. 

Governments need to give ‘urgent consideration’ to their public health response to prevent any   possible impact of the coronavirus pandemic on the number of suicides, experts warn.

The Cyber Threats Research Center (CYTREC), based at the Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law at Swansea University, has been formally invited to join the United Nations Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate’s (CTED) Global Research Network (GRN).

Swansea University academic Norah Keating is among a group of eminent social scientists who have been honoured by the Academy of Social Sciences.

The extinction of threatened marine megafauna species could result in larger than expected losses in functional diversity, according to research led by Swansea University.

A team of researchers has launched a new study to examine the effect of the UK Government’s lockdown strategy on the population’s physical activity levels and wellbeing during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A study by researchers at Swansea University and Manchester University shows social distancing and isolation is having a significant impact on people’s mental health and emotional wellbeing.

A trio of Swansea University scientists swapped their lab coats for legislation when they spent a week in Westminster at the Houses of Parliament and Whitehall. 

Swansea patients whose appointments have had to be cancelled because of coronavirus are getting expert support over the phone instead so they can continue their treatment.

A team of Swansea University students have developed a solution to improve emergency vehicle response times in a worldwide competition involving over 40 universities.

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.