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Tristan Hughes longlisted for Walter Scott Prize in Historical Fiction

23 February 2026

Tristan Hughes longlisted for Walter Scott Prize in Historical Fiction

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Sir Terry Pratchett’s novels may have held clues to his dementia a decade before diagnosis, research suggests

3 February 2026

Study analysed 33 Discworld novels by the author

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New master’s explores the power of literature in an age of environmental crisis

2 February 2026

A new master’s programme will invite students to explore how writers, thinkers and cultures have shaped, and reshaped, our relationship with nature.

Panos Paris wins Finnish Society for Aesthetics’ “Article of the Year” award

28 January 2026

Dr Panos Paris been awarded the Finnish Society for Aesthetics’ Article of the Year 2025 prize for his paper “On Beauty and Wellformedness”, published in The British Journal of Aesthetics.

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Celebrating league table success

20 October 2025

The School is celebrating after securing top 20 positions in two major national league tables.

School team takes on Cardiff Half Marathon for life-changing research

29 September 2025

Staff and students from the School of English, Communication and Philosophy are preparing to lace up their trainers this October to run the Cardiff Half Marathon.

Women experience guilt, shame and exclusion in gaming culture, study finds

22 September 2025

A new study has revealed how many women in the UK experience guilt and shame around playing video games, and how this is linked to feeling excluded from gaming culture.

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Conflict, politics and identity among the topics being explored at the National Eisteddfod

29 July 2025

Academics sharing the latest research insights with festival audiences

Professor Dawn Knight helps Wales Over-40s women’s hockey team reach historic European silver

15 July 2025

Professor Dawn Knight, a leading figure in applied linguistics known for research with real-world impact, has added another achievement to her name - this time in international sport.

New Learned Society of Wales Fellows to help solve the challenges the world faces

28 May 2025

15 Cardiff University academics have joined the elite ranks of the of the Learned Society of Wales.