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2014 Cardiff graduate becomes youngest ordained Baptist Minister in England & Wales

11 August 2014

2014 Religious Studies graduate Samuel Hackett has been successful in his appointment as Minister of Ruddington Baptist Church near Nottingham.

Showcasing arts and humanities research

30 June 2014

City hosts national festival to promote arts and humanities research.

Fulbright students welcomed to Wales

24 June 2014

Cardiff welcomes talented US students to study the nation’s culture, history, politics and landscape.

Hitler's Jurassic Monsters

17 June 2014

Senior Lecture in Modern European history Dr Toby Thacker and Reader in Bio-archaeology Dr Jacqui Mulville of the School of History, Archaeology and Religion feature in the documentary, revealing the untold story of a Nazi vision which went far beyond the military conquest of European countries.

CAER Heritage Project in Wales shortlisted for UK-wide public engagement award

11 June 2014

The CAER Heritage Project has just been announced as the overall winner of the NCCPE Awards, in addition to winner in the History and Heritage category at today's national awards at the National History Museum London.

International Society honours distinguished Cardiff professor

22 May 2014

The Prehistoric Society comes to the Welsh capital this month celebrating the achievements of Cardiff University archaeologist Professor Alasdair Whittle in the field of European prehistory with the prestigious Europa Conference.

Anglo-Saxon royal village discovered

11 March 2014

Sutton Hoo excavations reveal new information.

Cardiff Offers first Massive Open Online Course

6 March 2014

Cardiff University's first MOOC (Massive Open Online Course) will start March 10 enabling anyone to study online, for free, wherever they are in the world.