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Leverhulme double

12 September 2023

Two medievalists win prestigious research fellowships

Representing Wales

7 September 2023

Kindred creative alumni win places to nurture their careers

Climate Change and Africa

16 August 2023

Cardiff representation at first international conference on environmental humanities in Africa

Roll call of honour

14 August 2023

English literature professor becomes latest in line of prestigious Royal Historical Society Fellows

Taking responsibility for our words on social media

13 July 2023

Cardiff philosopher explores question of our times in prestigious fellowship

Women’s film history: Unfinished but not forgotten

4 July 2023

Image Works celebrates lost queen of slapstick Léontine and sees launch of field-defining book on women’s unfinished film

Debut poetry collection for creative writing student

27 June 2023

Postgraduate research student sees poems published in first solo book

Next children’s laureates of Wales announced

19 June 2023

Alumna Nia Morais becomes the latest Bardd Plant Cymru, Welsh-language children’s poet laureate, alongside Alex Wharton as children’s laureate Wales.

Debut novelist selected for Wales Book of the Year

12 June 2023

Creative writing alumna shortlisted for Wales Book of the Year Award

Three creative writing talents from who have studied with the School of English, Communication and Philosophy are among the ten writers selected for this year’s Writers At Work project at Hay Festival.

Celebrating Athena SWAN success

30 May 2023

The School of English, Communication and Philosophy has received an Athena SWAN Bronze Award in recognition of its commitment to tackling gender inequality.

Largest study of video games reveals men say twice as much as women

24 May 2023

Patterns in data suggest ways of addressing imbalance

A beautiful life

22 May 2023

New play recognises searing talent of little-known Welsh writer and contemporary of the hallowed Bloomsbury set

University staff and alumni named as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales

9 May 2023

New fellows come from across higher education, as well as law, medicine and the media

Celebrating the 300th birthday of "Wales' greatest thinker"

17 February 2023

A series of public events are being held to celebrate the life and work of the influential thinker Richard Price.

A cheerful teen girl gestures as she sits at a table in her classroom and debates with peers

Why reflecting on your values before opening your mouth makes for happier relationships

7 February 2023

A new study finds that if people are asked to reflect on their life values before engaging in discussions, debates are more harmonious.

New street art stencil celebrates under-appreciated philosopher from Wales

5 December 2022

Portrait aims to revive interest in the writings of Richard Price

Feast of opportunities at Reading Week Festival

23 November 2022

Students in the School of English, Communication and Philosophy have been exploring career and skills, expanding cultural horizons and trying something new on campus in the latest Reading Week Festival.

What’s occurin’: Dialects in Barry, Caerphilly and Pontypridd subject of academic study

15 November 2022

Researchers are examining sociolinguistic variation in southeast Wales

UNFINISHED

14 November 2022

Weekend of film highlights ‘stolen’ global cinema of women filmmakers