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HR Excellence in Research Award retained after 12 year review

16 January 2023

We have retained our HR Excellence in Research Award following a successful external review of how we support our research staff and their development.

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Testing wastewater for Covid-19 and communicable diseases

16 January 2023

Wastewater monitoring will now track levels of communicable diseases in hospitals.

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Astronomers continue to unravel mysteries of stellar afterlife in new images from space telescope

8 December 2022

JWST reveals complexity of stellar structure in greater detail than ever before

The Wales Centre for Public Policy receives £9m investment

7 December 2022

Funding will support its ongoing work in tackling major policy challenges

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Children with type 1 diabetes miss more school, study suggests

1 December 2022

Cardiff University-led study assessed links between diabetes and educational attainment

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New public policy research and knowledge exchange academic network launched

1 December 2022

PolicyWISE brings together academics and policymakers

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Concern about climate change grows

22 November 2022

CAST’s annual attitude survey reveals that public concern about climate change is growing, despite cost-of-living pressures

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New Alzheimer’s genes discovered in world’s largest study

21 November 2022

Two new genes that significantly increase the risk of Alzheimer’s disease found by international collaboration.

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Education increases genetic risk of shortsightedness

17 November 2022

Genetics combined with long years of schooling can lead to shortsightedness in children.

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People from England’s most deprived areas ten times more likely to be in prison, analysis finds

16 November 2022

Data have been published as academics issue a response to plans for ‘Super Prison’ in Chorley