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Forging new research talent
Publication Date: 09/02/2012
The search is on for the next generation of talented researchers building their careers in Wales.
Welsh Crucible, the development scheme for the nation’s research leaders of the future, is recruiting for this summer’s capacity-building programme.
Find out more......Bangor Academic wins award to research the current account market
Publication Date: 04/02/2012
The real cost of ‘free’ current account banking services will come under greater scrutiny in a new research study by Bangor Business School. Dr John Ashton, a senior lecturer in banking, has been awarded a £25,000 grant from the Friends Provident Charitable Foundation to determine what are the costs of ‘free’ current account use, particularly for customers viewed as more vulnerable or poorly-informed about financial services. The project is to be undertaken with collaboration from North Wales Credit Union.
Find out more......Calling the future research leaders and innovators of Wales - Welsh Crucible 2012
Publication Date: 03/02/2012
The Welsh Crucible is a prestigious professional and leadership development programme for the future research leaders of Wales.
What is Welsh Crucible?
Funded by the St David’s Day group of higher education institutions, Welsh Crucible will bring together thirty researchers to explore how they can work together to tackle the current research challenges facing Wales.
Welsh Crucible 2012 will take place over three intensive two-day (residential) workshops comprising inspiring guest speakers, seminars, skills sessions and informal discussions.
Bangor’s Battle against Ovarian Cancer
Publication Date: 02/02/2012
Saturday, 4th of February marks World Cancer Day. Scientists at the Northwest Cancer Research Fund Institute at Bangor University, Dr Ramsay McFarlane and Professor Nick Stuart, are currently using state of the art technologies to identify novel cancer markers in patient ovarian tumour samples.
Find out more......Santander Early Career Researcher Scholarship
Publication Date: 27/01/2012
Early Career Researchers currently employed at Bangor University may be eligible to apply for a 12-month scholarship of £5,000. Full details can be found here.
Find out more......Simple precautions could reduce risk of E coli O157 in the environment say researchers
Publication Date: 25/01/2012
Researchers investigating the risk of E coli O157 in the countryside as part of the UK research councils’ Rural Economy and Land Use Programme, say that simple measures and coordinated action from the relevant authorities could play a major role in keeping children and other vulnerable groups safer.
Academics from the universities of Aberdeen, Bangor and Manchester and the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, have been researching how the bacterium behaves in the rural environment, and the part that farmers, abattoirs and the public could play.
Find out more......How sports science research feeds into medical care
Publication Date: 19/01/2012
Three articles by researchers at Bangor University’s School of Sport, Health & Exercise Sciences appear in the latest issue of Arthritis Care and Research, an international journal published by the American College of Rheumatology. The latest edition is a special issue containing 18 articles focussing on state-of-the-art research on muscle and bone in the rheumatic diseases.
Find out more......Articles on enhancing ventilation in homes of children with asthma published
Publication Date: 18/01/2012
Two articles in the British Journal of General Practice are part authored by researchers from Bangor University.
Find out more......Bangor academic co-authors article selected as one of the best corporate finance papers
Publication Date: 14/01/2012
The article “Who disciplines bank managers?”, co-authored by Dr Klaus Schaeck from Bangor Business School, is the lead article in a virtual issue of the best corporate governance papers published in the Review of Finance, one of the top five finance journals.
Find out more......Giving the community an opportunity to hear about the latest research on Managing Long-Term Conditions
Publication Date: 12/01/2012
A lecture focusing on Managing Long-Term Conditions, takes place at Venue Cymru at 6pm on 17th January. The lecture series is free to attend, open to the public and includes refreshments, networking opportunities and a certificate of attendance.
Bangor Lecturer wins Economist Paper award
Publication Date: 10/01/2012
A Bangor Business School lecturer has won an award for a paper presented at a major banking and finance conference in Italy.
Find out more......Potential solution to financial services mis-selling raised by Bangor Academic
Publication Date: 05/01/2012
In a week where we have observed yet another financial services mis-selling case are there any solutions to this perennial problem of financial regulation? While the recent movement to remove commission in the sales of retail investments may assist this problem, an article published this month by a Bangor academic suggests more fundamental change to how we regulate the development of financial services products is required.
Find out more......Research on effectiveness of Mindfulness reaches conclusion phase
Publication Date: 04/01/2012
Researchers at Bangor and Oxford Universities are drawing together the results of a major 5 year study, the results of which will be revealed later this year, into how effective the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy programme can be in reducing the incidence of depression and suicidality for people with recurrent suicidal depression.
Find out more......It’s not just “because it’s there”
Publication Date: 30/12/2011
Mountaineer George Mallory may have quipped that people climb Everest ‘because it’s there’. In fact, the reasons why people seek extreme sports such as high altitude mountaineering are far more complex. Sport psychologists at Bangor University are recognised world-leaders in establishing the psychological motivations for taking part in extreme sports.
Find out more......Bangor’s expertise in ‘world-changing’ technology
Publication Date: 17/12/2011
An area of research in which Bangor University is a world leader, is described by this month’s (December) issue of Scientific American as one of ten ‘world-changing ideas’.
Find out more......Bangor Professor leads speakers at international conference
Publication Date: 16/12/2011
Bernardo Batiz-Lazo, Professor of Business History and Bank Management at Bangor Business School, delivered the key note address at the first international conference organised by the Tolani Institute of Management Studies (TIMS) in Gandhidham, Gujarat (India). The town bears the name of India's founding father because the announcement of the decision to house the Sindhi community (a group of people relocated after partition) in that area was Gandhi's last act on the day he was killed. The Institute itself is part of an educational group that educates over 8,000 students thanks to the effort, financial support and vision of K. B. Tolani (1893-1988).
Find out more......Erosion of traditional ‘taboos’ threatens Madagascar’s lemurs
Publication Date: 16/12/2011
Madagascar is world famous for its unique animals, many of which are protected by law, but recent research has demonstrated that illegal hunting of these protected species may be widespread and pose an urgent threat the country’s globally important biodiversity.
Research by a team from Bangor University and the Malagasy organization Madagasikara Voakajy, reported in the online scientific and medical research journal, PLOS ONE suggests that hunting of protected species in eastern Madagascar is increasing due to rapid social change, as appetites for meat increase and traditional taboos protecting the species, especially lemurs, become less powerful.
Find out more......University researchers seek feedback from older carers of people with dementia
Publication Date: 16/12/2011
People aged 65 and over who have experience of looking after somebody with dementia can contribute towards research currently being carried out by academics at Bangor University. Health economists there are investigating the economic demands of caring for people with dementia. The results of their research will contribute towards shaping health and social care policies across the UK.
Find out more......‘WINSS’ of €2.6 million for science careers in Ireland and Wales Job Sustainability Programme
Publication Date: 15/12/2011
A €2.6 million project to develop and sustain jobs in the sector at the interface between chemistry and life sciences has been announced. Funded under the Ireland Wales 2007-2013 INTERREG IVA programme and managed in Wales by Bangor University’s School of Chemistry. The “Wales Ireland Network for Scientific Skills” (WINSS) will assist companies that work across chemistry, life sciences and material sciences. The project will provide a range of specialist skills training to develop the expertise needed by the sector.
Find out more......Scallop Association funds collaborative project to help define English Channel Scallop fishery
Publication Date: 13/12/2011
A new industry-funded PhD research project is now underway at Bangor University to help improve understanding of the scallop fishery in the English Channel.
Find out more......Credit Ratings Research at Bangor Business School
Publication Date: 09/12/2011
On 5th December 2011, the credit rating agency Standard & Poor’s (S&P) attracted news headlines by placing the credit ratings of 15 eurozone nations under review (‘watch’) for downgrade. Using a 15-year dataset, researchers at Bangor Business School identified that S&P has tended to act earlier than other agencies in placing sovereign government ratings under review for downgrade.
Find out more......A new Strategic Alliance working for Wales
Publication Date: 08/12/2011
Aberystwyth and Bangor Universities will announce a new Strategic Alliance on Wednesday 7th December that signals a new phase in the partnership between the two institutions.
Find out more......Major report identifies significant gaps and weaknesses in children’s health information
Publication Date: 06/12/2011
Children and young people who have chronic health conditions or need operations don’t always have access to the high-quality, child-friendly information they need to understand what is happening to them. That is the key finding of a three-year study funded by the National Institute for Health Research Service Delivery and Organisation (NIHR SDO) programme and led by Bangor and Cardiff Universities.
Find out more......Bringing up children in a bilingual community
Publication Date: 02/12/2011
Approximately 70% of the population in Gwynedd, the stronghold of the Welsh language, report that they speak Welsh. Many parents who themselves grew up speaking Welsh, and also many who grew up speaking only English, are bringing up their children as bilinguals. And most children begin their schooling in Gwynedd through the medium of Welsh.
Find out more......Bangor Academic’s Research Quoted in Position Limits Article
Publication Date: 01/12/2011
A working paper by a Bangor Business School academic has been quoted in a Computerworld article on position limits.
Research undertaken by Professor Shahid Ebrahim, Professor of Islamic Banking and Finance at Bangor Business School, was quoted in an article reporting on the Commodity Futures Trading Commission’s recent 3-2 decision to impose a position limits regime in the commodity futures and swaps markets.
Find out more......Bangor Business Lecturer goes Down Under
Publication Date: 01/12/2011
A Bangor Business School lecturer recently completed a stint as Visiting Chair at the University of Sydney, Australia.
Professor Lynn Hodgkinson, Professor of Accounting and Finance at Bangor Business School and its new teaching centre in London, worked alongside Sydney’s Professor Graham Partington on a paper examining the impact of a change in dividend taxation of New Zealand Managed Funds.
Find out more......Cancer experts gather for Bangor Conference
Publication Date: 24/11/2011
On Wednesday and Thursday this week (23/24/11/11), delegates from across the UK will be gathering at Bangor University for the second conference exploring how services for patients with cancer can be provided in a rural environment.
Find out more......Psychology workshop leads to the development of an all-Wales network for research on prevention of age-related cognitive decline and disability
Publication Date: 24/11/2011
On the 27th October 2011 the School of Psychology hosted a workshop to discuss the prevention of age related disability and dementia (organised by Prof Linda Clare). The workshop was well attended by academics, health professionals and representatives from voluntary sector organisations and local government.
Find out more......Climate change effect on release of CO2 from peat far greater than assumed
Publication Date: 22/11/2011
Drought causes peat to release far more carbon dioxide into the atmosphere than has previously been realised.
Find out more......Bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers show biggest improvement in diagnosis time
Publication Date: 17/11/2011
NEW research shows that bowel, oesophageal and pancreatic cancers have seen the greatest improvement in the time it takes from when a patient first visits their GP with symptoms to when they are diagnosed with the disease.
Find out more......Bangor Law School welcomes distinguished scholars for guest lectures
Publication Date: 15/11/2011
Bangor Law School is welcoming two distinguished guest lecturers to Bangor in November 2011.
Professor Jason Chuah, Head of Academic Law at City University Law School in London, will deliver a seminar on "Letters of Credit - Reconciling legal rules with commercial realities" on Monday 14 November. Also delivering a seminar on 14 November will be Professor Z Wang of Beijing Foreign Studies University. He will deliver a seminar entitled "The Evolving Nature of EU Power and Sino-EU Relations in the 21st Century".
Find out more......Nathan Abrams has been awarded an AHRC fellowship to take forward his research on Stanley Kubrick
Publication Date: 12/11/2011
Nathan Abrams has been awarded an AHRC fellowship to take forward his research on Stanley Kubrick.
Find out more......Research Creates BBC Radio series for Remembrance Week
Publication Date: 11/11/2011
Researching conflict reporting has led to the producing of a documentary series which is being broadcast on BBC Radio Wales this month as part of their season of Remembrance programmes.
Find out more......Helping local company who have developed and won the market for outdoor survival products
Publication Date: 10/11/2011
Working with Dr Sam Oliver and PhD student Jenny Brierley of the University’s Extremes Research Group, Derek Ryden of Blizzard Protection Systems Ltd. has been able to commission tailored research that measures exactly how good the products are. The University has been researching how effective the innovative material is in directing escaping body heat back into the body, preventing or delaying the onset of hypothermia in extreme conditions.
Find out more......Welcome to Professor Mike Hammond, Visiting Research Fellow for this semester
Publication Date: 12/10/2011
We are pleased to welcome Professor Mike Hammond as a Visiting Research Fellow for this semester.
Find out more......Alcohol industry ‘responsible drinking’ messages failing to address the real issues
Publication Date: 12/10/2011
Alcohol industry campaigns to promote ‘responsible drinking’ have little effect, and may even be counterproductive. That’s one of the key findings of a new Alcohol Concern Cymru report to be launched on Wednesday 12 October, which has been written by researchers from Glyndŵr and Bangor Universities.
Find out more......US Award for Expert in Ageing
Publication Date: 12/10/2011
An internationally recognised expert on ageing and dementia, Professor Bob Woods of Bangor University, is to be the first international recipient of an American Award on Thursday 13 October 2011.
Find out more......Sticky Stuff - Ocean Sciences Research Grant to study ripples on mudflats and beaches
Publication Date: 11/10/2011
Sand and mud banks form important barriers around our coastline. Researchers at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences are to lead a major research project to assess how these fine materials are moved by water currents around our coastline, and how this movement could change as the result of climate change
Find out more......Successful Bid for National Welsh College (Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol) Grant (2012-2015)
Publication Date: 05/10/2011
Prestigious grant awarded to Dr. Enlli Thomas (Education) and Dr. Peredur Davies (Linguistics).
Find out more......Bangor's Bilingualism Research is highly influential
Publication Date: 03/10/2011
Bilingualism: Language and Cognition (BLC), is an international peer-reviewed journal focusing on bilingualism from a cognitive science perspective. An article by Prof. Gathercole of Bangor's Psychology department has been included in a list of editors’ highlights of recent influential articles. Cambridge Journals have provided free access to this article here.
Find out more......International funding for environmental policies based on weak evidence
Publication Date: 28/09/2011
Tropical deforestation contributes to climate change, destroys biodiversity and can harm the interests of local people. Community Forest Management (CFM) has been promoted as providing a potential win-win solution (conserving forests while benefitting local communities) and global funders have invested billions of dollars in CFM programmes in developing countries. A study published this week, however, highlights the lack of evidence upon which such investments are made and calls for improved evidence collection in the future.
Find out more......Bangor team in Marine Parks review in the Caribbean
Publication Date: 28/09/2011
A team from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have been busy in the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean, consulting the public on marine protection to help plan Marine Parks for the future.
Find out more......Could Disappearance of Arctic Ice signal another cold snap this winter?
Publication Date: 26/09/2011
Scientists have established a link between the cold, snowy winters in Britain and melting sea ice in the Arctic and have warned that long periods of freezing weather are likely to become more frequent in years to come.
Find out more......Climate Change: The Evidence
Publication Date: 20/09/2011
Prof Bridget Emmett & Dr Clive Walmsley present the latest talks in the CLimate Change debate series on 15 November . The climate change lecture series ends on 29th November with a Public Question Time debate.
Find out more......New R.S.Thomas Manuscripts for University Collection
Publication Date: 19/09/2011
New R.S.Thomas Manuscripts for University Collection.
Find out more......Green light for marine renewables?
Publication Date: 15/09/2011
Farms of ‘underwater windmills’ could affect how sand moves around our coastal seas, affecting beaches, sand banks and ultimately the risk of flooding, according to Bangor University oceanographer Dr Simon Neill.
Find out more......Can plants replace oil derived compounds?
Publication Date: 09/09/2011
Bangor University is responding to the ever increasing price of oil and the global depletion of fossil fuel supplies by pioneering research into the extraction of useful compounds from every day plants.
Find out more......Experience Medieval worship at St Teilo’s Church
Publication Date: 09/09/2011
Step into the Medieval Church of St Teilo’s next week (Tuesday 13th and Thursday 15th 11.30 & 4.00) and you will experience, as closely as possible, the sights and sounds that accompanied our Medieval ancestors at prayer. The rare and unusual services take place at the reconstructed medieval decorated church of St Teilo at St Fagans: National History Museum of Wales.
Find out more......Welsh Medium Postgraduate Scholarship: Social Policy
Publication Date: 31/08/2011
The School of Social Sciences at Bangor University is offering a Welsh medium postgraduate scholarship in the field of Social Policy to start 1 October 2011. This scholarship is funded by Y Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Funding is available for up to five years, including three/four years as a doctorate research student and an additional year as a teaching fellow. The postgraduate scholarship will include the university’s tuition fees (the current rate for home/EU students is £3,466) and also a maintenance grant (the current rate is £13,590 a year). Applications are invited from prospective researchers with a background in social sciences and who have an interest in health policy in Wales since devolution. The successful candidate will also need to undertake some Welsh medium teaching in the School of Social Sciences as one of the scholarship’s conditions. The final year of the scholarship will be considered a fellowship year when the teaching commitments will increase.
Find out more......Modern archaeology to reveal Eliseg’s secrets
Publication Date: 31/08/2011
Archaeologists from Bangor and Chester universities begin a second season of excavations (4 – 16 September 2011) at the Pillar of Eliseg, a ninth-century AD stone monument which stands on a prehistoric mound near Valle Crucis Abbey Llangollen, in north-east Wales. There will be an open afternoon at the archaeological site on Friday 16 September, between 3 – 6pm.
Find out more......International recognition for Food Dudes
Publication Date: 11/08/2011
The Bangor University academics behind the highly successful Food Dudes programme, which encourages healthy eating choices in young children and their families, are to receive an award for the way that they have adapted their scientific knowledge for a very practical purpose.
Find out more......'Love your body' to lose weight
Publication Date: 21/07/2011
New research published by BioMed Central's open access journal International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity shows that improving body image can enhance the effectiveness of weight loss programs based on diet and exercise.
Find out more......Bangor Physical Oceanographers score a million pound hat-trick!
Publication Date: 19/07/2011
Physical Oceanographers from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have recently won three research grants from the Natural Environment Research Council, one of the bodies which funds UK research. Together, the research grants bring a million pounds’ worth of new research to be conducted by the University.
Find out more......University Launches £3.2 million Project Set to Boost Economic Growth
Publication Date: 18/07/2011
Bangor University Law School has officially launched a £3.2 million project that is set to encourage economic growth in Wales and Ireland.
Find out more......How penguins use bubbles to 'take to the air'
Publication Date: 15/07/2011
A suggestion by Bangor University Professor Roger Hughes of the School of Biological Sciences, that bubble trails seen in footage of emperor penguins swimming to the sea surface are produced to reduce drag has led to a research paper revealing just how the penguins could manage this. Collaborators at University College Cork and the Technical University of Denmark showed that ‘lubrication’ provided by tiny air bubbles released from under the feathers could allow penguins to gain enough speed to leap out of the water and onto the ice shelf.
Find out more......University Launches £3.2 million Project Set to Boost Economic Growth
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Bangor University Law School has officially launched a £3.2 million project that is set to encourage economic growth in Wales and Ireland.
Part-funded by the EU’s Ireland/Wales Cross Border Programme, the Winning in Tendering project aims to transform smaller suppliers’ ability to win contracts and ensure home-grown organisations win a greater share of public sector business.
Find out more......Study reveals US turtles’ movements
Publication Date: 24/06/2011
A study of the movements of an entire sub-population of marine turtle has been conducted for the first time. The study confirms that through satellite tracking we can closely observe the day-to-day lives of marine turtles, accurately predicting their migrations and helping direct conservation efforts.
Find out more......£3.2m Tendering Project Prepares for Launch
Publication Date: 20/06/2011
Small businesses and charities in Wales and Ireland will be in a stronger position to compete for public sector contracts thanks to a £3.2 million Bangor University-led project launched this week.
Find out more......Research project from Bangor University celebrated as Big Idea for the Future
Publication Date: 16/06/2011
Research selected for leading national report
Groundbreaking work from Bangor University has been chosen as one of the most important research projects currently taking place in universities, with the publication today of the Big Ideas for the Future report.
Find out more......Over consumption of sugary drinks dull our taste buds and our enjoyment
Publication Date: 09/06/2011
If your children are thirsty, encourage them to drink water- that would be the clear health message from research into taste preferences at Bangor University.
Find out more......Major AHRC Grant awarded to PRoMS – 'The Production and Reading of Music Sources, 1480-1530'
Publication Date: 31/05/2011
Music manuscripts and printed editions from the 'Golden Age' of polyphony are to come under close scrutiny in a three year research project.
The Renaissance period has bequeathed upon us an unrivalled richness of musical sources. Manuscript from across Europe have survived - providing a breadth of examples from the large and highly decorated to the very small and unadorned copies of musical notations.
Find out more......On a wild goose chase after the world’s highest migrant
Publication Date: 31/05/2011
The remarkable achievements of the world’s highest flying geese have been revealed by researchers from Bangor University and are reported in the prestigious American scientific journal: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
Find out more......Quantifying melting glaciers’ effect on ocean currents
Publication Date: 20/05/2011
A team of scientists from Bangor University and the University of Sheffield have used a computer climate model to study how freshwater entering the oceans at the end of ice-ages 140,000 years ago, affected the parts of the ocean currents that control climate. This is the first study of this kind for the time period.
Find out more......Bangor University welcomes latest Sustainable Fisheries Accreditation
Publication Date: 19/05/2011
Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences has welcomed the news that the fishery producing Manx Queenies, the Isle of Man’s queen scallops, has been awarded a sustainability certification under the Marine Stewardship Council programme.
Experts in sustainable fisheries at the School have worked with the Isle of Man (IOM) Government’s Department of Environment Food and Agriculture since 2006, to advise them how to manage the fishery sustainably.
Find out more......Social class a barrier to successful ageing
Publication Date: 19/04/2011
Research by Ian Rees Jones, Professor of Sociology at the School of Social Sciences, has shown that improving access to education and housing and increasing people’s material circumstances through income and pension levels could have a more profound effect on the health of the population than interventions aimed at changing an individual’s health behaviours.
Find out more......Bangor Business School PhD Scholarships
Publication Date: 19/04/2011
Bangor Business School is inviting applications for Research Bursaries starting in October 2011, each providing a total annual allowance of £13,000. This provides three years of support for full-time PhD study.
Find out more......ESRC Small Grant Awarded
Publication Date: 19/04/2011
Dr Simon Cottee has been awarded an ESRC small grant to undertake a research project on the experiences and challenges of ex-Muslims living in Britain.
Find out more......Anniversary Research Bursaries
Publication Date: 19/04/2011
The School of Social Sciences is offering 5 Anniversary Research Bursaries worth £7,000 each.
Find out more......Major European Grant Success for Law School
Publication Date: 18/04/2011
Bangor University Law School’s Professor Dermot Cahill and Ceri Evans have just successfully led a €4 million research grant bid (the WIT project), a collaboration with Dublin City University’s Strategic Procurement Unit led by Paul Davis of DCU Business School.
Find out more......Investors not impressed by impression management, according to Bangor Business School research
Publication Date: 11/04/2011
The practice of awarding hefty bonuses to employees within the Banking industry at a time of global Banking crisis has caused widespread controversy. Bank employees had grown accustomed to receiving substantial annual cash bonuses, and such bonuses in a period of recession became highly unpopular amongst the public in general. Banks have been seeking alternative methods of rewarding employees, including the award of ‘share option compensation’.
Find out more......Recreated ‘Medieval’ Organ to complement Medieval Church
Publication Date: 01/04/2011
An unique musical instrument is being unveiled at St Fagans National History Museum on 8-9 April. The highly decorated organ, which has quite a different sound to the modern church organ, recreates the now lost medieval organ.
Find out more......New species of viper identified
Publication Date: 29/03/2011
A group of Bangor University scientists have featured in the National Geographic this weekfollowing their discovery of two new species of snake in Southeast Asia.
Find out more......Could the Arctic be coming out of hibernation?
Publication Date: 17/03/2011
Reduced ice cover in the Arctic Ocean could be the reason why the UK has experienced colder winters recently.
The ice has acted to insulate temperature changes in the sea from the atmosphere. But as the ice decreases in coverage this could have a consequent effect on our climate.
“Some climatologists believe the absence of sea ice north of Siberia last autumn allowed the warmer open ocean to heat the atmosphere, resulting in changed wind patterns and the development of a “blocking” atmospheric high pressure system over Siberia. This then results in cold air being channelled south from the Arctic, over northern Europe,” explains Dr Tom Rippeth of Bangor University.
Scientists at the University have also just discovered that the Arctic Ocean, is not as tranquil as previously supposed by oceanographers and this too could have an effect on the climate.
Find out more......Researchers reveal that sharks are hygienic
Publication Date: 16/03/2011
Scientists at Bangor University have shown for the first time, that sharks visit shallow tropical reefs or ‘seamounts’, to benefit from cleaning services and rid themselves of cumbersome parasites. The strategy is risky however, since by being there, they become vulnerable to interference from human activity.
Find out more......Celtic Media Festival Shortlist
Publication Date: 15/03/2011
A Bangor University lecturer is on the short list at the annual Celtic Media Festival for his latest documentary. Dr Llion Iwan directed a tribute to master poet Dic Jones following his death in 2009, and which was broadcast on S4C in 2010. Llion lectures in journalism and documentary film at the School of Creative Studies and Media.
Find out more......Bangor University announces third year of expansion of Postgraduate Research Scholarships
Publication Date: 12/03/2011
New Research Scholarship places are being offered at Bangor University for the third successive year. The places are part of the University's five year post-graduate expansion programme. They were also created to mark the University’s 125th Anniversary in 2009.
"A strong postgraduate community is an essential element of any international research-led university. As well as contributing to the further growth of our already vibrant postgraduate community, over half the Scholarship students will work on projects that will assist businesses working in key sectors of the Welsh economy. This will enable them to access the expertise that exists within the University to develop their businesses,” said Professor John G. Hughes, the University's Vice-Chancellor.
Find out more......New research centre to help shape services for Children and Families in Wales
Publication Date: 10/03/2011
Building on research that has shown how programmes for infants, young families and teachers across Wales, support children’s social and emotional development, a new research centre should provide further answers that will continue to help the Welsh Assembly Government shape services for children and families in the future.
The Centre for Evidence Based Early Intervention (CEBEI) will be launched by Huw Lewis AM, Deputy Minister for Children on Wednesday 9 March at the Incredible Years Wales Annual Conference in Cardiff.
Find out more......CARIAD helps Ethiopian researchers to improve food security
Publication Date: 09/03/2011
Ethiopian researchers working with scientists at Bangor University’s Centre for Advanced Research in International Agricultural Development (CARIAD), have achieved a breakthrough in increasing the food security of poor farmers in drought prone areas of Ethiopia. They have identified two Indian wheat varieties, adapted to Ethiopian conditions, which give higher yields when rainfall is scarce.
Find out more......Getting to the heart of the matter
Publication Date: 05/03/2011
n a research project for the ESRC Public Services Programme, co-funded by the General Medical Council (the regulatory body for doctors), Dr Mark Exworthy and Professor Jonathan Gabe from Royal Holloway-University of London, and Ian Rees Jones from Bangor University, explored the impact of disclosure of death rates on cardiac surgeons. In 2009, they undertook an in-depth study at the micro level of a surgical unit, the meso level of the hospital in which the unit was based and the local Primary Care Trust, and the macro level of the regulatory environment. The research explored the connections between clinical professionals, managers and regulators.
Find out more......Dating Anglesey’s birth as an island and formation of the Menai Strait
Publication Date: 02/03/2011
Research has revealed when Anglesey became a permanent island through the formation of the Menai Strait.
Mike Roberts, a mature student from Amlwch, conducted the research as part of his PhD at Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences, supported by the Cemlyn Jones Trust and the Countryside Council for Wales.
His research, just published in an academic journal, reveals that the Strait became a permanent feature between 5,800 and 4,600 years ago around the time when hunter-gatherers were replaced by the first farmers in north Wales.
Find out more......Diabetes UK funds Bangor University research into insulin-producing gene
Publication Date: 23/02/2011
Leading health charity Diabetes UK has funded a research project at Bangor University to investigate a gene which could identify important new avenues for diabetes treatment.
Find out more......Carbon scientists go underground to look for answers
Publication Date: 23/02/2011
An unusual below-ground laboratory, set to be the only one of its kind in the UK, is to begin work at Bangor University later this year, enabling scientists to discover more about carbon held in the soil.
Find out more......The part–time way to post-graduate education
Publication Date: 17/02/2011
In these tougher times, studying for a postgraduate degree part-time while remaining at work is an option at Bangor University.
Bangor University’s next Postgraduate Courses Fair takes place on Friday 18 February 2011 between 12.30 – 2.30. Anybody interested in postgraduate study at Bangor is most welcome to attend, and take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the many different postgraduate programmes that are currently available. Pre-register for the event online via the University’s website at: http://www.bangor.ac.uk/pgfair/contactus.php.en
Find out more......A BEACON of light for the green economy
Publication Date: 16/02/2011
Bangor University is a partner in a newly announced £20m programme to boost the green economy by helping business in West Wales and the Valleys develop new technologies to turn locally grown plant crops into commercial products, announced by Deputy First Minister, Ieuan Wyn Jones AM, at the Senedd. [Tuesday, 15 February).
Find out more......‘Queenie’ scallops win Award with assistance from Bangor University
Publication Date: 15/02/2011
Support and advice from Bangor University’s renowned School of Ocean Sciences has assisted the Isle of Man ‘Queenie’ fishery to win the prestigious Billingsgate Sustainable Fisheries Award. And the future looks bright for the Isle of Man fishing industry. Once in decline, the now sustainably fished ‘queenie’ fishery is providing a high value product sought after by best restaurants around the UK.
Find out more......What’s the best way to assist children with diabetes to look after themselves?
Publication Date: 15/02/2011
A new study co-led by Bangor University and Cardiff University with a team of experts from across the UK is seeking to establish the best way of presenting information in order to help children and young people with type 1 diabetes look after themselves.
Find out more......Measuring success of peatland restoration
Publication Date: 08/02/2011
Bangor University are assisting the National Trust in an ambitious project to restore Wales’s second largest peat upland and a European-designated special conservation area.
A 400 mile network of ditches on the Migneint between Ffestiniog and Llanrwst will over time be filled in to restore the area to its natural state. Cut over centuries to improve drainage and provide more land for farming and grouse shooting, the ditches are possibly contributing to the release of carbon.
Find out more......Experts of the future brought to Wales
Publication Date: 05/02/2011
The establishment of a Doctoral Training Centre will allow 33 new postgraduate studentships to be offered every year in Wales for the next five years.
The postgraduates will be trained in a range of important disciplines, including social policy, psychology, economics, environmental planning and linguistics.
Find out more......Leave your comfort zones behind you! Postgraduate ‘Beyond Boundaries 2011 – Transition’ Conference
Publication Date: 29/01/2011
Now in its fifth year, the latest Beyond Boundaries (BB) conference brought together Bangor postgraduate students from across disciplines for a fascinating and valuable experience of engagement with non specialists. Organised by the Research Students’ Forum (RSF) and supported by the Academic Development Unit and Vice-Chancellor’s office, BB again provided that rare but essential opportunity to go beyond the actual ‘nose to screen’ research and share our experiences.
Find out more......Bangor archaeology research on early Iceland attracts international attention
Publication Date: 21/01/2011
Find out more......Computers that can understand our emotions?
Publication Date: 20/01/2011
Having a computer that can read our emotions could lead to all sorts of new applications, including computer games where the player has to control their emotions while playing. Thomas Christy, a Computer Science PhD student at Bangor University is hoping to bring this reality a little nearer by developing a system that will enable computers to read and interpret our emotions and moods in real time.
Find out more......Catfish study reveals importance of being ‘similar but different’
Publication Date: 07/01/2011
A group of armoured catfishes abundant in small rivers and streams across South America are not all they appear- in fact communities are far more diverse and complex than previously suspected.
A new multidisciplinary study, reported in Nature (6.1.11), has enabled evolutionary biologists at Bangor University to establish for the first time that many Corydoras catfish that live together in the same rivers actually mimic each other’s colour patterns.
Find out more......Bangor led project covered by Science
Publication Date: 18/12/2010
A Bangor- Unversity led European Union funded research project developing techniques to assist in the fight against illegal fishing and to preserve fish stocks is covered in the Magazine Science.
Find out more......Bangor Uni’s Food Dudes Scheme extended in Wolverhampton
Publication Date: 15/12/2010
Wolverhampton City NHS Primary Care Trust, who have pioneered UK use of the Food Dudes scheme to encourage schoolchildren to eat more fruit and vegetables, have decided to continue for a further two years.
The Scheme, developed by Bangor University’s Food and Activity Research Unit at the School of Psychology, was introduced in Wolverhampton in January 2009 and initially planned to run it until December 2011 - benefitting 20,000 pupils at primary and special schools – at a total cost of £500,000.
Find out more......One of ten UK projects selected for Award
Publication Date: 07/12/2010
An academic at Bangor University’s School of Chemistry is one of ten British academics involved in British-Israeli research projects selected to receive funding through the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership, BIRAX. The announcement of Awards to projects which tackle global challenges in Energy and the Environment was made recently by British Foreign Secretary William Hague at an event hosted by Britain’s ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould, celebrating scientific collaboration between the UK and Israel. He hailed science as “one of the cornerstones of the relationship between Britain and Israel” and added “both are countries that have built up our economies and our identity through being leaders in science and technology”
Find out more......One of ten UK projects selected for Award
Publication Date: 30/11/2010
An academic at Bangor University’s School of Chemistry is one of ten British academics involved in British-Israeli research projects selected to receive funding through the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership, BIRAX. The announcement of Awards to projects which tackle global challenges in Energy and the Environment was made recently by British Foreign Secretary William Hague at an event hosted by Britain’s ambassador to Israel Matthew Gould, celebrating scientific collaboration between the UK and Israel. He hailed science as “one of the cornerstones of the relationship between Britain and Israel” and added “both are countries that have built up our economies and our identity through being leaders in science and technology”
Find out more......Modern Languages celebrates AHRC success
Publication Date: 25/11/2010
The School of Modern Languages has been two prestigious Early Career Fellowship by the AHRC for 2011. This success is particularly notable as it is very unusual for a school to be awarded two such Fellowships in the same year. The successful recipients, Dr Helen Abbott and Dr Anna Saunders, will take up their Fellowships in January 2011. Head of School, Professor Carol Tully said ‘We are extremely proud of the work being undertaken by colleagues and these awards are an indication of the quality of research the School is able to boast.’
Find out more......Explosives detection research being conducted at Bangor University
Publication Date: 09/11/2010
Scientists at the School of Chemistry in Bangor University are working on novel sensor technology which will, it is hoped, soon be trialled in airports. The group at the School of Chemistry in Bangor is working as part of a European consortium called Nanosecure. The group consists of 26 partners both academic and industrial all working towards an integrated system which will detect airborne explosives, narcotics, chemical and biological agents. The system will also be able to decontaminate the air from chemical and bio agents should some be detected. It will do this by integrating with a building’s air-conditioning units. One of the partners in this consortium is Schiphol Airport where it is hoped the units will be trialled.
Find out more......Bangor scientists contribute to global conservation review.
Publication Date: 28/10/2010
Conservation scientists at Bangor University have contributed data to the latest comprehensive conservation assessment of the world’s vertebrates.
Find out more......Bangor scientist to help protect Marine Biodiversity in the Caribbean
Publication Date: 28/10/2010
The School of Ocean Sciences collaborating with the Government of the Cayman Islands and US partner The Nature Conservancy have launched an £817,000 project to protect the marine biodiversity of the Cayman Islands, a UK Overseas Territory in the central Caribbean.
Find out more......Nature’s Backbone at Risk
Publication Date: 27/10/2010
The most comprehensive assessment of the world’s vertebrates confirms an extinction crisis with one-fifth of species threatened. However, the situation would be worse were it not for current global conservation efforts, according to a study launched today at the 10th Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, CBD, in Nagoya, Japan.
Find out more......Bangor Pontifical on the Web: Phase One Complete
Publication Date: 20/10/2010
The Bangor Pontifical Project, launched exactly one year ago as a partnership between the University and the Cathedral to ensure the long-term preservation of Bangor’s most precious medieval manuscript, has just reached its first significant milestone. Completion of phase one, funded by a Welsh Assembly grant, has enabled conservation and rebinding of the Pontifical and digitization of its 340 pages. The manuscript was photographed by the cutting-edge Digital Image Archive of Medieval Music (DIAMM) last spring, and viewers may now zoom in on the excellent high-quality images via the open access Bangor Pontifical Project website.
Find out more......New DNA Sequencing reveals hidden communities
Publication Date: 19/10/2010
Half a bucket full of sand from an unassuming beach in Scotland has revealed a far richer and more complex web of microscopic animals living within the tiny ‘ecosystem’ than have previously been identified.
Find out more......Major European Grant Success for Law School
Publication Date: 15/10/2010
Bangor University Law School’s Professor Dermot Cahill and Ceri Evans have just successfully led a €4 million research grant bid (the WIT project), a collaboration with Dublin City University’s Strategic Procurement Unit led by Paul Davis of DCU Business School. This major award, announced last week against stiff international competition, will be funded until the end of 2013 by the European Union’s Ireland/Wales INTERREG Innovation & Competitiveness programme. Bangor University Law School will be the Lead Partner.
Find out more......Major marine science boost for North Wales
Publication Date: 08/09/2010
A major £23.6m investment to grow Wales’ growing marine sector by increasing collaborative research projects between business and universities has been announced today (Weds 8th Sept) by Deputy First Minister Ieuan Wyn Jones.
Bangor University’s SEACAMS (Sustainable Expansion of the Applied Coastal and Marine Sectors) project has been given the go-ahead following EU backing of £12.6m from the European Regional Development Fund through the Welsh Assembly Government.
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