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Students get ready for the triathlon European Championships
Three of our students are getting ready to compete in the triathlon European Championships in Turkey.
James Briscoe, Owen Mitchell and Ben Pritchard are currently busy training for the ETU Triathlon European Championships in Alanya, Turkey, on June 14th 2013.
Publication Date: 22/05/2013
Find out more......Bangor Young Enterprise team pick up Award in London
Congratulations to Bangor University's 'University of Ales' team who represented Wales in the UK finals of the Young Enterprise Start Up Programme in Canary Wharf, Londonrecently. the Team won the Best Investment Proposal/Company Report- one of the four Awards presented on the night.
Publication Date: 19/05/2013
Find out more......Conducting students learn from a maestro
The School of Music was delighted to welcome world-famous conductor (and Bangor University Honorary Fellow) Owain Arwel Hughes to Bangor recently to lead a student masterclass. Five lucky students, from first-year undergraduate to final-year postgraduate, were given the opportunity to conduct three Slavonic Dances by Dvořák, under Dr Hughes’s watchful eye.
Publication Date: 16/05/2013
Find out more......Bangor University Peer Support Volunteer of the Year 2013 Awarded
“Still makes sure we’re OK”, “Treated me with respect,” “Has gone over & above what was needed and will probably carry on for the remainder of his time here,” “Is a big part of our friendship group”…
These glowing tributes and recommendations come from the nominations for one particular student for the Bangor University’s Peer Support Volunteer of the Year Award.
Publication Date: 15/05/2013
Find out more......Celebration of Employability
A special event to celebrate the success of employability schemes was held at Bangor University recently.
During the event, Excellence Awards were presented to six students taking part in the Bangor Employability Award (BEA) and the Undergraduate Internship scheme, both run by the University. The evening also gave students an opportunity to share their experiences and explain how these schemes will benefit them when they graduate.
Publication Date: 08/05/2013
Find out more......Bangor students celebrate success at famous Telders Moot Court competition
A team of Law students from Bangor University is celebrating success at a world-renowned competition for law students.
Cathal McCabe, Adam Gulliver, Damian Etone and Andrew Jones made history this month when they became the first team ever to represent Wales at the Telders International Law Moot Court contest.
Publication Date: 03/05/2013
Find out more......Lauren Court-Dobson is Bangor’s Queen of Comedy!
Last Monday evening psychology graduate, Lauren Court-Dobson was crowned winner of the Bangor University Comedy Society’s Annual Stand Up Comedy Competition.
Lauren will be performing alongside TV comedian, Sean Walsh at J.P. Hall, Bangor University on May 6th.
Publication Date: 03/05/2013
Find out more......Bangor’s three ‘Best Translator’ results in European Competition
Three students at Bangor University have come tops in ‘University Challenge’, a fierce pan-European translation competition offered by Veritas Language Solutions. The three students, who are all studying at Bangor University’s School of Modern Languages, have each won ‘Best Translators’ their respective language categories.
Publication Date: 30/04/2013
Find out more......Red Carpet School of Creative Studies and Media Showcase 2013
The School of Creative Studies and Media (SCSM) Showcase event will be held on Friday May 3rd from 7pm in MALT. Now in its second year, it is a free event that is open to the public, but it is ticketed. Anyone who would like to book a ticket can contact Mikey Murray (m.murray@bangor.ac.uk).
Publication Date: 23/04/2013
Find out more......Students pitch in at local social enterprise
During the third week of the Easter holidays, Student Volunteering Bangor (SVB) held its first residential volunteering opportunity for Bangor University students. Eighteen Bangor students and two from Aberystwyth University joined forces to spend a week working at the Felin Uchaf centre near Aberdaron on the Lleyn Peninsula.
Publication Date: 19/04/2013
Find out more......Bangor students win national awards!
One of Bangor Students’ Union’s societies and one of its Sabbatical Officers won awards recently at the Nightline Association awards nights.
Publication Date: 16/04/2013
Find out more......Bangor University students organise a fund-raising event celebrating the biodiversity and culture of Madagascar
Have you ever wanted a chance to get ‘up close and personal’ with Madagascar’s incredible lemurs? Have you ever wondered what Malagasy food is like? Have you been inspired by nature documentaries to do something to support conservation of Madagascar’s unique wildlife? On the 27th April, a special event at the National Zoo of Wales in Colwyn Bay, organised by staff and students from Bangor University, will give you the chance to do all three.
Publication Date: 12/04/2013
Find out more......More American success for Osian
A documentary film on which Bangor University student Osian Williams worked as both cameraman and sound recordist has won a prize at the New York Festivals Awards this week. The Boom Pictures Cymru/S4C production ‘Fy chwaer a fi’ (My sister and I) was awarded a World Gold Medal in the Human Interest category.
Publication Date: 12/04/2013
Find out more......Graduate School of Arts and Humanities Bangor University - AHRC PhD Studentship in Creative Writing
Applications are invited by the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities at Bangor University for an AHRC PhD Studentship in Creative Writing beginning on 30th September 2013.
Publication Date: 11/04/2013
Find out more......Bangor’s Santander Entrepreneurs
Undergraduate student Catrin Hicks of Blaenau Ffestiniog and a team of postgraduate students have won the Bangor University round of the Santander Entrepreneurship Awards and will be representing Bangor at the UK round later this year.
Publication Date: 26/03/2013
Find out more......Aspirational Mentoring
Pupils from Holyhead High School were given a unique insight into university life recently through mentoring sessions by student role models from Bangor.
Students and Year 7 pupils who completed the Aspirational Mentoring programme received a certificate in a special celebration at the school.
Publication Date: 23/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor University Comedy Society to Support Seann Walsh
Students from the Bangor Comedy Society will be performing a Live Comedy Show alongside national comedian Seann Walsh in conjunction with Pontio on 6th May 2013.
Publication Date: 23/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor University’s Students’ Union put Bangor on the map at the annual NUS Wales Awards.
Bangor Students' Union not only won the Course Rep of the Year and Union Staff Member of the Year categories at the annual NUS Wales Awards this year but were also highly commended in the Union of the Year category.
Publication Date: 22/03/2013
Find out more......A postgraduate student from Bangor University has been nominated for an award at the Carmarthen Bay Film Festival
Lester Hughes, from Pwllheli, is a mature student and a father of two and has just started a PhD in Film. His short 12 minute film, Waves, Taid & Time, has been nominated in the Experimental category at the festival. The winners will be announced at the festival, in Llanelli, between the 8th-12th of April.
Publication Date: 22/03/2013
Find out more......International Student Gala
Bangor University held its annual International Gala recently. This event has become an important date in the calendar for Bangor's international students and this year's Gala included a full programme of colourful and lively performances from the students.
Publication Date: 21/03/2013
Find out more......Master Class Unites Expertise to Help Local Social Enterprise
The B-Enterprising team have been delighted to offer Bangor students and graduates, a series of Business Start Up and Consultancy Skills ‘Master Classes’ led by Chris Walker, International Business Consultant and Start Up Mentor and Coach for the HEFCW funded Enterprise Support Programme. Over the five week programme in February and March, participants have been working on a project in small teams to develop consultancy skills and a full range of business start-up tools and skills including e-commerce and website development for a real client. The emphasis is on experiential task-based learning and involves a real scenario provided through the client - Greenhouse Ltd.
Publication Date: 20/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor student looks forward to RTS Awards
A Bangor University student will have a keen interest in the Royal Television Society awards evening on March 19th.
Publication Date: 16/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor University students look forward to the launch of their first App
Publication Date: 16/03/2013
Find out more......Father and step-daughter win awards at Welsh Film Festival.
The short film Not, directed by John Bryan Evans, a student at Bangor University and former pupil of Ysgol Friars, won the Best Welsh language film award at Ffresh, the student moving image festival in Wales, and his step daughter also received the Best Actress award for her wonderful performance in the film.
Publication Date: 12/03/2013
Find out more......National Student Octopush Championships Return to North Wales
Bangor University’s Octopush Club will be hosting the National Student Octopush Championships at Llandudno pool on Saturday the 9th of March between 10am and 8pm.
Octopush, also known as underwater hockey, is played with 6 players and 4 substitutes on each team, each wearing snorkels, masks and fins and competing for a lead puck, or squid, at the bottom of the pool using small, handheld sticks. The sport was first invented in the UK in 1954, and since then has been played internationally and spawned other versions of the game, including an under-ice version which is played upside down with a puck which floats against the ice.
Publication Date: 09/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor’s Students Union nominated for seven Awards
Bangor University’s very active Students’ Union has been shortlisted for no less than seven Awards in the Annual NUS Wales Awards this year.
An independent panel of judges narrowed more than 80 nominations to a shortlist for this year’s Awards. The Union itself is shortlisted for the ‘Higher Education Students’ Union of the Year’ while Students Union members have been shortlisted for a range of Awards. Rhys Dart, Director, Bangor Students’ Union is nominated for the Simpson-King Students’ Union Staff Member of the Year. Chair of the Geographical Society, who are nominated for Club or Society of the Year, Chris Bibby also finds himself nominated for the Endsleigh Student of the Year. Two Bangor students are among four shortlisted for the Course Rep of the Year: Martyn Curzey, of the School of Chemistry and Marta Napodano, representing fellow students at the School of English. Bangor University’s Geographical Society has been shortlisted for Club or Society of the Year, and Katherine Young, writing for the Welsh student paper, Y Llef, for the Student Journalist of the Year.
Publication Date: 09/03/2013
Find out more......Culture Challenge 2013
Bangor University’s annual action-packed Culture Challenge was held recently. Organised by the International Student Support Team, in partnership with the CSSA (Chinese Students and Scholars Association) the event celebrated cultural diversity and team working.
Publication Date: 06/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor Student Finalists in Climate Week Awards 2013
Andy O’Callaghan, a second year Marine Science/ Zoology student at Bangor University has been names a finalist in the upcoming Climate Week Awards 2013.
Publication Date: 05/03/2013
Find out more......Bangor students win Cân i Gymru
Two friends who are in the same Band and who both study at Bangor University won the Cân i Gymru (Song for Wales) competition with a song composed during a car journey on their way home from uni.
Publication Date: 01/03/2013
Find out more......Leo takes on London Marathon Challenge
A Bangor student will be amongst the thousands of runners taking part in this year’s London Marathon, to raise money for the St John Ambulance.
History and Archaeology first year student Leo Atkinson has a gruelling training programme for the 26-mile race, running 36 miles a week and undertaking cardiovascular training in the University’s Maes Glas gym.
Publication Date: 27/02/2013
Find out more......Bangor Students ‘Pitch’ their marketing expertise in welsh Final Round
A team of from Bangor University students made it through to the Welsh final round of ‘‘Brolio/ The Pitch’, a competition organised by the chartered Institute of Marketing which gives students the opportunity to ‘pitch’ their ideas in a prestigious marketing competition.
Publication Date: 27/02/2013
Find out more......Bangor University student takes on MTV
A Bangor University student is taking on MTV after their negative portrayal of the Valleys in a new reality TV show.
Osian Williams, 20, originally from South Wales, who is in his third year studying a BA in Communication and Media, has taken it upon himself to create documentary to send a message that the Valleys is a scenic and beautiful area following MTV’s negative portrayal of the area in the new reality TV series ‘The Valleys’
Publication Date: 22/02/2013
Find out more......AHRC PhD Studentship - Literary Conceptions of Wales in Europe: 1750-2010.
Applications are invited by the Graduate School of Arts and Humanities at Bangor University for an AHRC PhD Studentship as part of the AHRC-funded collaborative project ‘European Travellers to Wales 1750-2010’, involving Bangor University, Centre for Advanced Welsh and Celtic Studies and Swansea University.
Publication Date: 22/02/2013
Find out more......Treborth Playing Fields will see more play thanks to generous former students
Student clubs playing at the Universities Treborth Playing fields will have a better chance of keeping games on when the heavens open, thanks to the arrival of a Vertidrain machine.
Publication Date: 19/02/2013
Find out more......Student opportunity to support Bangor University’s Team in University Challenge Quarter Final Game
Bangor University students are gearing up cheer their team on in their third televised round of University Challenge on BBC 2 Wales at 8.00 pm on Monday 11 February 2013.
Publication Date: 08/02/2013
Find out more......Sarah takes 10k Title
Bangor University student, Sarah Caskey, 23, was the first woman to cross the finish line at the Twin Piers 10k race at Llandudno recently.
Publication Date: 30/01/2013
Find out more......House hunting was never easier!
For our students, when it comes to time to think about where they want to live next year, the task of finding the ideal student house in Bangor has just become far easier, with a new online tool for finding that ideal home.
Publication Date: 29/01/2013
Find out more......A Bangor University student has been nominated for an award at a Welsh Film Festival
The short film Not, directed by John Bryan Evans, a former pupil of Ysgol Friars, has been nominated for Best Fiction and Best Welsh language film at Ffresh, the student moving image festival in Wales.
The 12 minute film is about Nia, a young mother in an abusive relationship, whose two young daughters grow up having to watch their mother beaten and bullied. The story is told through the eyes of the children, and has been described as ‘an unflinching look at oppression in the home.’
Publication Date: 26/01/2013
Find out more......Bangor University student to work with world’s number one bestselling writer on next project
Ashwin Sanghi, a Bangor University PhD Creative Writing student- who is already a publishing phenomenon in his own right in his native India, is to co-author a novel with a writer currently described as the world’s most popular crime fiction writer: author James Patterson.
Publication Date: 25/01/2013
Find out more......Student Society to host Sponsored 72 hour Gaming Marathon
Students from the Bangor University Gaming League are preparing for a marathon 72-hour gaming session on Friday 25 January, to raise money for children’s charity Child’s Play.
Publication Date: 23/01/2013
Find out more......Bangor’s Students square up for further University Challenge round
Bangor University appears in the second round in the 50th anniversary series of TV’s most challenging quiz show; University Challenge on BBC 2 Wales at 8.00 pm on Monday 28 January 2013.
Publication Date: 23/01/2013
Find out more......Wild Things from north Wales
Bangor University graduate and botanist Trevor Dines appears in a new Channel 4 series, Wild Things, produced by local company Cwmni Da. The series has a strong input from north Wales, with Bangor University academics and researchers also having contributed their expertise to the making of the programme, which looks at Britain’s amazing wild plants.
Publication Date: 19/01/2013
Find out more......Ffresh Nomination for student
"Not", directed by John Evans, has been nominated for Best Fiction and Best Welsh language film at Ffresh, the student moving image festival in Wales.
Publication Date: 18/01/2013
Find out more......MEng students enjoy study trip of a lifetime to Brazil
Electronic Engineering students Sean Kiely and Paul Spencer recently spent nine weeks studying in Brazil. Sean writes about the experience:
"Brazil! I mean ... WOW! Four years ago when I was in college, if you told me I would be flying to the other side of the world to work on the most cutting edge research going, I would have told you, you had as much chance to become prime minister! But there I was on my BA flight (all expenses paid) to University of Sao Paulo in Sao Carlos."
Publication Date: 10/01/2013
Find out more......Historic First as Bangor becomes first Welsh Law School to moot before the Supreme Court
Bangor Law School students made history last month as they became the first Welsh Law School team to be invited to moot before the Supreme Court in London.
Publication Date: 10/01/2013
Find out more......Another successful Student Christmas Market
Once again the Bangor University Student Christmas Market has attracted overwhelming support from customers across the university and beyond. A total of 150 students with 70 stalls between them offered a wide range of handmade products such as jewellery, arts & crafts, cards and decorations, knitted & crochet goods, cakes and chutneys, international foods, photography, pottery and Santa’s grotto. Over 1500 visitors who came through the doors during the afternoon had an opportunity to buy unique gifts with some of the profits going to charity.
Publication Date: 15/12/2012
Find out more......Victorian Christmas in Beaumaris
With Christmas fast approaching, the Bangor English Drama Society took part in an annual local event which is sure to put anyone in the Christmas spirit.
Publication Date: 10/12/2012
Find out more......Bangor University Strictly Went Dancing
On the 17th November 2012, BU Dance Society hosted their very own Strictly Come Dancing event in aid of Children in Need.
Publication Date: 07/12/2012
Find out more......Wardens Tackle Snowdon
A group of eight University Halls Wardens took on the challenge of climbing Snowdon in the dark, with the aim of reaching the summit by sunrise recently. Setting off at 3.00 am the intrepid crew: Stephen Clear (School of Law), Alexander Aldred (Business School), Caoimhe Martin (School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science), Chin Wei Ong (School of Sport, Health and Exercise Science), Hayley French (School of Modern Languages), Gwawr Parker (School of Healthcare Sciences), Lindsey Swift (School of Modern Languages), and Max Davidson (School of Psychology), all Ffriddoedd Site University Wardens, took up the challenge.
Publication Date: 30/11/2012
Find out more......Bangor’s brightest benefit from Excellence Scholarship awards
Some of Bangor University’s brightest first year students have had their academic achievement at A-Level recognised with the University’s most prestigious scholarship award.
The Bangor University Excellence Scholarship is awarded to new undergraduate students from the UK and EU who achieve the highest academic attainment upon entry in the relevant subject areas.
Publication Date: 27/11/2012
Find out more......SENRGY PhD students scoop awards from the Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland.
The Agricultural Economics Society of Ireland’s annual early research seminar recently took place at University College Dublin. Bangor University was represented by SENRGy students John Walsh and John Hyland and we are delighted to announce that both students won their respective categories.
Publication Date: 23/11/2012
Find out more......Bangor University student features on popular television show
A Bangor University student will feature as the ‘student of the month’ on the popular rural affairs programme, ‘Ffermio’ on Monday 19 November ( S4C 8.25)..
Publication Date: 20/11/2012
Find out more......Bangor University students to take part in community tree plant for BBC’s The One Show
Bangor University students will be rolling up their sleeves in front of BBC’s The One Show cameras to help the Maes y Pant community group in Gresford (near Wrexham) to help transform a former quarry into a biodiverse community resource.
Publication Date: 17/11/2012
Find out more......Young Enterprise Programme
The B-enterprising team, part of the University’s Careers and Employability Service, are very excited to be offering students the chance to participate in the Young Enterprise Programme (YE) this year - an opportunity to experience real-life creation and running of a business and to develop all the skills and expertise that are associated with it. Bangor University will be setting up 4 new businesses that students can be involved in shaping. Bangor is the first university in Wales to participate this year and will be competing against universities across the UK.
Publication Date: 14/11/2012
Find out more......PhD student takes top prize at Legal Wales Conference
A Bangor University student beat legal students from across the country to take a top prize at this year’s Legal Wales Conference.
Publication Date: 13/11/2012
Find out more......The Importance of Clinical Trials
As reported in the Western Mail on 5th November, Rhiannon Whitaker of Bangor University's North Wales Organisation for Randomised Trials in Health (NWORTH) has been highlighting the fact that more data is not necessarily better data.
Publication Date: 08/11/2012
Find out more......Massive fish fondly followed Kate
A 70 pound grouper, fondly named Darth Vader, took a shine to a Bangor University student over the summer. Kate Cooper, 18, from Pembroke, Bermuda, volunteered at the Bermuda Aquarium during her summer vacation. The massive fish seemed to be very fond of Kate, following her around like a puppy as she cleaned the inside of the glass in the fish tanks
Publication Date: 31/10/2012
Find out more......Bangor student wins European Celtic Studies Prize
Bangor University PhD student Dr Greta Anthoons, a mature student from Belgium, has been awarded this year’s European Celtic Studies Society (Societas Celtologica Europaea) Johann Kaspar Zeuss Prize. The Prize of €750 is awarded for the best dissertations at MA and PhD level in the field of Celtic Studies.
Publication Date: 25/10/2012
Find out more......Dr Peter Holliman's Team at the school of Chemistry are technology partners with the "Buildings as power stations" pilot.
Dr Peter Holliman's Team at the school of Chemistry are technology partners with the "Buildings as power stations" pilot.
Publication Date: 25/10/2012
Find out more......Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd presents prestigious Award from Queen to local volunteer group
The Lord Lieutenant of Gwynedd today (17 October 2012) hosted a special ceremony to present SVB (Student Volunteering Bangor) at Bangor University, with the Queen’s Award for Voluntary Service 2012.
Publication Date: 17/10/2012
Find out more......Snowdonia walking ‘app’ launched
A Bangor graduate has recently developed his first mobile ‘app’ - Walking in Snowdonia
Publication Date: 15/10/2012
Find out more......Prestigious Bryn Terfel Scholarship awarded to Bangor Music Student
A Music student at Bangor University is to be congratulated for winning the Bryn Terfel Scholarship this year.
In a competition which revealed high standards, and which was broadcast live on S4C on Sunday 14.10, Huw Ynyr, a singer, competed against fellow Bangor Music student, Lois Eifion, who is studying a postgraduate MA degree, and four others.
Publication Date: 15/10/2012
Find out more......Acclaimed Welsh Drama Society to be relaunched
Postgraduate students at the School of Welsh intend to re-launch an old Society, Cymdeithas y Ddrama Gymraeg (The Welsh Drama Society), established in Bangor in 1923 under the guidance of no less an eminence than the poet R.Williams Parry.
Publication Date: 08/10/2012
Find out more......Psychology students compete in final round of 'The Pitch'
A team of three postgraduate students from the School of Psychology were runners up in the final round of The Pitch, a UK wide business plan and marketing challenge held on October 3rd in London.
Publication Date: 03/10/2012
Find out more......Bangor victorious on University Challenge
Bangor University took on and beat Scotland’s oldest University, the University of St Andrews in the traditional arena for university students: University Challenge on BBC 2 Wales at 8.00 pm last night (September 24th).
Publication Date: 21/09/2012
Find out more......Students to perform with comedian Phill Jupitus
Students from Bangor University are looking forward to sharing a stage with comedian Phill Jupitus.
Members of the University Society Bangor Comedy are busy preparing for the ‘Student Goat’, an improv comedy show in the style of Whose Line Is it Anyway and Mock the Week, which will be performed with legendary comedian Phill Jupitus.
Publication Date: 12/09/2012
Find out more......PhD student to be Special Olympics GB Technical Advisor
Niamh Reilly selected as the Special Olympics Great Britain Technical Advisor for the Motor Activity Training Programme (MATP).
Publication Date: 12/09/2012
Find out more......Alaska Climbing Challenge for Bangor Students
Two Bangor University students could be the youngest pair ever to climb the classic Cassin Ridge on Denali’s South Face in Alaska.
Publication Date: 23/08/2012
Find out more......Culture Colony Film: BA Fine Art Degree Show
Short film raises the profile of part-time BA Fine Art at Bangor University.
Publication Date: 20/08/2012
Find out more......BA Fine Art student wins 1st prize in the a n Degrees Unlimited blog
Rob Stephen wins first prize in blog.
Publication Date: 20/08/2012
Find out more......Bangor Students perform at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival
Students from Bangor University will have the incredible opportunity of performing at the largest arts festival in the world this month.
Publication Date: 14/08/2012
Find out more......Blaenavon to Bangor Cycle Challenge for Valleys Pair
Two friends from the Pontypool area are gearing up for a tough, 450 mile cycle challenge in aid of Cancer Research Wales.
Publication Date: 14/08/2012
Find out more......Graduation 2012
Publication Date: 18/07/2012
Find out more......Graduation Success Stories 2012
To celebrate graduation week at Bangor University, here are some inspirational student success stories:
Publication Date: 16/07/2012
Find out more......Bangor students tackle waste problems
For the third year running an end of term campaign to reduce waste problems in Bangor has been carried out by the University and Gwynedd Council.
Publication Date: 12/07/2012
Find out more......Fresh start to the summer
The Bangor University Summer Ball can be the pinnacle of the University social calendar and for some it marks the end of an era of a student’s time at Bangor.
This year was no different as we saw the grounds of the Main Arts building transformed over the weekend and an array of artists and DJs come entertain throughout the night.
Publication Date: 01/06/2012
Find out more......Bangor University continues to invest in the student experience
Bangor University is announcing the creation of 11 new posts across the range of its student support services with additional staffing in areas such as student welfare and library support, funded as part of the University’s commitment to students under the auspices of its new fee plan. Consideration has been given to providing the maximum benefit to students across all disciplines and from all backgrounds.
Publication Date: 30/05/2012
Find out more......Bangor University and Outlook Expeditions working together to make a difference
A PhD student from Bangor University is working with Outlook Expeditions to make sure that young people get the most out of their expeditions.
Samantha McElligott, who currently lives in Llandegfan, Anglesey, is working with Outlook Expeditions under the three year KESS programme at Bangor University to measure the benefits of overseas expeditions as a positive developmental experience for young people.
Publication Date: 25/05/2012
Find out more......Bangor PhD Student receives award at the 6th World Fisheries Congress
Gwladys Lambert, who recently completed her PhD in the School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, was awarded joint second best oral presentation at the 6th World Fisheries Congress held in Edinburgh 7-11th May.
Publication Date: 16/05/2012
Find out more......Bangor University Awards Peer Guide of the Year 2012
Rebecca Earnshaw has been named Peer Guide of the Year 2012 at Bangor University in recognition of the fantastic support that she has provided to first year students at the University.
Publication Date: 13/05/2012
Find out more......Local groups can benefit from University Trans(formations) project
Bangor University hopes to unleash the creative powers of its students for the benefit of local charities and community development groups in the region. In a new and exciting project, Bangor University students, and those at the School of Creative Studies & Media in particular, are being encouraged to work with third sector organisations on creative, vibrant and challenging projects that will promote particular issues or bring new audiences to community groups.
Publication Date: 11/05/2012
Find out more......Bangor’s Santander Entrepreneurs
Product Design student Tom Purnell and postgraduate Consumer Psychology student Will Osborn have won the Bangor University round of the Santander Entrepreneurship Awards and will be representing the University at the UK round later this year.
Publication Date: 08/05/2012
Find out more......Students selected for the Olympic torch relay
Allys Allsop, a student at Bangor University, is one of ten students from across the UK selected by Coca-Cola, a Presenting Partner of the London 2012 Olympic torch relay, to recognise and reward the positive contributions made by many students every day.
Also carrying the Flame, is 21 year old Caitlen Moon of Stafford, who will be running through Great Wyrley on 30 June 2012.
Publication Date: 02/05/2012
Find out more......Torch-Bearer Jamie appeals for Volunteers
First year Bangor student Jamie Turley, who is selected as an Olympic Torch bearer on the 29th Mayl as the flame passes his home town of Ffynnongroyw, has a busy few weeks ahead of him. Already a Young Ambassador for Sport in Wales, and with previous volunteering experience, he has been selected as a Volunteer co-ordinator for Gwynedd Council events team.
Publication Date: 30/04/2012
Find out more......British Student Film Festival
A self directed collaborative project by undergraduate and postgraduate students in SCSM has been selected for the British Student Film Festival and is screening in London, Bristol, Newcastle and Liverpool during April.
Congratulations to the production team on the film "31st May".
Publication Date: 27/04/2012
Find out more......Hollaback! Gwynedd joins the international movement against street harassment! Expanding to Wales, the Netherlands and across Europe.
23 April, 2012 (Bangor, Gwynedd) – Students in Bangor, north Wales have joined the international fight against street harassment! The Bangor Women's Society have recruited a bilingual team of students from the University to coodinate and launch a brand new anti-street harassment project for the region. Hollaback! Gwynedd is the first of its kind in Wales and one of a new group launching this week across the United Kingdom.
Publication Date: 23/04/2012
Find out more......Bangor University Students’ Union wins National Environmental Award
Bangor Students’ Union was recently named Union of the Year (non commercial) at the National Union of Students (NUS) Green Impact Awards in Manchester.
The awards recognise the environmental work of students’ unions around the country and this year had a record 105 unions competing. The awards are part of the NUS Green Impact initiative which provides environmental accreditation for students’ unions, helping unions to showcase great environmental practice.
Publication Date: 20/04/2012
Find out more......Students explain their research to the public at Tenovus Mobile Cancer Support Unit
Research students at Bangor University, sponsored by the cancer research charity Tenovus, will be at a mobile exhibition at Morrisons Store, Bangor on Monday 23 April, discussing their research with members of the public.
Tenovus, Wales’ leading cancer charity, will showcasing their support services in North Wales, along with the innovative research they are funding at Bangor University.
Publication Date: 20/04/2012
Find out more......Bangor student takes on a North American climbing challenge
First year Geography student, Will Hardy will be taking his love of climbing to a next level this summer as he plans to go on a month-long climbing expedition.
Publication Date: 19/04/2012
Find out more......Bangor’s Peer Guide Scheme has been on show again
Two of our experienced Senior Peer Guides, Ben Pattle of SENRGY and Rhiannon Edwards of Psychology, represented Bangor at the recent Peer Mentoring Works! Seminar at Aston University.
They very much enjoyed the day which involved taking part in various discussion groups and networking with staff and students from other institutions. At the end of the day they both sat on the expert panel to take a number of questions from the delegates. Ben said ‘There was a lot interest and positive feedback about the Peer Guide Scheme. We were kept very busy answering questions.’ Rhiannon added ‘People were particularly impressed with the commitment of the Peer Guides who give their time so willingly. There was also a lot of interest in how we operate an opt-out scheme making our Peer Guides available to everyone.’
Publication Date: 18/04/2012
Find out more......Bangor SU wins Community Relations Award
Bangor Students’ Union has been awarded the ‘NUS Wales Award for Community Relations’ at the NUS Wales Conference in Gregynog, beating all other Student associations in Wales for the prize, as a result of the myriad of activity run by Bangor SU in and alongside the local community.
Over the past year, Bangor SU has both held and supported a number of local events such as the World Aids Day Service in Bangor Cathedral; a reclaim the night march around the city and also supported the Conwy Food Festival by encouraging our student societies to take part in the Medieval-themed day out. The Medieval Re-enactment Society was a huge hit and has been invited back next year.
Publication Date: 17/04/2012
Find out more......New 2013 Prospectus now available
The “new faces” of Bangor University can now be seen in the latest Prospectus for 2013.
The guide is already being handed out at Higher Education Fairs around the UK and gives details of the undergraduate courses available for prospective students. All those interested in studying at Bangor will find information in it about accommodation, student life, sports facilities and the student support available at the University.
Publication Date: 16/04/2012
Find out more......Undergraduate student wins £15,000 scholarship to pursue Barrister training
Third year Bangor University Law student, Kate Longson, has been awarded a prestigious scholarship worth £15,000 to pursue her ambition to become a Barrister. A former pupil at St Joseph's College, Trentvale, Stoke-on-Trent, Kate from Rough Close, Staffordshire, will embark on the Bar Professional Training Course (BPTC) at Manchester Metropolitan University in September. She was awarded the £15,000 Lord Denning Scholarship by Lincoln’s Inn following a successful interview earlier this month. Kate was previously awarded the Hardwicke Entrance Award to cover the cost of joining Lincoln’s Inn (one of four Inns in the UK, which students must join in order to become a Barrister) and Call fees upon completion of the BPTC.
Publication Date: 16/04/2012
Find out more......Santander supports language research
A Santander Scholarship enabled Robat Trefor, a PhD student from the School of Welsh, to visit the Basque Country recently, and he was accompanied by Professor Peredur Lynch, his research supervisor and Head of School.
Publication Date: 27/03/2012
Find out more......Ffion and her cornet representing Wales in Europe
A student from the School of Welsh at Bangor has been selected to represent Wales in the European Youth Brass Band. Ffion Haf Williams, a first year student who’s studying a degree in Welsh was chosen after she auditioned for the Wales Youth Brass Band playing her cornet.
Publication Date: 24/03/2012
Find out more......Successful Spring Market
Following on from the success of previous Christmas Markets, the B-Enterprising team at Bangor introduced a brand new event - a student ‘Spring Market’ which took place in PJ Hall on Friday 16th March. Many new students as well, as returning stallholders from previous markets, demonstrated their enterprising skills and came forward with unique gift ideas - buyers were able to browse for original Mothers Day and Easter gifts.
Publication Date: 23/03/2012
Find out more......Highly Acclaimed Research Grant for Coleg Scholarship Holder
A PhD student at Bangor University, who is also a Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol research scholar, has won a highly acclaimed research grant worth €5,000 from the European Hydration Institute (EHI).
Julian Owen, a student at the University’s School of Sport Health & Exercise Sciences Bangor University, is currently researching the subject of Human Physiology.
Publication Date: 23/03/2012
Find out more......Student Role Models
Pupils from Holyhead High School and Friars School in Bangor were given a unique insight into university life recently through mentoring sessions by student role models from Bangor.
The programme, run by Bangor University, hopes to encourage pupils to find out about university and to consider it as a possibility for their future. Students and Year 7 pupils who completed the Aspirational Mentoring programme received a certificate in a special celebration at the schools.
Publication Date: 23/03/2012
Find out more......Bangor’s ‘Enterprise by Design’ students bring entrepreneurship skills and products to a ‘Dragon’s Den’
A Competition that is expected to result in new products coming to market, takes place at Bangor University this week.
With one product from a previous competition already approaching commercialisation, an exciting innovation pilot project, Enterprise by Design 2012, will see students pitching their products in the Final of the competition, taking place on Thursday 22nd March at 6.30pm at Bangor University’s Wheldon building.
Publication Date: 22/03/2012
Find out more......Danielle represents British University Sports in China
Danielle Giles, has been chosen as one of four UK representatives to the 11th FISU Forum which will held in Taipei City, China from the 26 - 31 March. Read about her experience, updated often at http://daniellegiles.tumblr.com/
Publication Date: 21/03/2012
Find out more......PhD student Sadiqa Riazat is published in interview with Martin Schulz
PhD student and 125Anniversary bursary holder Sadiqa Riazat has recently been published in discussion with Martin Schulz, who has recently been elected President of the European Parliament.
Publication Date: 16/03/2012
Find out more......PhD student Adam Pearce's translation of Daniel Owen's short stories published
Adam Pearce, a 125th Anniversary Ph.D. Student in Bangor’s School of Modern Languages, is the translator of a recently-published collection of short stories entitled Fireside Tales by Daniel Owen, widely regarded as the father of the Welsh novel.
Publication Date: 16/03/2012
Find out more......Culture Challenge
Bangor University international students celebrated cultural diversity and collaboration recently (Saturday 03.03.12) with an action-packed Culture Challenge.
Organised by the University’s Chinese Students and Scholars Association (CSSA) and the International Student Support Office, the Culture Challenge saw six teams made up of two Chinese and two overseas students go head to head in a presentation round and a general knowledge quiz.
Publication Date: 09/03/2012
Find out more......Nia wins third place in this year's Cân i Gymru competition
Nia Davies Williams, an MA student in music at the University's School of Music has come third in this year's Cân i Gymru last night (03/03/12).
Publication Date: 06/03/2012
Find out more......Teaching in the Fast Lane
A student teacher from Bangor University has helped his pupils at Ysgol Friars race through to the national finals of a Formula 1 competition.
Publication Date: 03/03/2012
Find out more......A song for Wales
A Music School student will be among the finalists on this year’s Cân i Gymru contest. Nia Davies Williams, from Aberdaron is studying an MA in Music at Bangor and has won a place in the live final of the song contest with her song Cain.
Publication Date: 03/03/2012
Find out more......Bangor students pitch their way to success at Senedd challenge
A team of three students from the School of Psychology impressed a panel of Wales’ leading marketers with a winning business proposal at The Pitch recently (23 Feb), a challenge set by The Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and Big Ideas Wales.
Publication Date: 02/03/2012
Find out more......Bangor wins the Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod
Welsh students from universities across Wales enjoyed a week-end of competing and socialising at the Inter Collegiate Eisteddfod, held in Bangor recently (February 17 - 19).
Publication Date: 21/02/2012
Find out more......SHES Olympic Torch Bearer
Jamie Lee Turley, a Year One Sports Science (Outdoor Activities) student has been selected to carry the Olympic torch in its round Britain relay.
Publication Date: 16/02/2012
Find out more......Work placement grows with GO Wales
A former Bangor University student in Zoology with Conservation recently got to take part in the worthwhile experience of a GO Wales placement at Treborth Botanic Gardens.
Publication Date: 15/02/2012
Find out more......Vodafone Scholarship allows SHES student to strengthen the existing Partnership with Mencap Cymru
Jade Mottley, a Year 3 Sport Science student with the School has been successful in obtaining a student scholarship from Vodafone that gives her the opportunity to work with charity Mencap Cymru.
Publication Date: 14/02/2012
Find out more......Nightline Awareness Week
It’s Nightline Awareness Week and the volunteers are sharing tea and hugs!
Nightline Awareness week aims to promote this valuable free listening service run by students for students. A variety of events are being held throughout the week to remind students how Nightline is here to help.
Publication Date: 02/02/2012
Find out more......Bangor Graduates launch innovative pet protection service
Two science graduates from Bangor University have launched a unique DNA storage service for pet owners that can complement or replace micro-chipping.
Publication Date: 02/02/2012
Find out more......Students rewarded for volunteering
The annual High Sheriff Award ceremony took place at Bangor University recently. The High Sheriff's Award recognises and rewards both individual and group volunteering efforts by Bangor students.
Publication Date: 25/01/2012
Find out more......Bangor Students’ Union up for more awards
Having won three prestigious national environmental awards last year, the Students’ Union at Bangor University is proud to have made it to the final rounds of The Ecologist Communications Challenge once again.
Publication Date: 20/01/2012
Find out more......SHES PhD supports England U-19 Cricket Team on Bangladesh Tour
ECB funded PhD student, James Bell, will be travelling with the England U-19 cricket team on their upcoming tour of Bangladesh.
Publication Date: 17/01/2012
Find out more......Sports Scholarships awarded to elite athletes
Every year, the University supports students with sporting ability by offering a number of Sports Scholarships for students studying for any degree.
Students also have the chance to win a Maes Glas Bursary, which allows free access to the training rooms in the Maes Glas Sports Centre. The Llew Rees Memorial Prize is also awarded annually to the most successful sportsperson at the University.
Publication Date: 11/01/2012
Find out more......Star students celebrate Excellence Scholarship awards
Some of Bangor University’s brightest first year students have had their academic achievement at A-Level recognised with the University’s most prestigious scholarship award.
Publication Date: 13/12/2011
Find out more......Students Set up Innovative Recycling Campaign
This week (5-9 12.11) the Students’ Union in Bangor set up a new, innovative recycling campaign, targeting bras!
Publication Date: 07/12/2011
Find out more......Love Music Hate Homophobia makes it to Wales
Bangor University students teamed up with the Students’ Union, Unity Bangor and Amnesty Bangor to throw one of the best gigs this term (6.12.11).
Publication Date: 06/12/2011
Find out more......Win a weekend in Cardiff by taking part in the Culture Challenge
The Culture Challenge, to be held in March 2012, is open to all students and will see teams battle it out to win a weekend in Cardiff, with high street vouchers also up for grabs for the second and third place teams.
The closing date for applications is Friday, December 9th. Teams have already started working on the presentations ready for the final event, which will be held in the Student Services Centre.
Publication Date: 06/12/2011
Find out more......SHES Students Receive Scholarships Awards
Three Year One students just starting their studies with the School got off to a flying after being successfully awarded various Scholarships from the University.
Publication Date: 02/12/2011
Find out more......Bangor students host annual World Aids Day service
Facing the reality of HIV & AIDS
Students from Bangor University will converge in the city’s Cathedral next Wednesday (1st December) for Bangor’s annual World AIDS Day service. Bangor Students' Union and the Anglican Chaplaincy will be hosting this service to remember the people who have been lost to this terrible disease, give hope to those suffering from it and to raise awareness of the HIV/AIDS charities working in our area.
Publication Date: 25/11/2011
Find out more......B-Enterprising launches New Start-Up Fund
Sometimes the only barrier to developing a fledgling idea for a new product or service is funding. With this in mind, the B-Enterprising Project at the University’s Careers and Employability Service has developed an entirely new initiative for Bangor University – the Start-Up Fund, whereby individual students, groups or Student Union societies can submit a business idea and if shortlisted have the opportunity to pitch to a panel of judges. Through this initiative, funded by the Welsh Government, students can win up to £150 in funding to take the first steps into business in a risk-free environment.
Publication Date: 22/11/2011
Find out more......It's a 'Rubbish Survival Guide' !
Bangor University Students Union have produced a 16 page bilingual Rubbish Survival Guide booklet aimed at encouraging students to recycle more and keep the streets clear of waste.
Publication Date: 16/11/2011
Find out more......Helping local company who have developed and won the market for outdoor survival products
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.
Publication Date: 10/11/2011
Find out more......Comedy Society students join Phill Jupitus on stage
Students from Bangor University Comedy Society had a real treat recently, when they went on stage with Phill Jupitus in Venue Cymru as part of the Giddy Goat comedy festival.
Publication Date: 04/11/2011
Find out more......SHES PhD selected for Special Olympics 2011 Delegation
School of Sport, Health and Exercises Sciences (SHES) PhD student, Niamh Reilly, has been selected as a Student Delegate for the 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Athens this June.
Publication Date: 02/11/2011
Find out more......Olympic Flame Blazes a Trail To Bangor University
Local people will have the opportunity to be photographed with the Olympic Torch as part of Bangor’s preparations to welcome the Olympic Flame next spring.
Publication Date: 06/10/2011
Find out more......Bangor graduate wins British Wildlife Photography Award
A former Applied Marine Biology student at Bangor University has won a prestigious wildlife photography award. Shetland based Richard Shucksmith claimed the top prize at the 2011 British Wildlife Photography Awards for his stunning ethereal photography of a jellyfish.
Publication Date: 03/10/2011
Find out more......Janie’s ‘Be all you can be’ Bursary competition appeal
Janie Lampard, a 19 years old Sports Sciences BSc degree student at Bangor University, has entered a HSBC Bursary Competition.
Publication Date: 27/09/2011
Find out more......Bangor’s graduates - more satisfied than the average student
As the annual scramble for university places gets underway, those students heading for Bangor University will be pleased to know that they’ll be joining some of Wales’s most satisfied students. The results of the latest national student satisfaction survey reflect well on the teaching and student care provided to Bangor University’s students.
Publication Date: 17/08/2011
Find out more......Students research impact of climate change on Australian work placement
Two Applied Marine Biology students at Bangor University have recently returned from a year long work placement with the Australian Institute of Marine Science (AIMS), undertaking research into coral reef ecosystems.
Publication Date: 08/08/2011
Find out more......Student races against the clock to save one of Wales' rarest moths.
A student is living in a converted ambulance in a Monmouthshire woodland as he races against the clock to save one of Wales’s rarest moths.
Publication Date: 03/08/2011
Find out more......Bangor student wins Student Volunteer of the Year
Bangor University student Steve Barnard has been named British Universities & Colleges Sport (BUCS) Student Volunteer of the Year at the BUCS Annual Dinner in Leeds this year.
Publication Date: 02/08/2011
Find out more......Leading Oceanographers produced for over 45 years- a case study for Science Impact
When Wales’ rugby team were at their zenith, there was a newly created ‘myth’ of a ‘production line’ producing star rugby players, hidden somewhere in the depths of the valleys. At the other end of Wales, there continues a lasting success which has been producing excellent oceanographers for a very real world for 45 years.
Publication Date: 27/07/2011
Find out more......1st Class Sara wins Lloyd Jones Prize
Local student Sara Lois Roberts, 21, from Llanbedrog celebrated achieving a First Class Honours degree in Product Design this week as well as being awarded the Lloyd Jones prize on Monday, July 11.
Publication Date: 19/07/2011
Find out more......Creative Studies students invited to a film festival in LA
Frances Malpass, 21, from the Wirral, who graduated in Creative Studies and Media this week, was lucky enough to fly to LA earlier this year with fellow student Paco McGrory, to show their film at LifeFest Film Festival.
Publication Date: 15/07/2011
Find out more......Employer and University collaboration celebrate graduation success
The first students graduated from the Foundation Degree in Substance Misuse on 11 July, at Bangor University and the course has proven to be a real triumph.
Publication Date: 14/07/2011
Find out more......Graduation Success Stories 2011!
Congratulations to all our graduates!
Read our graduation success stories here
Publication Date: 14/07/2011
Find out more......Prize winning graduate sad to leave Bangor!
Paul James Davison, 21, from Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk, who graduated with a Masters in Zoology this week, was awarded the Ian Herbert Memorial Prize for the best masters student in Applied Biology.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......Celebrating graduation and winning a University prize
A BA History graduate has won the Dr John Robert Jones prize, which is awarded to the four students across the university who have achieved the highest marks in their degree subjects. Cerys Hudson, 21, from Llanfrothen, Gwynedd, was presented with a cheque of £1,000 during her graduation ceremony.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......Graduate prize winner launches business idea
A mature student at Bangor University is hoping to launch the product he developed during the final year of his degree course internationally over the coming months.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......Film career beckons for promising graduate
Drama and Media studies graduate David Stanley hopes to carve out a career in the film industry after getting the chance to work on Hollywood film during his degree course.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......From ‘average’ student to First Class Graduate!
Bangor University Creative Studies graduate, Matthew Neale had never imagined he could succeed at university. Describing himself as an ‘extremely average’ student, Matthew had no intention of furthering his education after leaving school – until a family holiday brought him to North Wales and he fell in love with Bangor University.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......Gabrielle rekindles her appetite for learning
A retired head teacher from Dolgellau celebrated her graduation success at Bangor University recently. After spending a lifetime in education where her mother, father, sister and husband were teachers, Gabrielle Wilkinson has spent the last 8 years on the Lifelong Learning Fine Art programme, culminating in a BA (hons) Fine Art.
Publication Date: 13/07/2011
Find out more......Local Graduate wins top Student prize
Danial Richard Hemmings,25, from Gaerwen, Anglesey, graduated in Accounting and Finance BSC and received a cheque for £1,250 at his graduation ceremony on Saturday, July 10th.
Publication Date: 11/07/2011
Find out more......Medical Student gains First Class Intercalated degree and wins top graduation prize
A Sports Science graduate at at Bangor University has been awarded one of the University’s most prestigious prizes for his academic achievement on his degree course.
Huw, a former pupil of Ysgol Gyfun Llanhari who is now a Medical student at Cardiff University, decided study at Bangor for a year as part of his Medical degree.
Publication Date: 10/07/2011
Find out more......Mature student overcomes the odds to win 1st Class Degree
A former bench joiner from Rhyl has graduated with a first class honours degree after a drastic change of career due to an occupational illness.
Publication Date: 10/07/2011
Find out more......Dawn’s flying high after graduating!
Dawn Thompson from Holyhead left school in Singapore at 17 with a handful of CSEs. Due to her father being in the RAF there wasn’t much opportunity to go on to further education at that time, so when the family returned to the UK, she started work as a receptionist with a horticultural firm.
Publication Date: 10/07/2011
Find out more......Student wins graduate place with Landrover
A Bangor graduate who is a Landrover enthusiast will be taking up a position with the firm this summer. Masters of Electronic Engineering graduate Robin Boyd credits his time at Bangor for helping him to ‘think like an engineer,’ and will soon be putting all he’s learned into practice as a Product Development Engineer.
Publication Date: 10/07/2011
Find out more......School of English Celebrates Mature Student Successes
The School of English is delighted to celebrate the award-winning successes of two of its mature students.
Publication Date: 10/07/2011
Find out more......Top Student Marine Scientist graduates with 1st Class degree
Bangor University student Philip Hollyman has two reasons to celebrate this summer. Not only has he graduated with a First Class Honours degree, he has also been nominated for the IMarEST Wales Prize: Marine Scientist of the Year award in recognition for his hard work and academic success.
Publication Date: 08/07/2011
Find out more......Bangor University student sells film rights to latest best-seller
A student studying at Bangor University has just sold the film rights for his second novel- an Indian bestseller. Ashwin Sanghi’s novel Chanakya’s Chant is to be adapted into a film by UTV Motion Pictures.
Publication Date: 05/07/2011
Find out more......‘Hey Punk sort your Junk gets the message across
An end of term campaign to reduce waste problems in Bangor has been carried out by Bangor University, Bangor Students’ Union, Gwynedd Council and North Wales Police.
Publication Date: 15/06/2011
Find out more......Bangor PhD student selected for Special Olympics 2011 Delegation
Niamh-Elizabeth Reilly, 27, a School of Sport, Health and Exercises Sciences (SHES) PhD student at Bangor University, has been selected as a Student Delegate for the 2011 Special Olympics World Games in Athens this June.
Publication Date: 15/06/2011
Find out more......BEAM Festival puts Bangor musician in the spotlight
A festival that showcases creative technology in music will be featuring the work of a former Bangor University student.
Publication Date: 15/06/2011
Find out more......Students shine in Santander Business Ideas Competition
Enterprising students at Bangor University have demonstrated their business skills in the first round of a national competition run by Santander.
Publication Date: 01/06/2011
Find out more......Bangor students’ success at Urdd Eisteddfod
So far this week, two Bangor University students have been awarded two of the major prizes at the Urdd Eisteddfod.
Publication Date: 01/06/2011
Find out more......Royal Botanic Garden, Kew graduates get their hands dirty at Botanical Beats
Bangor’s number-one summer music event, where local bands, artists and exhibitors from local wildlife organisations come together at Bangor University’s Botanic Garden at Treborth in a feel-good extravaganza of music, art and wildlife! The combination of music festival and biodiversity event is probably the only one of its kind! We even have our own house band! This year we are getting some very special volunteers from Royal Botanic Garden Kew!
Publication Date: 31/05/2011
Find out more......How to start a business for under £5,000
Students, graduates and staff of the University recently learned how to start a business for less than £5,000 in a ‘Start-Up Smart presentation organised by the B-Enterprising Project at the Careers & Employability Service. The event was well attended by over sixty people from a variety of academic subject backgrounds and University departments.
Publication Date: 31/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor Students’ Union go the extra mile to break the record for the world’s longest bunting
Fairtrade fans in Bangor Students’ Union are celebrating after contributing to a world record breaking line of Fairtrade bunting.
Publication Date: 23/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor Business School Student Visit to China
In April 2011, 16 Bangor Business School students took part in the Business School’s first ever student visit to China, led by Professor John Goddard, Deputy Head of School; Sarah Wale, School Manager; Yizheng Wang, International Liaison and Support Officer; and Peter Westmoreland, Student Liaison and Research Assistant.
Publication Date: 19/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor joins The Guardian Live Webchat for Sociology students and graduates today
Dr Roger Slack, Lecturer in Sociology and Research Methods at Bangor University's School of Social Sciences joins The Guardian's Live Q&A for sociology students and graduates today (Wednesday 18 May) between 1.00-4.00.
Publication Date: 18/05/2011
Find out more......Ross Awarded Peer Guide of the Year
Ross Davies, from Bridgend, South Wales, has been voted Peer Guide of the Year at Bangor University.
Ross was one of a record breaking 486 students who all undertook training to volunteer as Peer Guides - students who support and guide first year students at Bangor University.
Publication Date: 17/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor’s Peer Guides thanked by University
A record breaking 486 students volunteered to help first year students settle into life as Bangor University students this year.
The ‘Peer Guides’, as they’re called, were thanked and awarded certificates at a Peer Guide ceremony at the University recently, where their skills and contribution to the University were recognised.
Publication Date: 17/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor’s Student Representatives given Awards
Bangor University’s Students’ Union, with the help of the University Executive, has created an outstanding system of student representation to ensure the student voice is loud and clear. The Students Union has worked with all Schools in the University to produce a team of 225 Student Representatives to cover different year groups and courses.
Publication Date: 16/05/2011
Find out more......Students plan to run the length of Ireland to raise money for charity
Sport Science Students Philip Clarke, 21, and Michael O’Reilly, 21, are currently training to run 385 miles through Ireland in 13 days in early July.
Publication Date: 13/05/2011
Find out more......Former student completes epic 30,000 mile journey to South Africa to raise money for charity
A Bangor Univerity graduate has just completed an epic 30,000 mile drive to South Africa and back in a bid to raise £10,000 for two charities, Link Ethiopia and Alzheimer’s Research Trust.
Publication Date: 11/05/2011
Find out more......Bangor’s gift to aid Japan
Bangor University’s Japanese students have been able to contribute over £7,500 towards Japanese Red Cross Society.
Publication Date: 15/04/2011
Find out more......Fishing for Success
Anglesey Sea Zoo is one of many businesses taking advantage of GO Wales, an initiative that provides university graduates with placements and work tasters in an area related to their degree. GO Wales offer opportunities that provide excellent skills and experience to enhance a graduate’s CV in this tough economic climate.
Publication Date: 07/04/2011
Find out more......Student wins iPad at Postgraduate Fair
When Joanne Keeler attended the Postgraduate Courses Fair in February, little did she realise that as well finding out more about the postgrad options available to her she would soon be the proud owner of a brand new iPad!
Publication Date: 07/04/2011
Find out more......Bangor PhD Student has her work published in the National Geographic.
A Bangor University PhD student was one of the scientists who featured in the National Geographic recently after they identified a new species of viper.
Publication Date: 07/04/2011
Find out more......Students volunteer to help local environment
new environmental project set up by Student Volunteering Bangor, Greener Gwynedd proves a popular hit with students this academic year.
Publication Date: 06/04/2011
Find out more......Bangor Students strike a pose!
Bangor University has brought together students from across the world to star in one of its key publications, the 2012 University prospectus. The prospectus which is hot off the press is already being handed out to prospective students in Higher Education Fairs throughout the UK and overseas.
Publication Date: 05/04/2011
Find out more......Entrance Scholarship Winners 2011
From Bala to Bury St. Edmunds, from Poole to Pwllheli, new students from across the UK will be sharing Scholarship prizes totalling over £130,000 when they begin their degree courses at Bangor University next academic year.
Publication Date: 28/03/2011
Find out more......Bangor University student shines in International Student Awards 2011.
German student Ilka Johanna Illers, who is in her second year of a BSc Ocean Science degree at Bangor University, has been named Wales’ International Student of the Year 2011 in a prestigious competition organised by the British Council.
Publication Date: 26/03/2011
Find out more......Come and discover Japan and its culture at a fundraising event this weekend.
A group of Bangor Students will be holding a fundraising event to support the victims of the Tohoku Earthquake at Rathbone Hall, College Road on Saturday, March 26th between 2pm and 6pm. There will be a series of exciting activities such as Japanese culture workshops featuring calligraphy, Origami, face-painting and try a kimono as well as live performances, a charity market, a fashion show with outfits from all over the world and raffle.
Publication Date: 25/03/2011
Find out more......Nightline Awareness Week
From March 7th, Nightline will be running an Awareness Week to publicise the service to Students with various events around Bangor.
Nightline is an anonymous and confidential listening and information service made for students, run by students.
Publication Date: 10/03/2011
Find out more......Bangor University team crowned Gaelic Football Champions
Bangor University’s Gaelic Football team are celebrating a surprise win at the British University GAA Championships in Birmingham.
Publication Date: 10/03/2011
Find out more......Scholarship awarded to Welsh musical talent
Owing to her exceptional achievements and the glowing endorsements of her academic tutors, PhD student gwawr Ifan of Bangor University is one of the two winners of the University of Wales D Afan Thomas Memorial Award for Music.
Publication Date: 05/03/2011
Find out more......It may be ‘rubbish’ - but it’s in the top 5
A ‘Rubbish Survival Guide’ Campaign by Bangor University Students’ Union has made it to the final five of a national competition.
Publication Date: 24/02/2011
Find out more......Bangor Student enjoy success at Inter-College Eisteddfod
Following eager and very successful competing, the avid competitors among Bangor’s Welsh speaking students came second in the Inter-College Eisteddfod recently. They were closely beaten by the home team, Cardiff University.
Publication Date: 24/02/2011
Find out more......Bangor students celebrate St David's Day
Bangor Students' Union and UMCB (Bangor's Welsh SU) are hosting a week of events to celebrate St David's Day - Welsh Week!
Publication Date: 23/02/2011
Find out more......Students are Enterprising in the £10 Challenge
Students recently took part in a ‘£10 Challenge’, organised by the B-Enterprising Project at the University’s Careers and Employability Service.
Students borrowed £10 individually or in small teams, and tried to make as much money as they could in 2 weeks in an enterprising way, to win the top prize of £200.
Publication Date: 23/02/2011
Find out more......The part–time way to post-graduate education
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
Publication Date: 17/02/2011
Find out more......Scuba diving passion leads to conserving Morecambe Bay Fishery
A postgraduate qualification from Bangor University was key to Mandy Knott clinching an exciting and vital job- and her first in a new career.
Mandy has the important task of working on a legislative measure which will ensure the management and conservation of the cockle and mussel fishery in Morecambe Bay.
Publication Date: 11/02/2011
Find out more......Bar Uno Serendipity Give Away!
The recent Serendipity 2 event at Maes Glas Sports Centre was a great success and saw one student leave with a great give away!
Publication Date: 08/02/2011
Find out more......Come and enjoy the University’s multicultural community
An eclectic mix of cultures and traditions will be on display at the University’s Prichard Jones Hall at 6.00 on Friday 11 February 2011.
Publication Date: 02/02/2011
Find out more......Computers that can understand our emotions?
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.
Publication Date: 20/01/2011
Find out more......Are you considering postgraduate study?
You can never be too overqualified for today’s job market- a post graduate qualification could assist you in marking you out amongst applicants, could open doors to new career opportunities or could help you to move forward or change direction in your current career.
Bangor University is holding a Postgraduate Courses Fair on Friday 18 February 2011 between 12.30 – 2.30.
This is to enable current students at Bangor and graduates working locally or wanting to study at Bangor to visit the University and learn at first-hand what options for taught and research degrees are available at the University.
Publication Date: 20/01/2011
Find out more......Student helps to transform Sain’s website
A postgraduate student at Bangor University is transforming Welsh record company, Sain’s website as part of a Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) between the University and the company.
Publication Date: 19/01/2011
Find out more......Sunday Times CD of the Week accolade for music student’s band
One third year music student at Bangor University has had a great beginning to his musical new year- as his band Y Niwl’s album of the same name receives the accolade of The Sunday Times’ Culture Section Rock & Pop CD of the Week (2.1.11).
Publication Date: 07/01/2011
Find out more......Business Idea Competition creates interesting possibilities
An outdoor adventure game that promotes an interest in history is the intriguing result of a Business Idea Competition for Bangor University students held recently. The competition, sponsored by the Welsh Assembly Government, is one of numerous activities held by the B-Enterprising Project at the Careers & Employability Service to stimulate, create and raise awareness of enterprise amongst students and graduates.
Publication Date: 16/12/2010
Find out more......American expedition for Bangor Zoologists
A group of students from North Wales have returned from a research trip which saw them wading through swamps, canoeing through mangroves and swimming over coral reefs.
As part of their degrees in Zoology, Bangor University students spent a week around the Florida Everglades studying the area’s unique wildlife.
Publication Date: 15/12/2010
Find out more......Enterprising students hold Christmas market
Handmade crafts and gifts were on offer at a Student Christmas Market which kicked off the festive season at Bangor University recently. Over 80 enterprising students took part in the event, which attracted over 500 visitors and was organised by the B-Enterprising Project .
Publication Date: 15/12/2010
Find out more......University Awards Sports Scholarships and Bursaries
Elite athletes and sports men and women were awarded with a range of Awards at Bangor University recently. The University awards Sports Scholarhsips to individuals who have already shown potential in their chosen sport.
Publication Date: 02/12/2010
Find out more......Bangor’s brightest benefit from Excellence Scholarship awards
Some of Bangor University’s brightest first year students have had their academic achievement at A-Level recognised with the University’s most prestigious scholarship award.
Publication Date: 30/11/2010
Find out more......Shortlisted for Outstanding Student Support
They’ve become part of the Bangor University ‘landscape’ during Fresher’s Week: those brightly T-Shirted Peer Guides-but they really are something special. In fact, Bangor University’s Peer Guide Scheme has been shortlisted for a UK award for Outstanding Student Support, presented by the Times Higher Education (THE) magazine, the magazine covering the higher education sector in the UK.
Publication Date: 19/11/2010
Find out more......Hold the front page!
Nicholas Whitmore, a third year Journalism and Media student, has had an article he has written printed on the front page of the Daily Post, Thursday, November 11.
Publication Date: 12/11/2010
Find out more......Indian Diwali Celebrations
Bangor’s Indian students celebrated the Hindu festival of Diwali in style last Friday (5th November) as the International Student Welfare Service hosted a party at Neuadd Rathbone.
Publication Date: 11/11/2010
Find out more......Bangor graduate's BBC role marks dream start to career
A Bangor University graduate who has won a place on the prestigious BBC Production Trainee Scheme has described it as “the dream start to a career.”
Publication Date: 04/11/2010
Find out more......Blowing the whistle on blowing the whistle at the top of Snowdon
Before Hafod Eryri, the exciting new visitor centre, opened at the top of Wales’ highest peak, the Stationmaster would announce the departure of the train by blowing his whistle. This did not quite seem in keeping with the new 21century development so Snowdon Mountain Railway (SMR) turned to Bangor University for assistance.
The result has been the installation of a brand-new fully-automated announcement system for Hafod Eryri, which is now fully operational and has quickly become an essential for the day to day running of the summit terminus.
Publication Date: 03/11/2010
Find out more......Super Furry Animals Costumes in Bangor's Pop Archive
Bangor University's Pop Archive has received a donation of musical memorabilia from one of Wales' biggest bands.
Publication Date: 02/11/2010
Find out more......Olivia’s Commonwealth Challenge
Olivia Orchart, a student at Bangor University, is currently representing the Wales in the Commonwealth Fencing Championships (CFC10) in Melbourne, Australia.
Publication Date: 28/09/2010
Find out more......Award winning Amy arrives at university in style!
A first year student at Bangor University who was named her county’s ‘Student of the Year’ has arrived in style at her Halls of Residence in her competition prize - a brand-new Fiat Panda!
Publication Date: 27/09/2010
Find out more......Bangor student runs Anglesey Marathon in memory of father
A PhD student from the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGY) at Bangor is running the Anglesey Marathon on Sunday in memory of his late father.
Publication Date: 23/09/2010
Find out more......Support for Bangor’s new students shortlisted for Award
Bangor University’s Peer Guide Scheme, which supports new students and ensures easy transition to University life for them, has been shortlisted for the Times Higher Education Awards in the Outstanding Student Support Category.
Publication Date: 23/09/2010
Find out more......2010 Llew Rees Memorial Prize winner announced
The highest Sporting Award at Bangor University, the Llew Rees Award, presented to the most outstanding sportsman or woman from among the student body has been awarded this year to Postgraduate Sports Science PhD student Vicky Gottwald.
National league Basketball player, Vicky, of Grove, Oxfordshire has received a cash prize of £750 in order to advance her performance.
Publication Date: 21/09/2010
Find out more......Eating Oyster- in the interest of scientific research!
It’s not every day that you’re invited to eat 12 fresh oysters for free, but that was the experience of a ‘taste-testing’ panel at the School of Ocean Sciences recently.
Publication Date: 09/09/2010
Find out more......Scholarship win helps further PhD studies
A PhD student at Bangor University has been awarded a prestigious scholarship to study in Germany. Sadiqa Riazat from Clitheroe in Lancashire is one of only 17 students to receive the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) scholarship.
Publication Date: 28/08/2010
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