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News: June 2015
Bangor University contributes to new PRIME Centre Wales for primary and emergency care research
Bangor University, alongside partner universities Cardiff, Swansea, and South Wales, has been awarded £3.6M for the ‘PRIME Centre Wales’ for Primary and Emergency Care Research.
Publication date: 30 June 2015
Bangor University contributes to new PRIME Centre Wales for primary and emergency care research
Bangor University, alongside partner universities Cardiff, Swansea, and South Wales, has been awarded £3.6M for the ‘PRIME Centre Wales’ for Primary and Emergency Care Research.
The funding from Health and Care Research Wales will support PRIME Centre Wales to improve the health and well-being of people in Wales and internationally, by conducting high quality research on topics of national policy priority in primary, emergency and unscheduled care.
Publication date: 30 June 2015
Bangor student’s MA film to be broadcast on Sky
A film by a former Bangor University MA student will be broadcast to a national audience on Sky Arts and S4C in the coming weeks.
Publication date: 22 June 2015
As cash becomes quaint, are ATMs on path to obsolescence?
An article by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo Professor of Business History and Bank Management at Bangor University was originally published on The Conversation.
Before the advent of the internet, the greatest gain in customer convenience within retail banking came from the creation of automated teller machines (ATMs).
ATMs led to significant advances in how customers access financial services because – coupled with the direct deposit – they freed workers from so many routine tasks. No more depositing a paycheck in person, inquiring about balances or paying utilities solely during banking hours. ATMs enabled impromptu dinners and last-minute shopping over the weekend.
Publication date: 16 June 2015
£1.7m National Lottery grant to protect UK’s threatened marine life
The Heritage Lottery Fund (HLF) has awarded £1.7million to “Capturing our Coast”, a project designed to explore how the marine environment is responding to global climate change.
The project will train over 3,000 volunteers – making it the largest experimental marine citizen science project ever undertaken in the UK. The volunteers will collect data around key species and it is hoped the new research will help inform future policy and conservation strategies.
Publication date: 15 June 2015
Tenovus Funded PhD Studentship
Patient choice in prostate cancer hormone treatment (Continuous androgen deprivation vs intermittent androgen deprivation)
Publication date: 15 June 2015
Zimbabwe ditches its dollar in the end of an economic era
On June 15 the Reserve Bank of Zimbabwe took the last step in the process of ditching its currency. Zimbabwe dollars will be decommissioned at a rate of 35 quadrillion per US dollar (that’s Z$35,000,000,000,000,000 for US$1). Any remaining Zimbabwe dollars in circulation after September 30 2015 will be officially, as opposed to practically, worthless.
An article by Bernardo Batiz-Lazo Professor of Business History and Bank Management at Bangor University, originally published on The Conversation.
Publication date: 15 June 2015
Low Cancer Survival in UK linked to delays in referring patients for tests
Researchers based in the North Wales Centre for Primary Care Research in Wrexham have recently completed their involvement in a new in-depth study of cancer that could pin-point ways to improve cancer survival rates in Wales.
Publication date: 12 June 2015
The Way We Live Now – The Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Anniversary Essay Competition
Publication date: 8 June 2015
SENRGy lead international collaborations to grant success
Researchers in Bangor University’s School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGy) have recently secured two major grants, paving the way for collaborative research based in south-east Asia.
Publication date: 5 June 2015
Bangor University group return from Himalayan expedition
Academics from Bangor University have recently returned from an expedition to the Himalayas as part of a research project to investigate altitude related illness.
Publication date: 4 June 2015
Boost for medically related teaching and research at Bangor
The School of Medical Science is delighted to announce the formal transfer of a number of Undergraduate and Postgraduate degree programmes along with a number of staff from the School of Biological Sciences and North West Cancer Research Fund Institute.
Publication date: 3 June 2015
Successful conclusion to Sustainable Fisheries Resources Project
A three year data gathering project to help Welsh fishers work sustainably culminated with a presentation at Bangor University recently.
Publication date: 3 June 2015
Bangor in the Indian Ocean
Marine biologists from Bangor University’s School of Ocean Sciences have recently returned from a science and conservation expedition to the British Indian Ocean Territory, currently the world’s largest Marine Reserve, located 7° south of the equator, below the Maldives.
Publication date: 2 June 2015
New research as tech companies get emotional
Games, smart TVs, phones and social networks that analyse and respond to user’s emotions will be the subject of new research by a senior lecturer at Bangor University.
Publication date: 1 June 2015