News: July 2019
Music set to bring comfort to Welsh speakers living with dementia
Welsh speakers living with dementia can now enjoy songs from their past in Welsh, thanks to a Bangor University and Merched y Wawr initiative supported by the Welsh Government to help care givers across Wales improve their quality of life. Music is said to help soothe, stimulate and bring to mind long-forgotten memories. As part of the initiative, care homes across Wales are to be provided with a new CD and playlist of specially curated Welsh language music.
Publication date: 19 July 2019
Graduation Profile: Jessica Nixon
Publication date: 19 July 2019
Graduation Profile: Priyogi Patel
Publication date: 19 July 2019
Jessica converts passion for sports into rugby research
A student who applied to study at Bangor University through the UCAS Extra service after changing her chosen area of study graduates today with First Class honours.
Publication date: 17 July 2019
From retail invoices to Little Voices
Claire Hodgkinson had always dreamt of going to university but, upon completing her A-Levels over twenty years ago, she couldn’t see a career path forming in her mind’s eye and so, instead of arbitrarily choosing a subject area to follow for three years, she decided to sign up to a retail management programme instead.
Publication date: 17 July 2019
How the brain prepares for movement and actions
Our behaviour is largely tied to how well we control, organise and carry out movements in the correct order. Take writing, for example. If we didn’t make one stroke after another on a page, we would not be able to write a word. This article by Myrto Mantziara , PhD Researcher, School of Psychology, is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article .
Publication date: 12 July 2019
Using ‘self-talk’ as part of your endurance sport training? Here’s what you need to know
New research suggests how you can get the edge over your competitors in endurance sport You have probably caught yourself muttering some encouragement to yourself, perhaps when you were facing a particularly difficult physical challenge, or experiencing some sort of stress; “Come on, you can do this!” or “I know I can do this!” Sports psychologists have now found that speaking to yourself in the second person: “You need to dig deep!”, is actually more effective than speaking to yourself in the first person, “I need to dig deep!”
Publication date: 9 July 2019
Bangor University Student Shortlisted for ‘Phd Student of the Year’ in Inaugural Postgrad Awards
Bangor University students Ashleigh Johnstone, from Douglas, Isle of Man, has made it through to the shortlist of new national Award. Ashleigh was among over 140 PhD students nominated and is shortlisted for the PhD Student of the Year category in the Awards by FindAMasters.com and FindAPhD.com .
Publication date: 5 July 2019