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Farewell from Professor Steve Wilks "In January 2011 I had the honour of being appointed as the inaugural Head of the College of Science at Swansea, tasked with creating an integrated College where students and staff could flourish. Four years to that date I will step down from this role to take up my new position as a Pro Vice Chancellor at Swansea. I have thoroughly enjoyed my time in the College and had the opportunity to learn about many disciplines outside of my own and meet many world leading scientist and social scientist conducting fascinating research in the College.
During my term I have been supported by a strong management and leadership team who have helped the College grow in scale, stature and success, underpinned by strong Departments who have worked collaboratively to deliver new multipurpose undergraduate teaching laboratories, growth in state of the art research facilities and an expansion of resources to enhance the experience of our students and staff. I feel I am leaving behind a legacy that can be used as a platform for future growth and success.
The College is poised for dramatic expansion with major projects on the horizon that will transform Science at Swansea: a new building for computer science through the computational foundry project, a new building for the Departments of Physics and Mathematics, and the potential return of Chemistry to the College.
I wish you all the very best in your future endeavours and I will watch with great interest the transformation of Science at Swansea under the leadership of the new head, Professor Matt Jones." |
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The largest ever Open Day at Swansea University took place this October with each of our departments hosting record numbers of visitors! With an extra 20% increase in applications for 2014 entry on the back of a 42% increase in applications for 2013 entry, the University is well on its way to becoming one of the top 30 universities in the UK.
‘Very impressed, especially with the enthusiasm of the lecturers’.
‘Best talk and introduction I’ve seen in all 6 Uni visits’.
‘Everything was covered, wonderfully enthusiastic and friendly staff’.
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We are delighted to welcome our new international students who started in September, taking the international student population in Science to over 160 in total.
The College now has students from over 50 different countries including China, Brazil, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, South Africa, Greece, Italy, France, Cyprus, Germany, Latvia and more.
Meet us in your Country
College of Science staff are attending events, visiting schools and institutions in a number of countries during October and November. Bulgaria was visited in October and staff will also be visiting China, Cyprus, Greece, Kuwait, Brazil and Nigeria before the end of November. We would love to meet you in your country.
To find out where you can meet our staff during visits to these countries, please contact: Philip Jarman – International & Postgraduate Recruitment Officer. |
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Annual student symposium (9th, 10th and 11th December) The whole Biosciences third year cohort will be showcasing their dissertations at this year’s student symposium at the Dylan Thomas Centre in December. This year there will be 30 students at the Centre each day from 9am – 4.30pm talking about their dissertations.
Tuesday 9th December – Marine Biology students
Wednesday 10th December – Biology students
Thursday 11th December – Zoology students
For more information please contact Dr Ed Pope |
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All you ever wanted to know about sloths Metro reports on Becky Cliffe, a PhD student at Swansea University, and her work with the Sloth Sanctuary of Costa Rica.
Becky, who is studying for her PhD in the Department of Biosciences, is a British zoologist working at the sanctuary, which has about 10,000 visitors each year.
‘We have 156 hungry sloth mouths to feed at the moment and the recent bad weather means that we have been receiving new sloth casualties almost every day,’ she said. ‘We have 13 orphaned babies in our intensive care nursery right now that require round-the-clock attention, so we will probably be celebrating Sloth Week by feeding our smallest, most delicate residents with some extra hibiscus flower treats – a favourite food of all sloths.’
Sloth Week is hosted by US TV channels Animal Planet and Animalist. Find out more about these fascinating creatures:
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Year 11 and 12 students from schools and colleges throughout South Wales spent a week taking part in science workshops at the S4 Summer School.
Students spent the week in workshops such as ‘Robotics with LEGO’ (Computer Science department), ‘Hunting for exoplanets’ (Physics), ’Myth-busting climate change’ (Geography) and ‘Animal adaptations’ (Bioscience). They stayed in the Halls of Residence where they immersed themselves in campus life and got the full ‘student experience’.
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Software Alliance Wales (SAW) is a £13.4m initiative designed to help Welsh businesses maximise their potential for exploiting Information Communication Technologies (ICT).
Dr Neal Harman the Project Director at the Department for Computer Science here in Swansea University, said, ‘IT is critical to almost all parts of business – with many businesses being unable to exist without it. While the quality of education and the growing pool of tech talent already present here in Wales is encouraging, the widely acknowledged IT skills gap is set to get bigger as demand for skilled resources increases.”
He added: “The challenge remains for Software Alliance Wales to provide a platform for further growth and skills transfer; working with entrepreneurs, tech start-ups, IT companies, Welsh universities and other established businesses, to upskill our home-grown talent to meet the growing and fast-changing demands of the global market.” |
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Wales’ leading female scientists including many from the College of Science at Swansea University were recently showcasing science to the general public from their soapboxes.
The event took place on the 5th of July 2014 next to the 360 Beach and Watersports Centre and proved to be very popular with the public.
Twelve women scientists from various science disciplines took turns to stand on soapboxes and share their excitement about their research work.
Exploding volcanoes, a pumping heart and living maggots were just a few of the points of interest for passers by.
The College of Science was well represented during this event by Dr Ruth Callaway and Dr Emily Shepard from Biosciences, Prof Siwan Davies from Geography, Dr Sofya Lyakhova from Mathematics and Dr Sophie Schirmer from Physics. |
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Research continues for Emeritus Professor Margaret Kenna of the Department of Geography Professor Kenna has been carrying out further research on the Cycladic island of Anafi, and amongst island migrants in Athens. She first visited the island in 1966 as part of social anthropological fieldwork for her PhD, and has studied kinship, inheritance, ritual, migration and the introduction of tourism to the island. Many of her articles are available on academia.edu. In 2006, to mark the fortieth year of her association with the island she was made an Honorary Citizen, and she is also an honorary member of the island migrants’ society.
On a visit in September-October of this year she completed a project to donate all the films and prints she has taken since 1966 – thousands of images - to the Benaki Museum Photo-Archive. Some of these pictures will be used to illustrate a book which is to be published in Greek and in English by the Academy of Athens Centre of Hellenic Folklore. The book is based on folktales, accounts of agricultural practices, songs and music, collected on Anafi in 1965 by Professor Stefanos Imellos, now an Academician. Photos from her 1966-67 fieldwork, which include many of Professor Imellos’s informants as well as of the agricultural practices detailed in his text, will be used. |
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Global Entrepreneurship week Wednesday 19th November: Meet the Graduate Entrepreneur – Hints and tips on how to start a business - FREE event
12.00-2.15pm Robert Recorde Room, 205 Faraday Building, Swansea University
What happens when you graduate? Given it much thought?
Come along to this free lunch time event, and meet Graduate Entrepreneurs, who will be sharing their own unique start-up experiences. To register click on more:
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Yr Athro Steve Wilks yn ffarwelio "Ym mis Ionawr 2011 cefais y fraint o gael fy mhenodi'n Bennaeth cyntaf y Coleg Gwyddoniaeth yn Abertawe. Fy nhasg oedd creu Coleg integredig lle gallai myfyrwyr a staff ffynnu. Bedair blynedd o'r dyddiad hwnnw byddaf yn gadael y rôl hon i ymgymryd â’m swydd newydd fel Dirprwy Is-Ganghellor yn Abertawe. Rwyf wedi gwirioneddol fwynhau fy nghyfnod yn y Coleg ac wedi cael cyfle i ddysgu am nifer o ddisgyblaethau y tu hwnt i'm disgyblaeth fy hun. Hefyd cefais gyfle i gwrdd â nifer o wyddonwyr a gwyddonwyr cymdeithasol sy'n arwain y byd gyda’u hymchwil ddiddorol yn y Coleg.
Yn ystod fy nghyfnod yma cefais gefnogaeth tîm rheoli ac arwain cryf sydd wedi helpu'r Coleg i dyfu o ran maint, pwysigrwydd a llwyddiant. Yn sail i hynny mae Adrannau cryf sydd wedi cydweithredu i gael labordai amlbwrpas newydd i addysgu israddedigion, twf o ran y cyfleusterau ymchwil diweddaraf ac ehangu'r adnoddau i wella profiad ein myfyrwyr a'n staff. Teimlaf fy mod yn gadael gwaddol y gellir ei ddefnyddio'n llwyfan ar gyfer twf a llwyddiant y dyfodol.
Mae'r Coleg ar fin ehangu'n syfrdanol gyda phrosiectau mawr ar y gorwel a fydd yn gweddnewid Gwyddoniaeth yn Abertawe: adeilad newydd ar gyfer cyfrifiadureg drwy'r prosiect ffowndri cyfrifiadurol, adeilad newydd ar gyfer yr Adran Ffiseg a Mathemateg, ac mae'n bosib y bydd Cemeg yn dychwelyd i'r Coleg.
Rwy'n dymuno'r gorau ichi yn eich ymdrechion yn y dyfodol a byddaf yn gwylio'n llawn diddordeb y ffordd y bydd Gwyddoniaeth yn Abertawe yn gweddnewid o dan arweiniad y pennaeth newydd, yr Athro Matt Jones." |
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Cynhaliwyd y Diwrnod Agored mwyaf erioed ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe y mis Hydref hwn gyda phob un o'n hadrannau'n croesawu nifer mwy nag erioed o'r blaen o ymwelwyr! Gyda chynnydd o 20% ychwanegol yn y ceisiadau i ddod i’r brifysgol yn 2014 ar ôl cynnydd o 42% yn y ceisiadau i ddod yma yn 2013, mae'r Brifysgol ar ei ffordd i fod yn un o 30 prifysgol uchaf y DU.
'Cefais argraff dda iawn, yn enwedig o weld brwdfrydedd y darlithwyr'.
'Yr anerchiad a'r cyflwyniad gorau dwi wedi eu gweld ym mhob un o'r 6 ymweliad â Phrifysgol'.
'Soniwyd am bopeth, staff rhyfeddol o frwdfrydig a chyfeillgar'. |
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Rydym wrth ein bodd o groesawu ein myfyrwyr rhyngwladol newydd a ddechreuodd ym mis Medi, fel bod cyfanswm y boblogaeth o fyfyrwyr tramor ym maes Gwyddoniaeth bellach dros 160.
Erbyn hyn mae gan y Coleg fyfyrwyr o 50 gwlad wahanol gan gynnwys China, Brasil, Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Zimbabwe, Sri Lanka, De Affrica, Groeg, yr Eidal, Ffrainc, Cyprus, yr Almaen, Latvia a mwy.
Dewch i gwrdd â ni yn eich Gwlad
Mae staff y Coleg Gwyddoniaeth yn mynychu digwyddiadau, yn ymweld ag ysgolion a sefydliadau mewn nifer o wledydd yn ystod misoedd Hydref a Thachwedd. Ymwelwyd â Bwlgaria ym mis Hydref a hefyd bydd staff yn ymweld â China, Cyprus, Groeg, Kuwait, Brasil a Nigeria cyn diwedd mis Tachwedd. Byddem wrth ein boddau'n cwrdd â chi yn eich gwlad.
Er mwyn gweld lle gallwch gwrdd â'n staff yn ystod ymweliadau â'r gwledydd hyn, cysylltwch â: Philip Jarman - Swyddog Recriwtio Rhyngwladol ac Ôl-raddedig. |
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Symposiwm myfyrwyr blynyddol (9, 10 a 11 Rhagfyr) Bydd holl fyfyrwyr y drydedd flwyddyn yn y Biowyddorau yn rhoi llwyfan i'w traethodau hir yn symposiwm myfyrwyr eleni yng Nghanolfan Dylan Thomas ym mis Rhagfyr. Eleni bydd 30 myfyriwr yn y Ganolfan bob dydd o 9am i 4.30pm yn siarad am eu traethodau hir.
Dydd Mawrth 9 Rhagfyr - myfyrwyr Bioleg Forol
Dydd Mercher 10 Rhagfyr - myfyrwyr Bioleg
Dydd Iau 11 Rhagfyr - myfyrwyr Sŵoleg
I gael rhagor o wybodaeth cysylltwch â Dr Ed Pope |
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Popeth roeddech chi eisiau ei wybod am ddiogod Mae Metro'n rhoi adroddiad am Becky Cliffe, myfyriwr PhD ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe, a'i gwaith gyda Gwarchodfa Diogod Costa Rica.
Mae Becky, sy'n astudio ar gyfer ei doethuriaeth yn Adran y Biowyddorau, yn sŵolegydd Prydeinig sy'n gweithio yn y warchodfa y mae 10,000 o bobl yn ymweld â hi bob blwyddyn.
'Mae gennym 156 o gegau diogod llwglyd i'w bwydo ar hyn o bryd ac oherwydd y tywydd garw'n ddiweddar rydym wedi bod yn derbyn diogod newydd wedi'u hanafu bron bob dydd,' meddai. 'Mae gennym 13 o fabanod amddifad yn ein meithrinfa gofal dwys ar hyn o bryd ac mae angen sylw 24 awr y dydd arnyn nhw. Felly mae'n debyg y byddwn ni'n dathlu Wythnos y Diogod drwy fwydo danteithion blodau hibiscus ychwanegol i'n trigolion lleiaf, mwyaf bregus – y blodau hynny yw hoff fwyd pob diogyn.'
Mae Animal Planet ac Animalist, sianelau teledu yn UDA, yn rhoi sylw i Wythnos y Diogod. Cewch wybod rhagor am y creaduriaid rhyfeddol hyn:
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Treuliodd myfyrwyr Blwyddyn 11 a 12 o ysgolion a cholegau ledled De Cymru wythnos yn cymryd rhan mewn gweithdai gwyddoniaeth yn Ysgol Haf S4.
Treuliodd y myfyrwyr yr wythnos mewn gweithdai fel 'Roboteg gyda LEGO' (yr adran Gyfrifiadureg), 'Chwilio am blanedau allanol' (Ffiseg), 'Newid hinsawdd sy'n chwalu chwedlau' (Daearyddiaeth) ac 'Addasiadau anifeiliaid (Y Biowyddorau). Arhoson nhw yn y Neuaddau Preswyl lle buon nhw'n ymgyfarwyddo â bywyd y campws a chael y 'profiad myfyrwyr' llawn.
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Menter gwerth £13.4m yw Cynghrair Meddalwedd Cymru (SAW) a'i bwriad yw helpu busnesau Cymru i fanteisio i'r eithaf ar eu potensial i ddefnyddio Technolegau Gwybodaeth a Chyfathrebu (TGCh).
Meddai Dr Neal Harman, Cyfarwyddwr Prosiect yn yr Adran Gyfrifiadureg yma ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe, 'Mae TG yn allweddol i bob rhan o fyd busnes, bron - gyda nifer o fusnesau'n methu bodoli hebddi. Er ei bod yn galondid gweld ansawdd yr addysg a bod y pwll o dalent dechnegol sydd eisoes yma yng Nghymru ar gynnydd, bydd y bwlch sgiliau TG sy'n cael ei gydnabod yn gyffredinol yn mynd yn fwy wrth i'r galw am adnoddau â sgiliau gynyddu."
Ychwanegodd: "Mae her o hyd i Gynghrair Meddalwedd Cymru ddarparu llwyfan ar gyfer twf pellach a throsglwyddo sgiliau; gweithio gydag entrepreneuriaid, busnesau technegol sy'n dechrau, cwmnïau TG, prifysgolion Cymru a busnesau eraill sydd wedi'u sefydlu, i wella sgiliau ein talent yma yng Nghymru i ateb gofynion cynyddol a newidiol y farchnad fyd-eang." |
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Yn ddiweddar bu prif wyddonwyr benywaidd Cymru gan gynnwys nifer o'r Coleg Gwyddoniaeth ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe yn rhoi llwyfan i wyddoniaeth ar gyfer y cyhoedd o'u blychau sebon.
Cynhaliwyd y digwyddiad ar 5 Gorffennaf 2014 nesaf at Ganolfan Traeth a Chwaraeon Dŵr 360 a bu'n boblogaidd iawn ymhlith y cyhoedd.
Cymerodd deuddeg o wyddonwyr benywaidd o amryw o ddisgyblaethau'r gwyddorau eu tro i sefyll ar focsys sebon a rhannu eu cyffro am eu gwaith ymchwil.
Llosgfynyddoedd yn ffrwydro, calon yn curo a chynrhon byw - dyna rai'n unig o'r pethau diddorol i'r rhai oedd yn mynd heibio.
Roedd cynrychiolaeth dda o'r Coleg Gwyddoniaeth yn ystod y digwyddiad hwn: Dr Ruth Callaway a Dr Emily Shepard o'r Biowyddorau, Yr Athro Siwan Davies o'r Adran Ddaearyddiaeth, Dr Sofya Lyakhova o'r Adran Fathemateg a Dr Sophie Schirmer o'r Adran Ffiseg. |
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Wythnos Entrepreneuriaeth Byd-Eang Dydd Mercher 19 Tachwedd: Dewch i gwrdd â'r Entrepreneur Graddedig - Awgrymiadau am sut mae dechrau busnes - digwyddiad AM DDIM
12.00-2.15pm Ystafell Robert Recorde, 205 Adeilad Faraday, Prifysgol Abertawe
Beth sy'n digwydd pan fyddwch chi'n graddio? Ydych chi wedi meddwl llawer am y peth?
Dewch i'r digwyddiad am ddim hwn amser cinio, a chwrdd ag Entrepreneuriaid Graddedig, a fydd yn rhannu eu profiadau unigryw yn dechrau busnes. I gofrestru cliciwch ar ‘mwy’:
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