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Sir Michael Atiyah admitted as HonFLSW

1 August, 2016

On Thursday 21 July, Sir Michael Atiyah was formally admitted by the President as one of the Society's inaugural Honorary Fellows. Sir Michael Atiyah is one of the most influential mathematicians of his generation, widely recognised as a pioneer in the development of mathematics in the UK and Europe. A highly dist... Read More

Science is global – European academies’ statement

28 July, 2016

On the occasion of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF, 2016) conference in Manchester in July, many of Europe’s National Academies took the opportunity to lend their support to the value of exchanging ideas and international science. Given that many of today’s most pressing challenges are global ones, the joint pr... Read More

Sir John Meurig Thomas awarded Royal Society’s Royal Medal 2016

27 July, 2016

Sir John Meurig Thomas HonFREng FRS FLSW, Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, has been awarded the Royal Society's 2016 Royal Medal in... Read More

UK national academies joint statement on research and innovation after the EU Referendum

19 July, 2016

The Academy of Medical Sciences, the British Academy, the Royal Academy of Engineering, the Royal Society, the Royal Society of Edinburgh, the Royal Irish Academy and the Learned Society of Wales have today, 19 July 2016, published a joint statement on research and innovation after the EU Referendum. The seven UK ... Read More

Welsh Crucible – Class of 2016

18 July, 2016

Welsh Crucible is an award-winning programme of personal, professional and leadership development for the future research leaders of Wales. Welsh Crucible recently established collaborative links with The Learned Society of Wales, who in addition to contributing ... Read More

New Fellows of the British Academy 2016

15 July, 2016

The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to report that Nancy Edwards FLSW FBA, Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Bangor University, and Kelvyn Jones FAcSS FLSW FBA, Professor of Hu... Read More

Academia Europaea Annual Conference – Cardiff

12 July, 2016

The 28th Academia Europaea Annual Conference was held in Cardiff from 27-30 June supported by the Learned Society of Wales. The event was organised by Profess... Read More

President’s letter to Secretary of State for Wales

27 June, 2016

The Society's President, Sir Emyr Jones Parry has today written to the Secretary of State for Wales, urging that the UK government work to maintain UK researchers’ access to EU Research programmes, and that the level of financial supp... Read More

President’s Address 2016

14 June, 2016

The President's Address from this year's AGM is now available. Please see here to access the document. Read More

Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016

6 June, 2016

The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to report the award of three prestigious honours to Fellows of the Society in the Queen’s Birthday Honours List 2016. Sir David Grant CBE FREng FLSW has been appointed to Knight of the Brit... Read More

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