"I am delighted to have this opportunity to speak to you all at the end of my first year as President. First, I would like to reiterate the Society’s warm welcome to all of our new Fellows, and of course to Professor Carby and Sir Michael as our... Read More
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Society Writes to Queen Elizabeth
15 April, 2021
The Learned Society of Wales, a Royal Charter Charity for which the Prince of Wales is patron, has written to Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth, to offer its condolences to her and her family following the death of Prince Philip, the Duke of Edinburgh.
Read MoreLockdown Was No Barrier to these Prize-Winning Welsh School Students
27 October, 2020
A rap about nitrogen and an introduction to quantum theory that even you can understand have won a competition for Welsh school students that took place over the s... Read More
President’s Address 2020
20 May, 2020
Sir Emyr Jones-Parry's six-year tenure as President of the Learned Society of Wales ended at its AGM on 20th May, 2020.
He made his final address at the meeting, reflecting on the Society's achievements since it was formed a decade ago, its a... Read More
Lockdown Learner Challenge
14 May, 2020
Today we launch a competition for year 11 and year 13 learners to help motivate their learning during lockdown
The Learned Society of Wales, the national academy for arts and sciences, celebrates its tenth birthday this month... Read More
UPDATE: Coronavirus
18 March, 2020
Many thanks for your continuing support for the Society during these challenging times.
All members of LSW staff are now working from home and can be reached via their usual email addresses and phone numbers.Read More
Professor Hywel Thomas is Learned Society of Wales’ new President
11 March, 2020
Professor Hywel Thomas CBE FREng FRS FLSW MAE has been confirmed as the next President of the Learned Society of Wales, following a ballot of Fellows.
On 20 May he will succeed Sir Emyr Jones Parry, who has led the Society through a period of... Read More
Raising the international profile of your Society
8 September, 2019
Our General Secretary, Alan Shore, recently represented the Society at a meeting of the world’s learned academies in Philadelphia. Below you can read about his trip.
The Future of Learned Academies by Alan Shore
Read MoreOur commitment to excellence
2 September, 2019
In August, thanks to the work of our staff, we received the quality mark from the Charity Excellence Framework.
This mark offers demonstrable evidence to funders and other stakeholders of our... Read More
LSW collaborates with the British Academy on Childhood project
27 June, 2019
On 25 June 2019 we co-hosted a British Academy Roundtable at the University of South Wales.
The workshop was held to review a draft policy document that has been drawn up as a part of the British Academy’s Childhood Project, which seeks to review the policy landscape across the UK in terms of how UK and devolved g... Read More