Archive for the ‘Society News’ Category

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

Our 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

Learned Society of Wales welcomes 48 New Fellows

1 May, 2019

Forty-eight individuals have joined us at the Learned Society of Wales as newly elected Fellows. Our new Fellows have contributed to the world of learning as researchers, academics, and professionals – and all come with a strong connection to Wales. As Wales’ National Academy, at the Learned Society of Wales we�... Read More

Three Academies call for UK Government engagement with devolved nations

18 March, 2019

The Learned Society of Wales, Royal Society of Edinburgh and Royal Irish Academy are the national academies for Wales, Scotland and the island of Ireland respectively. The three societies, who r... Read More

LSW Chief Executive shortlisted for Wales’ national leadership awards

30 July, 2018

Martin Pollard – formerly Chief Executive of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, now Chief Executive at the Learned Society of Wales – has been named a finalist in this year’s Leading Wales Awards. The 2018 Leading Wales Awards (Wales’ long-established and only dedicated leadership awards) in associa... Read More

Learned Society announces new Chief Executive

19 April, 2018

The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to announce that Martin Pollard has been appointed as its new Chief Executive, with effect from 1 July 2018. Martin is currently Chief Executive of the Welsh Centre for International Affairs (WCIA) and since 2010 has led the charity through an unprecedented period of strategic... Read More

Note from the President – Prof Peter Halligan’s new appointment, Brexit continues to dominate, and the latest on the national academies

30 January, 2018

I’m delighted by Peter Halligan’s appointment as Chief Scientific Adviser to the Welsh Government. He will bring to it a wealth of relevant experience and a keen appreciation of the present state of research in Wales and the evolving policies which he has been helping to emerge. In his 3 years as our Chief Executiv... Read More

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