Dai Smith
1 January, 1970
Raymond Williams Research Professor in the Cultural History of Wales, Swansea University; formerly, Chair, Arts Council of Wales Read More
Phil Smith
28 April, 2026
Consultant Neurologist; Lead for Undergraduate Written Assessments, Cardiff and the Vale University Health Board and Cardiff University
Professor Smith has produced around 175 peer-reviewed papers, three books and was senior author on the ‘Standard and New Antiepileptic Drugs’ trials, which shaped NICE epilepsy gu... Read More
Keith Smith
1 January, 1970
Professor of Organic Chemistry, Cardiff University
Professor Keith Smith’s career has predominantly been spent in academia in Wales. Since 2006 he has also run a small chemical research company based in Swansea and he has been extensively involved with various charitable organisations, mostly connected wi... Read More
Brian Smith
16 June, 2016
Member of HEFCW; formerly: Lecturer in Physical Chemistry, University of Oxford; Master, St Catherine’s College, Oxford; Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University. Read More
Steven Smith
3 May, 2022
Professor of Political Philosophy and Social Policy, University of South Wales Read More
Steve Smith
19 April, 2023
HM Government International Education Champion and Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education, HM Government.
Professor Sir Steve Smith is the UK Government International Education Champion and the Prime Minister’s Special Representative to Saudi Arabia for Education. He was previously... Read More
Irena Spasić
26 May, 2020
Professor of Computer Science, Director of the Cardiff University Data Innovation Research Institute Read More
Peter Stead
1 January, 1970
1943-2026
President/Founder of the Dylan Thomas Prize for literature and Visiting Professor, University of South Wales; formerly Senior Lecturer, Department of History, Swansea University
My close friend of over sixty years acquaintance, the innovative social and cultural historian Peter Stead, died suddenly from... Read More
Elan Closs Stephens
13 May, 2019
Dame Elan was born in Gwynedd and is one of Wales’ most distinguished public servants, with vast experience within the media, politics and higher education. Among her many roles, she is currently the Electoral Commissioner for Wales, was interim Chair of the BBC between 2023 – 2024 and is Emerita Professor of Commu... Read More
Meic Stephens
19 April, 2016
Remembering Meic Stephens
1938-2018
Welsh was the ‘language of the gravestone’ to Michael Stephens in the summers of his youth when he worked as a gravedigger in his native Treforest. In time Michael became Meic, and the language became ‘the language of my hearthstone’. He described himself... Read More
