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Exchanging Ideas Seminar Series 2017

17 August, 2017

Since earlier this year, the Society has worked with the National Assembly for Wales Research Service to develop a pilot series of expert seminars for Assembly Members and their support staff, looking at ambition in policy development. The three seminars have considered economic policy, the development of civil soc... Read More

LSW working with Welsh government to promote and protect Welsh interests – Western Mail

11 August, 2017

In the Western Mail on July 29th, the President of the LSW, Sir Emyr Jones Parry highlighted the complex issues facing Wales when leaving the European Union and some of the ways in which the academic community and Learned Society of Wales have been working to address some of the challenges and help promote and protect ... Read More

Welsh research needs more funding for planned reforms to succeed – Research Fortnight

11 August, 2017

Responding to the Welsh government' recent white paper proposing significant changes to Wales's research and post-compulsory education institutions, Prof Peter Halligan, LSW Chief Executive, welcomed the creation of a dedicated arm’s-length body for research and innovation. However, in the Research Fortnight... Read More

National academies ready to engage with Brexit negotiations

3 August, 2017

Today the Learned Society of Wales, along with the British Academy, the Royal Irish Academy and the Royal Society of Edinburgh, has issued a joint a statement expressing readiness to engage with the UK Government as it proceeds with the negotiations with the EU and in facilitating the various other arrangements which w... Read More

Fellowship Nominations now open

21 July, 2017

We need you to nominate new Fellows for 2017/18 The opportunity is once again here to celebrate and recognise excellence in all scholarly disciplines, and in the professions, industry and commerce, the arts and public service, while helping the Learned Society of Wales develop and grow. Is there an area of study ... Read More

Celebrating collaboration: LSW- Welsh Crucible award

14 July, 2017

On Thursday 13th June, the first Welsh Crucible/Learned Society of Wales prize was awarded at the Welsh Crucible 2017 Lab 3 in Swansea. Welsh Crucible is a Nesta based programme that supports research-inspired innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Designed to introduce new ways of thinking and working ... Read More

Samuel Brown wins WISERD Poster Prize 2017 sponsored by the Learned Society of Wales

13 July, 2017

The Learned Society of Wales has announced ESRC-funded PhD student, Samuel Brown from Swansea University, as winner of the WISERD Annual Conference 2017 Poster Prize. He receives an award of £200 from the Learned Society of Wales. Samuel is in the 3rd year of his PhD which looks at the impact of major lif... Read More

Celebrating the impact of Wales’s research

30 June, 2017

A blog by Kirstie Hewlett and Saba Hinrichs-Krapels, King’s College London, authors of 'Impacts of academic research from Welsh universities' We and colleagues from the Policy Institute at King’s College London have carried out several analyses exploring the impact case studies submitted to the 2014 Research Ex... Read More

The Societal and Economic Impact of Welsh Universities

28 June, 2017

A new report commissioned by the Learned Society of Wales captures the impressive research impact of Welsh universities to wider society and the economy. The King’s College London Policy Unit was commissioned as part of the Society’s mission to promote the advancement of learning and results of academic research in... Read More

One Health Wales: The importance of People’s Wellbeing and Planetary Health Western Mail Column

21 June, 2017

On Thursday 15 June, the Society published the following column by Professor John Wyn Owen FLSW in The Western Mail As Wales’s National Academy, the Learned Society of Wales contributes to the social, cultural and economic wellbeing of Wales through the advancement of learning and useful knowledge. A key part of thi... Read More

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