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 summer.  The Learned Society of Wales’ Learner Lockdown Challenge asked students in Years 11 and 13 to create an explainer on a... Read More

Latest news from Aberystywth University: 'Allowing forests to grow back naturally should be considered alongside other measures like large-scale tree-planting as a critical nature-based approach to mitigating climate change, according to a major new study that maps potential aboveground carbon accumulation rates fo... Read More

The Selected Poems 1965 - 2018 of Jeremy Hooker, Emeritus Professor of English at the University of South Wales, were published this summer. This volume draws on over 50 years of poetry written by a poet who stands a little askew to the dominant modes in Britain: an Englishman in Wales, and an Englis... Read More

Today, on World Peace Day, every university in Wales has signed a Memorandum of Understanding, along with the Learned Society of Wales, the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the Welsh Centre for International Affairs, leading to the establishment of Academi Heddwch Cymru. Academi Heddwch Cymru’s aim is to extend Wa... Read More

Read this interview with Sir John Meurig Thomas about his new book Architects of Structural Biology, which tells story of the emergence of one of the most important subjects in modern science: molecular biology.Cyfri’n Cewri: Hanes Mawrion ein Mathemateg (UWP) by Professor Gareth Ffowc Roberts aims to... Read More

Later this year, the Learned Society of Wales will launch a new national support network for early career researchers. We’re giving you the opportunity to sign up now to receive our emails, so that you will know when we organise our first online meetings. The network is aimed at anyone who is starting a career in... Read More

The Fellowship Nomination and Election Cycle is now open. The deadline for nominations is 31 October 2020. See here for further details. Election to the Fellowship is a rigorous process, with existing Fellows involved at all stages of nomination and assessment. We welcome nominations of people from all backgro... Read More