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Eisteddfod 2024: Spotlighting Research in Welsh

29 July, 2024
The skill of describing complex research to an interested general public will be tested in a 'Three Minute Thesis' competition at this year's Eisteddfod in Pontypridd. Our Researcher Development team has been creating new opportunities for Welsh-speaking ECR Network members to share and discuss their research in We... Read More

LSW Welcomes Royal Society Te Apārangi

10 July, 2024
The impact academies can have on current policy debates was one of the issues discussed at a meeting between the Learned Society of Wales and New Zealand’s Royal Society Te Apārangi today. The visit from by Distinguished Professor Dame Jane Harding and Paul Atkins, President and Chief Executive of Royal Society ... Read More

Five Fellows Recognised in King’s Birthday Honours

17 June, 2024
Congratulations to the following Fellows who were recognised in the King’s Birthday Honours Professor Karen Holford, DBE (Chief Executive and Vice Chancellor, Cranfield University). For services to Engineering. Professor Elizabeth Treasure, CBE (Lately Vice-Chancellor, Aberystwyth University). For services to... Read More

Professor Sir Mansel Aylward, 1942 – 2024

30 May, 2024
We were saddened to hear the news of the death of Professor Sir Mansel Aylward FLSW, who was elected a Fellow in 2016. In a varied and influential career, he was Chair of the Life Sciences Hub Wales, Chair of the Bevan Commission and the first Chair of Public Health Wales. We offer deepest sympathy to family, fr... Read More

Society Grant Scheme Leads to Further Funding Success

16 May, 2024
The impact of our researcher development progamme is evident in the award of significant funding to one of the recent recipients of our Research Workshop Grant Scheme.  Dr. Tegan Brierley-Sollis has received £15,000 from Adverse Childhood Experiences Hub Wales to develop her project, Police Peer Supervision t... Read More

Senedd Research and Development Report Published

14 May, 2024
A Senedd committee inquiry into Wales’ research, development and innovation landscape has made a series of conclusions that draw upon comments submitted by the Learned Society of Wales. The report from the Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee also uses evidence from a number of our research sector partners... Read More

CTER and Civic: Our Shared Mission

8 May, 2024
In August 2024, Wales’s Higher Education Funding Council, HEFCW, will transition to a new public body, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research. Since 2023, the Learned Society of Wales (LSW) has been working in close partnership with HEFCW to deliver our five-year strategy, with core priorities: Contr... Read More

Learned Society of Wales Welcomes 43 New Fellows

23 April, 2024
The Learned Society of Wales congratulates the latest forty-three people elected to its Fellowship, all of whom represent the best of Wales’ academic, cultural and civic life. Our strategy puts the Fellows at the centre of our work. They are vital in cementing our reputation as an independent and authoritative vo... Read More