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The latest news from the Learned Society of Wales

Queen’s Birthday Honours

6 June, 2022
Many congratulations to the following Fellows who were named in the recent Queen’s Birthday Honours list: Dr Gwyneth Lewis, MBE for services to LiteratureProfessor James Durrant, CBE for services to Photochemistry and Solar Energy ResearchProfessor Glyn Hewinson, CBE for services to Animal Health and Welfare.Prof... Read More

Research Workshop Grants

19 May, 2022
Today we are pleased to launch our Research Workshop Grants funding scheme. The scheme is designed to encourage collaborative investigation into a research proposition that is at an early stage of its development, and is supported by HEFCW. Building on the success of last year’s pilot we have developed three s... Read More

Science and the Senedd: Research and Innovation in Wales

16 May, 2022
Oliva Harrison, our Chief Executive, will be one of the speakers at this year's Science and the Senedd event. The theme is 'Building Our Future: Research and Innovation in Wales' and will also feature Professor Rick Delbridge FLSW who has been central to our recent series of Innovation roundtables. Read More

Society Welcomes REF2021 Outcome for Wales

12 May, 2022
Wales’ universities are playing a vital role in tackling the many challenges we face today and will face in the future.  That is the conclusion from today’s Research Excellence Framework 2021 [REF2021] results. REF2021 is the UK's system for assessing the excellence of research in UK higher education insti... Read More

Corporations, Accountability & Human Rights: Conference

10 May, 2022
The Learned Society of Wales is supporting a two-day conference (12-13 May 2022) organised by Cardiff University’s School of Law and Politics. It will examine the role played by international, regional and national institutions in holding corporations to account for violations of human rights law. Conference d... Read More

Four Honorary Fellows Elected to Learned Society of Wales

3 May, 2022
We’re delighted to announce this year’s new Honorary Fellows. Professor Julia King, Baroness Brown of Cambridge DBE CEng FREng FRS FInstP  Baroness Brown of Cambridge, Professor Julia King, is one of the British women engineers who have reached the top of their profession and are now influential on many fro... Read More

‘I Remember Mariupol’

8 April, 2022
Interesting latest article from one of our Fellows, Professor W. John Morgan: Today, the Russian speaking city of Mariupol is under siege; its citizens the victims of murderous bombardment; homes, schools, university, hospitals, including a maternity ward destroyed; a theatre bombed when sheltering women, children,... Read More

Professor Kenneth Walters, 1934 – 2022

30 March, 2022
It is with great sadness that we heard the news of the passing of one of our Fellows, Professor Kenneth Walters. Professor Walters was a founding fellow of the Learned Society and a highly distinguished mathematician. An obituary will follow. Further reading Professor Kenneth Walters: Profile - Aber... Read More