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The latest news from the Learned Society of Wales

Supporting the British Science Festival 2016

9 September, 2016
The Learned Society supported 3 events at this year's British Science Festival,  held at Swansea University, 6 – 9 September 2016, as well as the Soapbox Science Swansea event at the Fringe festival.  The British Science Festival is the longest-established science Festival in Europe, first held in 1831 in York. T... Read More

Dillwyn Medals Launch 30 September

2 September, 2016
[soliloquy id="10283"] On Friday 30 September, the Society launched the call for nominations for the inaugural Dillwyn Medals for early career researchers. Speakers at the event included President of the Society. Sir Emyr Jones Parry, the Chief Scientific Adviser for Wales, Professor Julie Williams, Mr Mark Bentall ... Read More

Society comment pieces on Brexit

18 August, 2016
The Society has recently published two comment pieces on Brexit in the Western Mail. Sir Emyr Jones Parry, President of the Society outlined the wider challenges that Wales faces, and that much work is needed to identify precisely the full impact in Wales of withdrawal from the EU, the interests that need to be prot... Read More

Incorporation by Royal Charter

6 August, 2016
On 5 August 2016, the Learned Society of Wales was formally incorporated as a Royal Charter Charity by the Charity Commission. The Society's new Registered Charity number is 1168622. The Society's Royal Charter and Bye-laws replace the Memorandum and Articles of Association as the Society's governing documents. Read More

Sir Michael Atiyah admitted as HonFLSW

1 August, 2016
On Thursday 21 July, Sir Michael Atiyah was formally admitted by the President as  one of the Society's inaugural Honorary Fellows. Sir Michael Atiyah is one of the most influential mathematicians of his generation, widely recognised as a pioneer in the development of mathematics in the UK and Europe. A highly dist... Read More

Science is global – European academies’ statement

28 July, 2016
On the occasion of the EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF, 2016) conference in Manchester in July, many of Europe’s National Academies took the opportunity to lend their support to the value of exchanging ideas and international science. Given that many of today’s most pressing challenges are global ones, the joint pr... Read More

Sir John Meurig Thomas awarded Royal Society’s Royal Medal 2016

27 July, 2016
Sir John Meurig Thomas HonFREng FRS FLSW, Founding Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales, has been awarded the Royal Society's 2016 Royal Medal in Physical Sciences for his pioneering work within catalytic chemistry, in particular on single-site heterogeneous catalysts, which have had a major impact on green chemistr... Read More

Welsh Crucible – Class of 2016

18 July, 2016
Welsh Crucible is an award-winning programme of personal, professional and leadership development for the future research leaders of Wales. Welsh Crucible recently established collaborative links with The Learned Society of Wales,  who in addition to contributing to the selection of Cruciblees, will support th... Read More

New Fellows of the British Academy 2016

15 July, 2016
The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to report that Nancy Edwards FLSW FBA, Professor of Medieval Archaeology at Bangor University, and Kelvyn Jones FAcSS FLSW FBA, Professor of Human Quantitative Geography at the University of Bristol, were two of forty-two distinguished UK academics elected as Fellows of the Briti... Read More