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Learned Society of Wales elects Sir Emyr Jones Parry to be its next President

3 March, 2014

The former diplomat, Sir Emyr Jones Parry GCMG FInstP FLSW is the new President-elect of the Learned Society of Wales (LSW). He will begin his three-year term of office as President on 14 May 2014. The appointment follows a ballot of all LSW Fellows which resulted in an overwhelming response in favour of hi... Read More

Adroddiad ac Argymhellion Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen Llywodraeth Cymru ar yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol

24 October, 2013

Mae’r Gymdeithas yn croesawu’n frwd Adroddiad ac Argymhellion Grŵp Gorchwyl a Gorffen yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol a’i cyhoeddwyd gan Lywodraeth Cymru ar 24 Hydref 2013. Sefydlwyd y Grŵp yn 2012 gan y Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau ar y pryd, Leighton Andrews AC, i ystyried a ddylid moderneiddio’r Eisteddfod. B... Read More

Report and Recommendations of the Welsh Government’s National Eisteddfod Task and Finish Group

24 October, 2013

The Society warmly welcomes the Report and Recommendations of the National Eisteddfod Task and Finish Group which was published by the Welsh Government on 24 October 2013. The Group was established in 2012 by the then Minister for Education and Skills, Leighton Andrews AM, to consider the question of whether the ... Read More

Medal y Gymdeithas Ddysgedig i Syr Terry Matthews

21 May, 2013

Mae Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru’n falch i gyhoeddi mai’r peiriannydd a’r entrepreneur o Gymru, Syr Terry Matthews Kt OBE PEng FIEE FREng, fydd y cyntaf i dderbyn Medal Menelaus glodfawr y Gymdeithas. Dyfernir y Fedal, a noddir gan Ymddiriedolaeth Addysgol Sefydliad Peirianwyr De Cymru (SWIEET2007), am “ragoriae... Read More

Learned Society Medal for Sir Terry Matthews

21 May, 2013

The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to announce that the Welsh engineer and entrepreneur, Sir Terry Matthews Kt OBE PEng FIEE FREng, will be the first recipient of the Society’s prestigious Menelaus Medal. The Medal, which is sponsored by the South Wales Institute of Engineers Educational Trust (SWIEET2007)... Read More

Prof Ole Petersen FLSW awarded the Horace W Davenport Distinguished Lectureship

1 May, 2013

The Society congratulates Prof Ole Petersen CBE FMedSci FLSW FRS on the award of The American Physiological Society's Horace W Davenport Distinguished Lectureship. The lecture on 'Calcium signal mechanisms in epithelial cells: roles in physiology and pathology' was delivered on Tuesday afternoon 23... Read More

Election of new Fellows 2013 ¦ Ethol Cymrodyr Newydd 2013

24 April, 2013

Election of new Fellows The Learned Society of Wales is pleased to announce the results of its 2013 Election of new Fellows. This election has strengthened the Society considerably, adding sixty-nine Fellows to its ranks. Like the Founding Fellows and the Fellows elected in 2011 and 2012, the newly-elected ... Read More

Sir John Cadogan Awarded Royal Medal of The Royal Society of Edinburgh

12 April, 2013

Learned Society Of Wales President, Sir John Cadogan, Awarded Royal Medal Of The Royal Society Of Edinburgh Sir John Cadogan CBE FRS FRSE, Inaugural President of the Learned Society of Wales, has been awarded the Royal Medal of the Royal Society of Edinburgh for his outstanding contribution to Organic Chemistry throug... Read More

Fellow of the Learned Society of Wales Elected FREng

13 September, 2012

The Learned Society of Wales warmly congratulates Professor Oubay Hassan FLSW (Swansea University) on his recent election as a Fellow of the Royal Academy of Engineering. Read More

Election of new Fellows 2011

16 March, 2011

The Inaugural Election Cycle 2010/11 One of the most important steps taken by the Society during 2010/11 was to conduct its Inaugural Election of new Fellows, to supplement the impressive list of Founding Fellows. Election to Fellowship of the Learned Society of Wales is via nomination by existing Fellows. It ... Read More

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