Three Welsh universities received a prestigious Queen’s Anniversary Prize at a ceremony at Buckingham Palace earlier this month. The prize celebrates excellence, innovation and public benefit in work carried out by UK colleges and universities. The awards prizes were awarded for the following:

• Aberystwyth Univeristy: ‘Protecting people, animals and economies from harmful parasitic worms’
• Bangor Univeristy: ‘Wastewater-based monitoring: a holistic approach’
• Swansea University: ‘Harnessing public data to improve population health and wellbeing’