Author: Rhys Gregory

Aberystwyth University has been named The Times and The Sunday Times’ Welsh University of the Year 2024, and Cardiff University is the highest-ranking institution in Wales. The Times and Sunday Times Good University 2024 key findings: What you study and where you study matter more than ever when it comes to future earnings. New to the online guide is a searchable database of graduate salaries per university and per subject. The top degree is computer studies at Imperial College where the average salary within 15 months of graduating is £64,000, and in second place, business, management and marketing from Oxford…

Proposals for a significant restoration of Cardiff’s historic Grade II* Listed Central Market, which would reveal original design features, restore the traditional entrances and original stalls, repair the roof, and make improvements to the Victorian drainage system, as well as introducing a new seating area, could see more than £6 million of investment to secure the long-term future of the building. The restoration works, which according to a recently published report, will help to “maintain the functioning of the market” and “prevent further deterioration” of the heritage building, could be funded by a combination of external grants and loans, as…

A new campaign has been launched to support Swansea city centre by encouraging more people to visit its shops, restaurants, cafes, pubs, cultural venues, activity providers and other businesses. Backed by city centre traders, the #EnjoyYourCityCentre campaign is being led by Swansea Council. Traders, shoppers and workers will be at the heart of the campaign, with regular posts, photos and videos to be included every week on the council’s Facebook and Instagram pages to help raise awareness of everything the city centre offers. Recent statistics show the city centre has hundreds of businesses, ranging from retailers and hospitality businesses to…

Halloween Spooktacular returns to A Welsh Coal Mining Experience at Rhondda Heritage Park Museum on 30th and 31st October, and this year the event has even more to offer. Pick your own pumpkin in our pumpkin patch Wander through our Pumpkin Patch and search for your perfect pumpkin, take it home to carve and share your photos with us on Facebook by tagging @rhonddaheritagepark (One pumpkin per child ticket purchased) Get Crafty Make bouncing spiders and Halloween door decorations.  (One of each craft per child ticket purchased) Halloween Hunt Our Halloween spooks have escaped and it’s your job to hunt…

More details have been confirmed for this year’s extended Newport Food Festival. The festival kicks off with a supper event on the evening of Friday 13th October at the Mercure Hotel’s NP20 Bar and Kitchen. The council is delighted to announce that the festival’s patron chef, Hywel Jones, will be taking diners on a culinary exploration of fabulous Welsh, Georgian and German cuisine, to celebrate Newport’s links with its twin cities of Kutaisi and Heidenheim. Hywel will serve up a three-course meal comprising of one dish from each of the three countries, starting with an aubergine terrine inspired by the…

Following engagement with the school community, ambitious plans that could transform education in areas of north Powys, including boosting Welsh-medium education, will be considered by Cabinet later this month, Powys county council has said. After completing a review of education in the Crickhowell area in 2022, Powys County Council is looking to continue delivering the next wave of its Transforming Education Programme, which was relaunched last year along with an updated version of the council’s Strategy for Transforming Education in Powys. The latest plans confirm the council’s ambition to transform the education sector in Powys, which include the groundbreaking and…

Welsh Minister for Economy Vaughan Gething is visiting Birmingham, Alabama to mark 60 years since the racist bombing of the 16th Street Baptist Church which killed four black girls, and to reaffirm the historic relationship between Wales and Birmingham through a new International Friendship Pact. Following the 1963 bombing, which was a pivotal moment in the US Civil Rights Movement, the people of Wales collectively funded the creation of a unique stained-glass window to aid reconstruction efforts at a church that was a focal point for activism. With its powerful depiction of a black Christ on the crucifix, the window…

Economy Minister, Vaughan Gething has begun a series of talks with business leaders, trade experts and entrepreneurs in Atlanta and Birmingham (Alabama) to discuss how US economic policy is creating growth in places in need of investment and support.  Ahead of the signing of an International Friendship Pact with the City of Birmingham, the Minister is meeting with regional leaders and businesses to promote Wales’ economic strengths and learn lessons from their plans for inclusive growth. While setting out the Welsh Government’s mission to help young people plan ambitious futures in Wales, the Economy Minister will promote key areas of…

Swansea Building Society joins the nationwide call for savers to make the most of their savings during the upcoming UK Savings Week, running from September 18th to 24th, 2023. This annual campaign, a collaborative effort by credit unions, building societies, consumer groups, and debt charities, aims to promote better savings habits and raise awareness about the importance of saving. UK Savings Week has no commercial intentions and does not promote specific savings accounts or providers. Instead, it serves as a focal point for increasing consumer engagement and support around savings. This year’s campaign will continue to drive the message of…

A Swansea-based business is set to launch an innovative snack bar which is made using sustainably sourced seaweed from an ocean farm based in Pembrokeshire. High Tide Seaweed Snack Bars will launch this summer following new product development support from Cardiff Metropolitan University’s ZERO2FIVE Food Industry Centre, which has been funded by the Welsh Government backed Project HELIX. High Tide was established by friends Flo Taylor and Beth Joseph-Horne, who met whilst studying Marine Biology at university in Exeter. After their degrees, Flo went on to pursue a masters in Sustainable Aquaculture and Beth trained as a nutritional therapist. In…