Author: Rhys Gregory

Dissertation Proposal – The Basics Before writing your research paper, proposing a research plan to your advisor is among the first steps. That plan is a ‘blueprint’ of sorts for how you will be going on about your research. Called a dissertation proposal, it comprises the following components: Introduction to your research topic, aims, and objectives Literature review Outline of methods and methodology Discussion of your research’s possible implications Bibliography This dissertation proposal portrays a picture in your advisor’s mind about how you will be approaching your topic. Once approved, a dissertation proposal paves the way for the actual research…

The pandemic and the associated lockdown measures have had an enormously damaging effect on the Welsh economy, and the retail sector has been particularly badly effected. With Welsh shoppers being physically prevented from visiting brick-and-mortar stores, they’ve been forced instead to look to online alternatives. The effect on an already ailing high street has been little short of disastrous. As the phased relaxation of the lockdown measures unfolds across the country, shoppers have flooded back into town centres. According to Springboard, a retail consultant, footfall was around 16% lower in Cardiff than the same date in 2019 – suggesting that…

TRIBUTES have been paid to a Welsh Ambulance Service call handler who has passed away at the age of 28. Louise Thomas was a 999 EMS Call Handler based in Cwmbran, having joined the Trust in August 2019. Louise, from Cefn Hengoed, had a genetic condition and had recently been diagnosed with cancer, for which she was receiving treatment. She passed away at the University Hospital of Wales in Cardiff on 09 April. Penny Durrant, the Trust’s Clinical Contact Centre Manager in Cwmbran, said: “Louise was a popular and valued member of the team, and despite the challenges with her…

The first community-owned solar farm in Wales has launched an offer to supply Swansea homes and businesses with clean, green energy produced on the Gower peninsula – an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty – with all profits being ploughed back into local grassroots community projects. Gower Power Solar Storage, a project made possible with support from Welsh Government with European Regional Development Funds, will enable up to 300 local homes and businesses to be supplied with green energy from the solar farm owned 100 percent by community benefit society, Gower Regeneration Ltd.  All profits from the project will go back…

Following the positive feedback received about the Rose McDonald wall mural in the Paediatric Phlebotomy area in Barry Hospital, the team at Cardiff & Vale Health charity knew just who to contact to create another piece of art for the room next door, in the new Adult Phlebotomy area. Rose, a Fine Art Graduate from Cardiff Metropolitan University, strives to provide beauty and happiness through her paintings for others to enjoy and appreciate. She has always had a passion for art and health and considers her art to be her own therapy. Rose jumped at the chance to create another mural in Barry Hospital,…

A LEADING light in Welsh sport and politics has become the youngest ever council member of the national governing body for tennis. Coleg Cambria learner Jonathon Dawes, from Rhyl, was among a group of seven people appointed to the LTA (Lawn Tennis Association) Council. Student President at the college’s Deeside Sixth Form Centre, the 18 year-old is thrilled to have been selected for the prestigious position. “To be the youngest ever councillor in the LTA’s 133-year history is a huge honour,” said Jonathon. “Tennis has been a large part of my life for many years and encouraging more people of…

Another letting has been concluded at Cardiff’s tallest office building, with social justice law firm Thompsons Solicitors signing a lease at the 25-storey multi-let Capital Tower. New arrival Thompsons specialises in personal injury and medical negligence support to people across Wales and the UK.  It has taken a 10 year lease on a 2,299 sq ft 5th Floor office suite. Landlord Trinova was represented in the transaction by joint letting agents Knight Frank and Fletcher Morgan, and the tenant was represented by Avison Young. The 270 feet tall Capital Tower in Greyfriars Road is Cardiff’s tallest office building, and was…

A Bangor University graduate whose day job gets her up close and personal with the ocean’s most terrifying predator is featuring in a new Channel 4 marine wildlife series. Marine biologist Alison Towner has become a global expert in the ecology of great white sharks following almost 15 years of research in South Africa. The 35-year-old, who grew up in Ramsbottom, Lancashire, is now appearing in Work on the Wild Side – a ten-part series following vets and volunteers from across the UK who gave up their day jobs to rescue, rehabilitate and release some of the world’s most endangered…

Redrow, the leading UK housebuilder headquartered in north Wales, has secured planning permission from Newport City Council to develop 219 homes on the former University of South Wales campus in Caerleon. The resolution to grant planning permission was passed by the local authority’s planning committee back in January. Yesterday’s consent allows for the conversion of the grade-II listed Edwardian building which features in Netflix’s hit series, Sex Education. This, plus its two lodges, also listed, and a further property within the site, will be restored and converted into 49 homes, alongside 170 new-builds ranging from one- bedroom apartments to four-…

A former landfill site on the outskirts of Llangollen has taken on a new lease of life. Denbighshire County Council and the Clwydian Range and Dee Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB) team have worked together with funding from the National Lottery Heritage Fund and European Rural Development Fund, to create a new nature reserve on the former landfill site at Wenffrwd – just outside Llangollen. Visitors are now able to use a small car park at the nature reserve and explore the new site by following the 0.5 miles of new surfaced path which winds through a variety…