Author: Rhys Gregory

Swansea University Medical School has appointed a new Head of Graduate Entry Medicine. Leading Welsh GP, Professor Kamila Hawthorne MBE, has joined Swansea University’s Medical School as the new interim Head of Graduate Entry Medicine. Professor Hawthorne says she is excited to join a top 3 UK Medical School and as a mum to two junior doctors she is well aware of the stresses and strains medical students feel today. She said: “I have been teaching medical students for 25 years and both my children are now junior doctors so I have a deep understanding of the highs and lows…

Welsh Government has unveiled its latest TV advertising campaign during Organ Donation Week (2nd – 9th September) in a bid to encourage more people to sign the Organ Donor Register. This is the third advert from the Welsh Government and evolves from last year’s hard-hitting campaign urging people to have the organ donation conversation but also to make a decision, tell their family and then register it online. Figures from NHS Blood and Transplant show that nearly half of people in Wales have now registered their organ donation decision on the Organ Donor Register. In 2015, Wales adopted a soft-opt…

RUGBY fans have helped the Edenstone Foundation to support a young adult with Spinal Muscular Atrophy. The Edenstone Foundation, part of the Edenstone Group, teamed up with rugby legends Sam Warburton and Andrew Coombs to hold a pre-world cup gala dinner to raise money for a specially adapted wheelchair for Jake Ogborne. Jake, 18, lives in Bristol with his family.  He was diagnosed with the degenerative neuro-muscular disease, Spinal Muscular Atrophy type three, aged just four. Jake was nominated to be the beneficiary of the fundraiser as his mum Kate went to school with an Edenstone Group employee. Kate said:…

Following the unprecedented success of last year’s campaign, Wales’ leading first aid charity, St John Cymru, are hoping to train more people than ever in lifesaving first aid during September as part of ‘Save a Life September’. The annual campaign, which launched on Sunday 1st September, aims to train an extra 6,500 potential lifesavers across Wales, increasing from 5,000 in 2018. Each September, the nation’s leading first aid charity offers free, 2-hour training sessions across Wales teaching people simple techniques which could one day help to save someone’s life. Sessions give people the knowledge and confidence to deal with an…

The community is being asked to offer views on a concept plan for the £30m development now being planned for the former Oceana nightclub at 71 and 72 The Kingsway. It is planned that it will cater for new and existing digital businesses, bringing them together in an ultra-modern flexible workspace environment, generating new jobs and vitality for the city centre. Access for the general public will include a new link from Oxford Street onto The Kingsway. The development – originally known as the Digital Village but now with a working title of 71 & 72 The Kingsway – will…

Cardiff’s booming startup sector is creating huge opportunities for skilled tech staff, with demand for Python developers increasing by 34 times and roles for data scientists having tripled according to Tech Nation’s Bright Tech Future Jobs/Skills report. The fast-growing tech sector is turning Cardiff into one of the nation’s leading innovation hubs, with 21,500 people now employed in tech in the Welsh capital. [aoa id=”1″] Tech Nation, the UK network for ambitious tech entrepreneurs, will reveal more data about Cardiff’s tech sector at an event on 30 August which will bring together local high-growth tech companies, universities, policy makers, venture…

KPMG UK research finds that just over a quarter (26%) of people in Wales have changed their spending as a result of Brexit uncertainties. More than one in ten (13%) have put more money into their savings, while one in 20 (6%) have delayed a holiday due to Brexit. [aoa id=”1″] Nationally, the research shows that 30% of the UK public have changed their spending and a fifth (22%) have avoided making big ticket purchases. Almost one in ten (9%) are missing out on overseas holidays and 6% are avoiding investing in the economy via stocks & shares. Meanwhile, 8%…

Four new appointments to the National Library of Wales’ Board of Trustees have been announced by Deputy Minister for Culture, Sport and Tourism Dafydd Elis Thomas, AM. [aoa id=”1″] Meri Huws has been appointed vice president, and Michael Cavanagh, Quentin Howard and Carl Williams have been appointed as trustees. All four will begin their four-year term of office on September 1. Mr Elis Thomas said: “I am delighted to announce the appointment of Meri Huws to the role of vice president of the library, along with three other trustees. Along with a deep knowledge and understanding of Welsh culture, Meri also has a wealth of experience to bring to the role.…

As confirmed earlier in the summer, this year’s eagerly-anticipated Wales Rally GB is coming to the popular North Walian resort in Conwy County Borough with the world’s top drivers and the sport’s fastest ever cars racing against-the-clock on the town’s recently regenerated waterfront Promenade. [aoa id=”1″]Now, further fuelling expectations and excitement, a full programme of high octane family entertainment has been added to the bill aimed at wowing those of all ages. Whetting appetites for the spectacular wheel-spinning World Rally Championship (WRC) action to follow in the early evening, those in Colwyn will be revved up by an afternoon packed…

35 Bangor University students will be trekking up Africa’s highest mountain, Mount Kilimanjaro, in aid of the mental health charity Mind. The students will fly to Tanzania on the 3rd of September 2019, to trek to the summit of Mount Kilimanjaro, which is 5,895 metres (19,341 ft) above sea level. Students leading the challenge will be Tom Savory, from the School of Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences and James Grimont from Bangor Business School; along with delegate leaders Lydia Graham and Jacob Shaw who are studying Sports Science with Outdoor Activities and Business Studies student, Noah Williams. James Grimont said:…