Author: Rhys Gregory

The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) has jointly launched the Wales Global Academy with the University of Wales to provide a focus for its vision of taking the best of Wales to the world and bringing the best of the world to Wales. The University has been at the forefront of forging global educational collaborations for many years, offering exciting opportunities for learners from around the world to engage in programmes of study that lead to University awards. Many of these programmes are offered through a number of collaborative partners who attended the launch and took part in…

The University of South Wales (USW) is once again this year offering bursaries to graduates who want to retrain as cyber specialists. USW runs the only Computer Forensics Masters degree course in Wales that is accredited by the Government security headquarters – GCHQ. And the institution is now offering bursaries to cover course tuition fees for graduates who are currently working outside the cyber sector, as part of £500,000 funding being made available by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS). The bursary is supported by the Government’s new National Cyber Security Programme and forms part of the…

The Dragon Hotel is the first establishment in Montgomery to sign up to Refill scheme, which aims to clamp down on single use plastic bottles. Refill is a national tap water campaign which aims to make refilling your water bottle easy and convenient by signing up refill stations. There’s a downloadable map app that lets you know the locations where you are welcome to fill your bottle for free. Attending a particularly warm Montgomery Street Fair, Sharon Bishop expressed her gratitude and support for the scheme saying: “Thank you for letting me refill my reusable water bottle all through the…

A £90 million investment in Denbighshire’s schools has seen more than 3,500 pupils benefit from improved facilities. The first phase of the Denbighshire County Council and Welsh Government funded 21st Century Schools programme has seen new schools built as well as major re-developments of existing sites with a quarter of the county’s pupils having their educational experience transformed. The first phase of the programme has seen a new £24million replacement school of 1200 places for Rhyl High School and Ysgol Tir Morfa, a £16.5m extension and refurbishment for Ysgol Glan Clwyd in St Asaph and a new £10.5 million joint…

Before the snow-storms forced the cancellation of the final shows in early March, Thriller Live was wowing audiences. Now it’s returning to Cardiff’s New Theatre from 23 – 28 July to fulfil those lost dates, and bringing with it all the magic of the world’s greatest music entertainer, Michael Jackson. Thriller Live first opened in the West End at the Lyric Theatre in January 2009 to rave reviews and is now one of the top-10 longest running shows in West End history. It never fails to get the audience on its feet and has received more than 3,500 standing ovations…

The Pembrokeshire branch of the Farmers’ Union of Wales in conjunction with Pembrokeshire County Council and Dyfed Powys Police, held a successful information day to help farmers get up to speed on scam awareness. The event was held at Mountain Farm, Haverfordwest, and heard from Sandra McSparron and Rebecca Elliott, Trading Standards Consumer Safeguarding Team, Pembrokeshire County Council, as well as Paul Callard, Dyfed Powys Police Financial Crime Team. FUW Pembrokeshire CEO Rebecca Voyle said: “This was an excellent opportunity for farmers to find out about telephone, mail and online scams which affect rural communities. I would like to thank…

CPR Global Tech welcomed Her Majesty’s Lord Lieutenant, D. Byron Lewis, to its Swansea Headquarters on Monday (9th July) to officially receive the 2018 Queen’s Award For Enterprise. All staff members as well as key stakeholders from Swansea Council, Swansea University and Ofcom Wales were in attendance at the presentation, as CPR proudly celebrated its achievement. The Queen’s Award for Enterprise annually recognises UK businesses for outstanding performance in one of four categories and CPR was selected in the ‘International Trade’ category after achieving significant growth in overseas markets over the last three years. CPR was established in 2010 to…

Award-winning poet and playwright, Menna Elfyn has been awarded an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University. One of the foremost Welsh-language writers, Professor Menna Elfyn writes with passion of the Welsh language and identity. Her work, which has been published for four decades, includes fourteen volumes of poetry, many children’s books and anthologies, stage plays, adaptations and scripts for television, radio plays, libretti, and several television documentaries. She is the most translated of all modern Welsh-language poets, her work having been translated into over twenty languages. She was the Welsh-language Children’s Poet Laureate in 2002-03. Professor Elfyn is Director of the…

A WELSH rower’s oar-some progress at club level has sealed her spot in the national team for a high profile international tournament against some of the UK’s top competitors. Lucy Iball, 25, who works for Hadlow Edwards Wealth Management, based at the former Wrexham Lager building in Wrexham, has been chosen to represent Wales at the annual Home International Regatta for the second year running on July 21. The Bodelwyddan-born Chester Grosvenor Rowing Club athlete only took up the sport when she began university six years ago but has been training intensively for her club since 2016, with aspirations to…

Exhibits from the National Cycle Museum in Llandrindod Wells are being taken around the country to promote cycling and the Mid Wales visitor attraction. Last month, 30 cycles from the museum were displayed at the three-day World Cycling Revival Festival at Herne Hill, London followed by eight cycles being taken to Welshpool Transport Festival. The museum also displayed cycles at Abergavenny Steam Show over Bank Holiday weekend at the end of May. “We believe it is important to spread the word about the UK’s main cycle museum being located here in Mid Wales,” said Freda. The museum, located in the Automobile Palace,…