Cardiff University |
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Cardiff
CF10 3XQ
Wales
[t] +44 29 2087 4000
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Cardiff is one of Britain’s major teaching and research universities. Located in the centre of the capital city of Wales, it has an international reputation for the quality of its work which attracts staff and students from around the world. Founded by Royal Charter in 1883, the University today combines impressive modern facilities and a dynamic approach to teaching and research with its proud heritage of service and achievement. The University's breadth of expertise in research and research-led teaching encompasses: the humanities; the natural, physical, health, life and social sciences; engineering and technology; preparation for a wide range of professions; and a longstanding commitment to lifelong learning. |
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The decision to invade Iraq, the separation of conjoined twins and the governance of the Internet are among the topics under scrutiny in an important new book from researchers at Cardiff University. |
06 September 2006 |
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A three year genetic study by wildlife geneticists from Cardiff School of Biosciences has shown a population collapse in the Bornean orang-utan. |
03 September 2006 |
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Researchers in Cardiff University’s School of Dentistry are looking to improve the dental health of the nation’s children, thanks to a grant from the Welsh Assembly Government’s Cymorth Fund and the Children and Young People’s Partnership in Cardiff. |
01 September 2006 |
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The co-founder of internet service provider ‘Freeserve,’ Ajaz Ahmed, will share entrepreneurial advice with an audience at Cardiff University. |
31 August 2006 |
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A team of Cardiff University researchers will question Welsh and Scottish rugby supporters about how they travelled to the Six Nations on 12 February and how much money they will spend in Cardiff. |
30 August 2006 |
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The plight of women dying during labour in sub Saharan Africa has motivated a Cardiff University Senior Lecturer in Anaesthetics and Intensive Care Medicine to found a charity for their cause. |
29 August 2006 |
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A new national physiotherapy research network has been established to foster and support research within the physiotherapy profession in Wales. |
28 August 2006 |
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While some head teachers have described the recent slump in students taking foreign languages at GCSE as a ‘catastrophe’, the number of adult learners taking languages has grown in recent years. |
27 August 2006 |
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Medical Biochemist, Professor Anthony Campbell from the School of Medicine has revealed that a wide range of previously unexplained health conditions can be attributed to a common intolerance to a widely consumed food product, milk. |
26 August 2006 |
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Was post-war Britain a villains’ paradise? Britain in the forties and fifties is often recalled as a golden age. Now a new book by Cardiff University expert Professor Donald Thomas, chronicles an underworld of escalating crime from 1945-1970. |
25 August 2006 |
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Researchers at Cardiff University have called on the news media to present a more positive, active picture of the public’s interest in politics. The plea coincides with the publication of the first major study of the way citizens and public opinion are presented by the news media. |
24 August 2006 |
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Such precision has potentially major benefits in medical and electronic engineering.
The experts at the University’s multi-award-winning Manufacturing Engineering Centre, are drilling holes as small as 22 microns (0.022 mm) in stainless steel and other materials. |
23 August 2006 |
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Did your mum ever tell you to 'wrap up warm or you’ll catch a cold?' If so, scientists at Cardiff University’s Common Cold Centre have proved your mum right. |
22 August 2006 |
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Scientists at Cardiff University are leading a top-level UK team to develop ‘nano-medicine’ technology, which could revolutionise the treatment of eye disease and other conditions including cancer and arthritis. |
21 August 2006 |
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A huge investment at Cardiff University will enable engineers to produce microscopic components for industry, leading to major savings for manufacturers. |
12 September 2005 |
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The public debate on embryo screening is in danger of becoming over-simplified and polarised, suggests research conducted by Dr Paula Boddington and Dr Alexandra Plows at Cardiff University. |
06 September 2005 |
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A substance found in the Welsh national flower, which could offer hope for sufferers of Alzheimer’s disease, is being supported for large scale manufacture by Cardiff University’s Manufacturing Engineering Centre. |
02 August 2005 |
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As thousands of families jet off to sunnier climes this week, researchers at Cardiff University have been asking if the tourism industry is doing enough to protect its customers from one of the biggest killers of our generation, skin cancer. |
20 July 2005 |
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Cardiff scientists are playing a major role in a NASA mission, which they believe could reveal living matter in the icy layers beneath the surface of a comet. |
29 June 2005 |
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Cardiff experts have designed world-first technology to investigate sustainable energy sources from the ocean bed by isolating ancient high-pressure bacteria from deep sediments. |
06 June 2005 |
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Cardiff experts have designed world-first technology to investigate sustainable energy sources from the ocean bed by isolating ancient high-pressure bacteria from deep sediments. |
06 June 2005 |
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Recent findings from the South Wales Family Study suggest that the quality of relations between parents not only affects children’s long-term emotional and behavioural development but also affects their long-term academic achievement. |
09 May 2005 |
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Patients suffering from conditions as diverse as asthma and diabetes could benefit from research at Cardiff University to improve the effectiveness of drugs taken through spray inhalers. |
29 April 2005 |
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Micro-organisms in clouds could play a crucial role in the spread of disease and in the formation of rain drops, scientists have claimed. |
06 April 2005 |
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A gene which is likely to be one of the causes of dyslexia in children has been discovered by researchers at Cardiff University. They believe the major finding will give researchers a better understanding of what causes the brain disorder which disrupts reading and writing skills. |
31 March 2005 |
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'What risk factors influence teenagers to experiment with marijuana or to move to regular use?' is a question asked by a Cardiff University scientist, in collaboration with a colleague in the USA. |
31 March 2005 |
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European astronomers, including a scientist from Cardiff University, have discovered the largest known star cluster in the Milky Way. |
24 March 2005 |
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Engineers at Cardiff University are using their expertise to help create a device which could greatly increase the rate of recovery for stroke victims. |
22 February 2005 |
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A Cardiff-led team of astronomers has discovered an object that appears to be an invisible galaxy made almost entirely of dark matter, the first ever detected. A dark galaxy is an area in the universe containing a large amount of mass that rotates like a galaxy, but contains no stars. Without any stars to give light, it could only be found using radio telescopes. |
21 February 2005 |
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The Welsh Child Protection Systematic Review Group lead by Paediatricians Professor Jo Sibert and and Dr Alison Kemp and Dr Sabine Maguire at the Wales College of Medicine analysed research studies published over a 50-year period. They found that there is a limited amount of quality studies in the field but that there are specific recognising patterns of in bruising in children on infants is the key to identifying children who had been abused. |
01 February 2005 |
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People screened for genetic disorders must have appropriate follow-up and monitoring to avoid stress and anxiety, according to new research sponsored by the ESRC. |
16 December 2004 |
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Micro-machining experts in Cardiff University’s award-winning Manufacturing Engineering Centre have created a vital component so small, it was previously believed impossible to produce. |
08 December 2004 |
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World-renowned mould-makers and precision engineers, A F Gaskin of High Wycombe, set the MEC the task of machining a tiny coring pin to fit into a mould tool. The pin had to be 1mm in diameter at one end narrowing to just 0.15 mm at the other.
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08 December 2004 |
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Did your grandmother always tell you to 'eat up your greens'? It appears that she may have known something scientists are only now discovering. When the substances produced in cruciferous vegetables such as cabbage, broccoli, sprouts or cauliflower are eaten, they could help in the fight against cancer. |
30 November 2004 |
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A team of researchers, led by a Cardiff University professor, has discovered how the body regulates the amount of oxygen in the bloodstream. |
15 November 2004 |
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Women in Britain with breast cancer will soon benefit from a pioneering surgical technique developed by Professor Robert Mansel and his team at Cardiff University, Wales College of Medicine. |
27 October 2004 |
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The President of an international philanthropic organisation is coming to Wales to see for himself the world-class research his corporation is supporting at Cardiff School of Social Sciences. |
06 October 2004 |
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'Nanotechnology' is a newly fashionable field but in the world of drug development it is certainly not new, Professor Ruth Duncan of the Welsh School of Pharmacy, Cardiff University has told the British Pharmaceutical Conference. |
24 September 2004 |
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The outstanding quality of research in Cardiff University’s School of Chemistry has been recognised by major national awards for four members of staff. |
02 August 2004 |
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Experts from Cardiff University are helping to win a race against time and the elements to preserve a famous Victorian steamship, which is rapidly corroding.
Launched in 1843, SS Great Britain was the first wrought iron and screw-driven ocean going liner. After a remarkable salvage operation to bring it home from the Falkland Islands in 1970, it now lies in dry dock in Bristol. |
01 July 2004 |
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The co-founder of Specsavers Opticians, a Cardiff University graduate, will be returning to her roots to reveal the secrets of her success. |
18 June 2004 |
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A major new research institute, launched next week at Cardiff University, aims to improve the nation’s health through a range of projects which will directly inform policy-makers in Wales and beyond. |
13 May 2004 |
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A new five-year partnership between Cardiff University and UnumProvident, the UK's leading provider of Income Protection Insurance, will provide a unique opportunity to explore why people respond differently to the same disease, and why it renders some people unable to work while others continue. |
04 May 2004 |
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Geologists at Cardiff University have pushed back the earliest recordings of wildfire by millions of years. A new paper reveals that the team from the School of Earth, Ocean and Planetary science has uncovered rare, early land plant fossils from late Silurian rocks in the Welsh Borderland. |
29 April 2004 |
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The demand for people with high skills in the economy has been seriously over estimated, according to new research from Cardiff University. Drawing on the results of a major Economic and Social Research Council research project, a new book by Professor Phil Brown, of the School of Social Sciences, and Dr Anthony Hesketh of Lancaster University, examines the experiences of those looking for, and those giving out, new jobs in the knowledge economy. |
29 March 2004 |
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Scientists from Cardiff University, UK, revealed new clinical data showing that Cod Liver Oil really is effective in slowing the destruction of joint cartilage in patients with osteoarthritis. |
09 February 2004 |
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Scientists at Cardiff University believe they have discovered the cause of crop failures and summer frosts some 1,500 years ago, a comet colliding with Earth.
The team has been studying evidence from tree rings, which suggests that the earth underwent a series of very cold summers around 536 540 AD, indicating an effect rather like a nuclear winter. |
03 February 2004 |
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DNA found in a spider’s stomach could herald a breakthrough in the fight against farm pests, which cause millions of pounds of damage to crops. Cardiff University scientists, led by Dr Bill Symondson in the School of Biosciences, have become the first to use DNA-based techniques to analyse the content of spiders’ guts to identify the prey they have eaten in the field. |
12 December 2003 |
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The technology of the 21st century is being harnessed to help research into artwork more than 150 years old, thanks to expertise at Cardiff University. A major new project will make some 500 mid-Victorian wood engraved illustrations available as a searchable digital web database. |
10 November 2003 |
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The extinction of the dinosaurs, thought to be caused by an asteroid impact some 65 million years ago, was more likely to have been caused by a ‘mantle plume’, a huge volcanic eruption from deep within the earth’s mantle, the region between the crust and the core of the earth. This theory, already supported by a significant body of geologists and palaeontologists, is strengthened by new evidence to be presented at an international conference at Cardiff University. |
20 September 2003 |
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CESAGen, the Centre for Economic and Social Aspects of Genomics, will be officially opened at the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University by Wales’s First Minister, Rhodri Morgan AM. |
08 September 2003 |
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Psychopathic murderers have an abnormal perception of violence, failing to see it as unpleasant, research at Cardiff University has shown. The results, from specially adapted psychological tests, and published in Nature, may provide an important insight into the criminal mind. |
28 May 2003 |
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Scientists at Cardiff University have made a breakthrough in a 30-year battle to solve a medical problem, which causes pain and misery for millions of people around the world, and costs the NHS many millions of pounds. |
07 May 2003 |
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A significant breakthrough by scientists at Cardiff University and the University of Edinburgh will enable new drugs to be developed, which could prevent bowel cancer. |
05 May 2003 |
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