A final-year medical student studying at Cardiff University, Aisling Sweeney, has won a national competition designed to help medical students prepare for their future careers as doctors. For the competition, jointly organised by the General Medical Council (GMC) and the Medical Schools Council (MSC), Aisling created a teaching workshop for students on the issue of speaking up, which is an important part of the lives of medical students and working doctors. The workshop covers empowering activities to help medical students…

  I entered Llanover Hall Arts Centre on Saturday night with a level of uncertainty and, if I’m honest, a preconceived notion about the quality of student-art performances based entirely on my own awkward and cringe-worthy experiences. On this particular evening, Cardiff University’s Act One Drama Society had kindly invited me to review their performance of Oscar Wilde’s The Importance of Being Earnest. I have to admit that within a very short space of time my concerns had vanished and…

    Photo: Cardiff University Logo A leading Welsh scientist whose work has helped cut the use of mercury in China’s chemical industries has been made an honorary professor of Tianjin University. Professor Graham Hutchings has been feted worldwide for his work on the acceleration of chemical reactions using catalysts. Research by the Director of Cardiff Catalysis Institute has led to a cleaner method for producing polyvinyl chloride (PVC) using gold as a catalyst, rather than harmful mercury. Thanks to…

  Local Cardiff residents have been involved in developing a vital research programme that aims to identify what factors might lead to a person developing multiple sclerosis (MS). The study could pave the way for much needed new treatments in the condition, and has been offered a £40,000 grant from the MS Society. Led by Professor Neil Robertson, Professor of Neurology at Cardiff University and Consultant Neurologist at University Hospital of Wales, the research will look at how a person’s…

Over the weekend, 40 Computer Science undergraduate students from all years at Cardiff University got their teeth stuck into a real-life brief set by Cardiff technology group Inspiretec. Organised by the Cardiff University Computer Science Society, the challenge was designed to bring undergraduate students together to focus on using their skills to address a real-life business challenge. The challenge was completed during a fixed 36-hour period, using just the students’ imagination and the resources of the internet. First thing on…

A team of students from Cardiff University has triumphed over 90 other teams to be crowned overall winner of the Institution of Mechanical Engineers’ Formula Student 2017. The Cardiff Racing team, from Cardiff University, has been crowned the first UK winner of Formula Student, a competition which challenges student engineers to design, build and race a single seat racing car in one year. The global competition, run by the Institution of Mechanical Engineers, saw more than 2,000 students from 24…