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Veterinary Biosciences at Aberystwyth University by Charlotte Marsh
- My name is Charlotte and I am a final year BSc Veterinary Biosciences student at Aberystwyth University. Over the past three years I have lived and studied in the beautiful, coastal town of Aberystwyth and had some thoroughly enjoyable experience through my student life and course. There are many reasons why my time in Aberystwyth has ...more
Astudio Daearyddiaeth yn Aber
- Un o’r penderfyniadau gorau wnes i oedd dewis mynychu Prifysgol Aberystwyth - cofiaf yn ôl i’r profiad cymhleth o gofrestru gyda UCAS a phendroni pa brifysgol oedd yn fy nenu. Ond nid wyf wedi edrych yn ôl na difaru unwaith - ac rwy’n sicr na wnewch chi chwaith. Rydw i eisoes yn fyfyriwr ail flwyddyn yn ...more
Psychology at Aber by Agnieszka Namyslo
- It's funny how many things can happen in only one year of your life. This time last year I was in high school thinking about my future. I was convinced I would stay in my country, Poland, and I would continue learning there. Now, one year later I am studying psychology and criminology at Aberystwyth ...more
Ecology at Aber by Kate Gwynn
- I chose to study Ecology because of my love for everything outdoors, especially natural history and discovering the processes allowing wildlife to live alongside humans. I chose Aberystwyth after I visited on an open day. The staff were eager and engaging, the campus green and full of birds, the views from the library were breath-taking ...more
The Myth of Joint Honours: English and Film Studies at Aber by Bethan Evans
- There are many myths about doing a joint honours scheme at University that makes people question why on earth someone would put themselves through such an experience. Isn’t the work doubled, seeing as you’re technically doing two degrees? How are you meant to juggle the work of two different degree schemes successfully? Surely it is ...more
Drama and Theatre Studies/ Scenography Performance Project
- Aberystwyth's Theatre, Film and Televsion Department provides creative and innovative minds with a wealth of opportunities to stimulate and promote expression, through site-specific work to multimedia productions. One of the most popular opportunities to do this in the Drama and Theatre Studies and Scenography courses is the Performance Project. This is a second year 40 ...more
Spanish and Marketing at Aber by Martyna Gardela
- Choosing the right course at the university may be a tough decision and you may get stuck. I chose this course because I love foreign languages and enjoy being challenged. Spanish was the perfect opportunity to pursue a topic I enjoyed whilst being challenged to learn something new. I decided to study Marketing alongside Spanish ...more
OA Repository Newsletter – January 2018
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Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored – Ionawr 2018
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Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored - Rhagfyr 2017
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Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored - Chwefror 2018
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OA Repository Newsletter – December 2017
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OA Repository Newsletter – February 2018
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Cylchlythyr y Gadwrfa Mynediad Agored - Ebrill 2018
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OA Repository Newsletter – April 2018
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Finding Novel Antimicrobial Peptides with AMPLY
- Rise of the superbugs The rise of antibiotic resistant strains of microbes (bacteria, parasites, viruses and fungi) is probably the leading threat facing humankind. Increasingly desperate warnings about the real-world implications of the increasing resistance are now front page news. The problem is a multifaceted one. Antimicrobial resistance is not just about the loss of human ...more
Biotechnology and Plastic Reduction
- When David Attenborough and the Blue Planet 2 team devoted an entire episode to look at the effect of plastic litter in the marine environment1 they captured the hearts and minds of millions of viewers, but perhaps even more importantly, it seems a tipping point had been reached. The magnitude of the problem is horrifying. ...more
Zoomorphism and the danger of analogy
- Myxobacteria are soil-dwelling microbes that live by killing and consuming other members of the soil microbial community. They aren’t fussy, eating all varieties of bacteria and also fungi, making them of considerable interest as potential sources of new antimicrobials. Myxobacterial feeding has been described as employing a ‘wolf-pack’ strategy, as it seems to be more efficient ...more
Talis Aspire / Primo integration (old UI)
- Preamble Making use of the ELTA it is possible to add tabs to a Primo results page. The original ELTA waited for each call to EXLTA_addTab() to finish and blocked the page from loading smoothly. We've extended the original functionality to allow the evaluator to run asynchronously. This does mean that tabs will appear after a short ...more
OA Repository Newsletter – March 2018
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