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  • [:en]Welcome to the Aberystwyth University Blogging Service[:cy]Croeso i Wasanaeth Blogio Prifysgol Aberystwyth[:]

[:en]Welcome to the Aberystwyth University Blogging Service[:cy]Croeso i Wasanaeth Blogio Prifysgol Aberystwyth[:]

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[:en]If you wish to start a blog, please send an email to blogging@aber.ac.uk to discuss your requirements and we’ll advise you on how to get started. You can also view information about setting up a blog on the Web Services pages.

Latest posts from across the AU blogging network

  • Fake News & Plagiarism: Stop the Spread! Part 2 – Preventing Plagiarism

    • Don’t be a copycat!Welcome to part 2 of our series on fake news and plagiarism. In part one we looked at the world of smoke and mirrors that is fake news. In this part, we will go over the many forms of plagiarism, how to avoid accidental plagiarism, and ways you can combat deliberate acts ...more

  • Join our Christmas Learning Challenge!

    • Our Christmas Learning Challenge begins tomorrow, Wednesday 7 December! We have put together 12 short courses, videos, and audio content for you to view and listen to over the next 12 days from LinkedIn Learning. This content ranges from 2-8 minutes and will help you to develop a range of skills - from using keyboard ...more

  • Free access to LinkedIn Learning

    • LinkedIn Learning, a third-party E-learning resource, is available for free to all students and staff at Aberystwyth University. What is LinkedIn Learning? The online learning platform has an extensive digital library of expert-led courses and short videos, ranging from business courses to creative and technology-related content. This provides you with an opportunity to develop your professional skills, ...more

  • LinkedIn Learning: What new skills could you learn?

    • Blog post by Laurie Stevenson (Student Digital Champion) LinkedIn Learning is a free online learning platform with over 16,000 courses on everything from personal development, design, creative activities, study skills, technical support and so much more! Take a look at this content from our Information Service Instagram @ISAberUni account for some tips and tricks to ...more

  • Introducing BrowZine

    • BrowZine is new way to browse and search thousands of electronic journals available to you as a member of Aberystwyth University. BrowZine homepage Using BrowZine you can: Browse or search by subject area to find ejournals of interestSearch for a specific titleCreate your own bookshelf of favourite ejournals and organise them how you wantFollow your favourite titles and ...more

  • Shwmae Su'mae Day - 15th October

    • To celebrate Shwmae Su'mae Day this year, we are sharing a guest blog from our Student Digital Champion, Laurie Stevenson and taking a quick look at some library resources to help you practise and develop your Welsh-language reading and speaking skills. Laurie Stevenson Dw i’n dysgu Cymraeg! The 15th of October is Diwrnod Shwmae Su'mae, a day marked ...more

  • Libraries Week 2022 - Students

    • The theme of this year's Libraries Week is the central role that libraries play in supporting life-long learning. Today, we are focusing on the ways the library offers a range of learning opportunities for Aberystwyth University students, beyond their courses and outside of the teaching rooms. Library tours If you're new to Aberystwyth University, firstly, welcome! ...more

  • Libraries Week 2022 - Lifelong Learning

    • The theme of this year's Libraries Week is the central role that libraries play in supporting life-long learning. Today our focus is on our Lifelong Learning students and external users. Lifelong Learning LibGuides Our Lifelong Learning LibGuide is your complete guide to library and learning resources for your subjects. Here you'll find details on key resources ...more

  • Libraries Week 2022 - Staff

    • The theme of this year's Libraries Week is the central role that libraries play in supporting life-long learning. Today our focus is on all Aberystwyth University staff as we showcase some of the library's resources that can help staff to unlock and fulfil their potential at every stage of their lives and careers. Gale OneFile ...more

  • The Children's Literature Collection

    • Colourful books from the Children's Literature Collection on a table on Level F of the Hugh Owen Library If you go down to the Hugh Owen Library today... you're sure to find our latest display on Level F of some wonderful titles from our Children’s Literature Collection! Our collection has a good range of children’s fiction in ...more

  • Graduation 2022 Wednesday 13th, Thursday 14th & Friday 15th July

    • Graduates at Aberystwyth University Congratulations to these students who are graduating on the following daysYou can read their theses in the Aberystwyth Research Portal by clicking on the links Wednesday 13th July Physics Llyr Humphries 'Studies in chromospheric and transition region events and their relationship with the corona using IRIS and AIA’ http://hdl.handle.net/2160/b85c1f59-36fb-4d1b-a351-4bce858102e2 Thursday 14th July Law & Criminology Roger Owen 'Dealing with ...more

  • OA Repository Newsletter – May 2022

  • Public lecture to consider international politics in the context of climate change

    • Yr Athro / Professor Jan Selby The implications of climate change on international politics will be the subject of this year’s Kenneth Waltz Memorial Lecture, which takes place online on Thursday 14 October. Hosted by the Department of International Politics at Aberystwyth University, the Kenneth Waltz Memorial Lecture 2021 will be given by Professor Jan Selby of ...more

  • Climate change research festival at Aberystwyth University looks ahead to COP26 challenges

    • From left to right: Professor Julian Agyeman; Professor Sarah Davies (Aberystwyth University); First Minister of Wales, Mark Drakeford MS; EU Environment Commissioner Virginijus Sinkevičius; and Professor Milja Kurki (Aberystwyth University) Climate change experts will gather at Aberystwyth University for a week of events to discuss challenges ahead of the COP26 summit. First Minister Mark Drakeford, EU Environment ...more

  • Sting presents European web award to Aberystwyth led environmental project

    • Concrete tiles were attached to man-made sea defences in Borth, Ceredigion, in the summer of 2019, as part of the eco-engineering project Ecostructure. An innovative eco-engineering project that aims to turn sea defences and other artificial structures into thriving marine habitats has won a major European Union award. The Aberystwyth University led Ecostructure project was presented with the Better ...more

  • Beetle burgers or cricket snacks? Insect-based food on Aberystwyth research menu

    • Hop bars Crickets and beetles could become a common part of our diets, thanks to new academic research. Insects are a common feature of people’s everyday diets in countries around the world, such as Mexico, China and Ghana. These insect-based foods offer a more environmentally-friendly source of protein than many other food stuffs, and could help feed the ...more

  • Major grant for healthy oats project

    • One of the fields at Aberystwyth University where oats are grown for research purposes A research project to promote the development of oats as a healthy food product and a climate-resistant crop in Wales and Ireland has been awarded a major European grant. The ‘Healthy Oats’ project will benefit from a €2.18 million from the European Regional ...more

  • Fibre-optics used to take the temperature of Greenland Ice Sheet

    • As part of the project, scientists from Aberystwyth University set up special equipment on the Greenland Ice Sheet to drill deep into the glacial ice.  Scientists have used fibre-optic sensing to obtain the most detailed measurements of ice properties ever taken on the Greenland Ice Sheet. Their findings will be used to make more accurate models of ...more

  • Microbe build-up on Greenland could mean more ice loss says research

    • Greenland ice sheet The Greenland Ice Sheet could be under threat from microbes on its surface multiplying faster than they are washed away in a warming climate, according to new research from Aberystwyth University. The Greenland Ice Sheet is the largest mass of ice in the northern hemisphere. It covers an area about seven times the size of ...more

  • Speeding up Miscanthus breeding to combat climate change

    • Miscanthus growing in one of the fields at Aberystwyth University's Institute of Biological, Environmental & Rural Sciences Aberystwyth University scientists will investigate adopting a technique to speed up Miscanthus breeding in an effort to meet climate change targets as part of a £4 million UK government package to boost biomass production. Thanks to investment from the UK ...more
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