Many congratulations to Kerrie Farrar, who has been appointed as Germinal Chair of Translational Plant Breeding at our Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/db4ch5db @ibers.bsky.social

🏅 Congratulations to field glaciologist Dr Samuel Doyle who has been presented with the Polar Medal by His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales for his outstanding research and leadership in Greenland. 🖱️ www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/arch... #PolarMedal #Greenland

👏 Congratulations to our first ever veterinary students! As you embark on the next chapter of your journey, please remember — you will always be a part of the Aber family. We wish you every success in the future! 🖱️ More: www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2026/06/title-287802-en.html

🩺 Today we were proud to celebrate our first ever cohort of Veterinary Science students completing their studies — a major milestone for the University and for Wales. 🖱️ www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2026/06/title-287802-en.html #vets #veterinaryeducation

Our researchers explain why memory tests are not enough to assess whether supplements affect the brain. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mvuw3v5p

👏 Congratulations to Prof Charles Musselwhite from the Department of Psychology on being presented with a national award by the Community Transport Association for his outstanding contribution to community transport. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4yjahp85 @charliemuss.bsky.social #CT26Awards #CommunityTransport

Professor Jamie Medhurst explores whether recent cuts to programming and staffing may affect the BBC’s ability to maintain high levels of trust and attention. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2kac2mz9

🐎 Could policy changes threaten the future of semi-wild ponies? Professor Mariecia Fraser explores their role in habitat restoration. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/ynpkcrfe @ibers.bsky.social

🏆 Congratulations to Sharon King, Lecturer in Veterinary Science, on being presented with the Veterinary Mentor Award for 2026 by the British Veterinary Association for her outstanding contribution to mentoring within the veterinary profession. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/52tatd4s @britishvets.bsky.social

Can kombucha boost your wellbeing? Our researchers explain the metabolic effects — and why more robust evidence is still needed. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mdttaekd

💉 Boosting the uptake of vaccines for some of the world’s most harmful diseases will be the focus of our experts’ work at an international meeting of the global vaccine community. 🖱️ www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2026/06/title-287682-en.html #behaviouralscience #vaccines #validatenetwork

🎧 This week's podcast from The Naked Scientists features Professor Richard Bevins from our Department of Geography and Earth Sciences discussing the geology of Stonehenge. www.thenakedscientists.com/podcasts/nak...

🚑 We are holding a major incident simulation today at our Healthcare Education Centre on Penglais Hill to help prepare our nursing students for serious incidents. You may hear sirens or see ambulances and police vehicles in the vicinity of the University this afternoon.

Two new animations highlighting the unique challenges older adults face when suffering domestic abuse have been released by our Dewis Choice project to mark World Elder Abuse Awareness Day. 🔗 tinyurl.com/23dd7bey #WorldElderAbuseAwarenessDay

Dr Jenny Mathers provides insight into the ongoing war in Ukraine, highlighting how the conflict is increasingly posing significant reputational challenges for Russia. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/ywfkwn3h @interpolaber.bsky.social

🍞 Our researchers have developed an innovative approach to improving the smell of alternative high-protein foods made from fermenting leftover bread crusts with grasses traditionally used to feed livestock. 🖱️: tinyurl.com/mrx29ndj @ibers.bsky.social

📜 Welsh poets’ use of the language of love and intimacy to describe their relationships with powerful patrons is being explored as part of research at our Department of Welsh and Celtic Studies. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/44vff8tc #MedievalPoetry #WelshPoetry

🌏 On World Environment Day, learn about how our scientists are exploring how certain crops could help decarbonise steel production. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mwz9n5rw #NowForClimate

👏 Many congratulations to Dr Beth Rodgers from our Department of English and Creative Writing who co-edited a book that has won the 2026 Edited Book Award from the Children’s Literature Association. #ChildrensLiterature #BookAwards

Scandal and satire transformed Charles James Fox into one of Britain’s first political celebrities, and shaped public opinion for decades, explains Dr Callum Smith in a new article. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/y37v4ff2

🚑 Our Healthcare Education Centre, working alongside partner organisations, will host a simulation of a major incident on Tuesday 16 June to help train our nursing students. You may hear sirens or see ambulances and police vehicles in the vicinity of the University on the day.

🪰 A parasitic fly sacrifices its sight after finding a host and permanently giving up flight, according to new research. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/385jbpwu #research #parasitology

A Mars rover camera is one of a host of robotic devices landing at Aberystwyth Bandstand on Saturday 6 June for the science extravaganza, BeachLab. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/5fphx56u

🫧 A peatbog at our Pwllpeiran Upland Research Centre became the stage for an outdoor performance this month, as scientific data was transformed into an immersive work. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4bve29u2 #Peatlands #ArtScience

Dr Rhun Emlyn from our Department of History and Welsh History spoke on BBC Radio 4’s In Our Time programme this morning, recorded at the Hay Festival. He discussed the impact of the Norman invasion on Wales and the Welsh Marches. 🎧 Listen back here: tinyurl.com/mta76jvz

🪰 Our researchers are developing an innovative AI-powered app that identifies disease-carrying insects from their wing patterns — helping tackle tropical diseases affecting millions worldwide. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/yjm98kd8

🔬 Food could be wrapped in packaging made from seaweed instead of artificial plastic in the future, thanks to new research. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/y97hffps

🎓 We were delighted to award an Honorary Fellowship to Rakie Ayola, multi-BAFTA award winning actor best known for roles in Kaos, Doctor Who, The Pact and Holby City. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/327we6us

🏆 Congratulations to final year Agriculture student Rhian Griffiths on winning the 2026 Farmers Club Pinnacle Award for farm business management, and to fellow student Cameron Anderson who was a finalist in the keenly contested competition. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/ynbt2ma8 @aberdlsagb.bsky.social

🔬 Our scientists are part of a major new £9.9 million international research project to accelerate urgently needed treatments for a deadly disease affecting millions worldwide. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/mrx5ndue #schistosomiasis #neglectedtropicaldiseases @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @wellcometrust.bsky.social

Plaid Cymru’s historic victory opens a new chapter in Welsh politics, and a potential constitutional test for Westminster, explains Dr Anwen Elias and Dr Elin Royles from our Department of International Politics. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2ep2japu @interpolaber.bsky.social #politics #Senedd

Three of our academics have been selected to join a prestigious professional development programme that supports emerging research leaders. 🖱️ Read more: tinyurl.com/5n6hurdu #welshcrucible #research @aberdlsagb.bsky.social @abercompsci.bsky.social

Professor Richard Marggraf-Turley from our Department of English and Creative Writing spoke on BBC Radio 4’s Today programme this morning. ✍️ He discussed the celebrated Romantic poet John Keats, recovered letters and their upcoming auction. Listen back from 1:42:50: tinyurl.com/4er3psc8

Russia’s annual Victory Day parade is traditionally a show of military might, but things were different this year according to Dr Jenny Mathers. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4htx4dzc @interpolaber.bsky.social #politics #InternationalPolitics

The Welsh Conservatives have avoided people’s worst predictions, but long-term questions over its devolution position remain, explains Lewis Norton from our Department of International Politics. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/38m8fjen #politics #devolution

🗳️ Ten years on from the UK’s EU referendum, our researchers are going beyond the official results to build the most detailed map yet of how people voted, and are seeking unofficial boxcounts recorded on the night. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/tumvha7k #Brexit #EUreferendum #boxcounts #research

It was great to see academics from our Department of International Politics, including Dr Anwen Elias and Dr Huw Lewis, contributing to the election coverage last week. @interpolaber.bsky.social #SeneddElection2026

Dr Rhys Dafydd Jones explains why immigration is receiving so much attention in the run-up to the Welsh election, even though it falls outside the Senedd’s powers. 🖱 tinyurl.com/hvn5c6t2 #Senedd2026 #election #wales

As Wales shortly heads to the polls, a new study co-led by Dr Anwen Elias from our Department of International Politics shows that many voters feel disillusioned with democratic politics. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4n3mrf94 #election #Senedd2026 #politicswales

Transforming how disabled people are recruited, supported and retained in work is the aim of a new initiative led by our academics. More: 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4yv7vfpu #DisabilityInclusion #DisabledPeople #InclusiveWorkplaces

In a discussion last night, our academics looked ahead to the forthcoming Senedd elections, analysing our polling with @s4c.cymru @survation.bsky.social and our Welsh Election Study data. Watch it back here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=8BPk... @interpolaber.bsky.social #Senedd #Senedd2026

🚀 This #InternationalSpaceDay, read how our scientists are helping humanity explore one of its biggest questions: is there life on Mars? 👉 tinyurl.com/3rf56wfx #Mars #SpaceExploration #ExoMars #MarsRover #ResearchImpact

🌍 Many congratulations to Geography Professors Sarah Davies and Peter Merriman who have been elected as Fellows of the Learned Society of Wales. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/5n7wpvbx @sarahdavies.bsky.social

🗳️ Professor Mike Woods from our Department of Geography and Earth Sciences explores how Reform UK and the Green Party—both expected to win their first Senedd seats—have starkly contrasting views on the Welsh countryside. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/4hxmappb #election #PoliticsUK #rural @woodszzp.bsky.social

📊 A new opinion, commissioned by S4C and our Department of International Politics, places Reform UK slightly ahead of Plaid Cymru in voting intention ahead of the Senedd election. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/ds26yr58 @newyddion.s4c.cymru @survation.bsky.social #SeneddElection2026 #OpinionPoll

Polls suggest Plaid Cymru has a credible chance of forming a government for the first time, write Dr Anwen Elias and Dr Elin Royles from our Department of International Politics. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/2teds7zy #SeneddElection #wales #government

Dr Anwen Elias spoke to the BBC yesterday about the initial findings of the Welsh Election Study that show the new Senedd voting system is poorly understood by the public. Watch back here (25 minutes in): www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis... @interpolaber.bsky.social @wiserd-research.bsky.social

The programme is available on iplayer and Anwen's contribution starts about 25 minutes into the recording 2/2 www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/epis...

📺 Yesterday Dr Anwen Elias was interviewed on the BBC Wales tv programme Politics #Wales about the work that she is doing for the Welsh Election Study on public opinion and the extent of societal understanding of key issues around politics and the elections. (link to recording in the next post) 1/2

Two-thirds of people in Wales are unclear about major changes to the Senedd voting system ahead of the upcoming election, according to new public polling co-led by our researchers. 🖱️ tinyurl.com/muk7cajk @wiserd-research.bsky.social @ipsosintheuk.bsky.social #SeneddElection #WelshElectionStudy