Aberystwyth University

🏆 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.

🖱️ www.aber.ac.uk/en/news/archive/2026/06/title-287717-en.html

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

🖱️ https://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

🎧 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.

Stonehenge and the summer solstice The scientific significance of the UNESCO World Heritage Site

🚑 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

📚🏰Ymunwch â ni yng Nghastell Aberteifi am ddwy ddarlith hynod ddiddorol gan academyddion o Brifysgol Aberystwyth, fel rhan o ddathliadau Carreg Filltir Las i nodi 850 mlynedd ers yr Eisteddfod gyntaf ym 1176.

📍 Ystafell y Tŵr, Castell Aberteifi

🕐13:00 – Dr Hywel Griffiths
‘Tywydd, tirwedd a natur ym marddoniaeth teulu’r Cilie a Niclas y Glais’
Darganfyddwch sut ysbrydolodd byd natur, y tywydd a’r dirwedd farddoniaeth un o deuluoedd mwyaf nodedig llenyddiaeth Cymru.

🕞15:00 – Dr Rhun Emlyn
‘Y Wledd Arbennig yn Aberteifi’: yr Arglwydd Rhys, Eisteddfod 1176 a Hunaniaeth Cymru
Taith hynod ddiddorol yn ôl i un o ddigwyddiadau pwysicaf hanes diwylliannol Cymru, gan archwilio etifeddiaeth yr Arglwydd Rhys, Eisteddfod 1176 a’u dylanwad ar hunaniaeth Cymru.

Cyfle gwych i wrando ar ddau o ysgolheigion blaenllaw Cymru yn trafod ein llenyddiaeth, ein hanes a’n diwylliant yn lleoliad hanesyddol Eisteddfod 1176.

📚🏰 Join us at Cardigan Castle for two fascinating lectures by academics from Aberystwyth University, as part of the Carreg Filltir Las celebrations marking the 850th anniversary of the first Eisteddfod in 1176.

📍The Tower Room, Cardigan Castle

🕐13:00 – Dr Hywel Griffiths
‘Weather, Landscape and Nature in the Poetry of the Cilie Family and Niclas y Glais’
Discover how the natural world, weather and landscape inspired the poetry of one of Wales’s notable literary families.

🕞15:00 – Dr Rhun Emlyn
‘The “Special Feast at Cardigan”: Lord Rhys, the 1176 Eisteddfod and Welsh Identity’
A fascinating journey back to one of the most significant events in Welsh cultural history, exploring the legacy of Lord Rhys, the 1176 Eisteddfod, and their influence on Welsh identity.

A wonderful opportunity to hear two leading Welsh scholars discuss our literature, history and culture in the very place where the story of the Eisteddfod began 850 years ago.

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Dr Jenny Mathers provides insight into the ongoing war in Ukraine, highlighting how the conflict is increasingly posing significant reputational challenges for Russia.

🖱️ https://tinyurl.com/ywfkwn3h

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