| Research conducted at Swansea University and the University of Milan has shown that students who use digital technology excessively are less motivated to engage with their studies, and are more anxious about tests | Max Porter, the winner of the 2016 Swansea University Dylan Thomas Prize for his internationally-acclaimed debut novel 'Grief is the Thing with Feathers' , will join Dr Francesca Rhydderch at Swansea University to discuss and read from his globally anticipated, Booker longlisted second novel, Lanny |
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| New research by Swansea University scientists found that boat ramps facilitate the dispersal of the highly invasive zebra mussel Dreissena polymorpha |
A review by Swansea University academics has found that older, poorer people who are socially distanced from their doctors or pharmacists, suffer more adverse drug reactions ADRs than the general population and that systematic monitoring is needed to protect these patients suffering from reactions which could result in over-sedation, falls, or drug-induced Parkinsonism.
| In June 2020, protesters toppled the statue of the slave trader Edward Colston from its plinth in Bristol and debates about controversial statues became front-page news in Wales and around the world | CERN, the European Organization for Nuclear Research, is one of the world's largest and most respected centres for scientific research |
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| A new environmentally sustainable, safer and cost-efficient model, designed at the Institute for Innovative Materials, Processing and Numerical Technologies IMPACT , will offer an improved system for energy supply distribution to sensors in smart structures | produce their first Brother branded toner cartridge manufactured from recycled materials recovered from End of Life products |
Twelve months on, those issues are the focus of a major international conference organised by academics at Swansea University.