News - University of Wales Trinity Saint David <!-- Newyddion - Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant --> http://www.tsd.ac.uk/ University News en-gb Copyright: (C). University of Wales Trinity Saint David <![CDATA[New Podcast: Dr Bettina Schmidt on Doing Anthropological Fieldwork]]> Anthropology is essentially a comparative study of socio-cultural behaviour and attitudes, and is one of the most complex yet fundamental tools in the scholar of religions’ toolbox.

]]> Tue, 15 May 2012 08:44:00 GMT <![CDATA[Podium Award medal recognises Trinity Saint David’s Olympic contribution]]> The University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Students’ Union has been awarded a bronze medal as part of a celebration of the contribution of UK universities to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.

]]> Fri, 11 May 2012 20:06:00 GMT <![CDATA[The Inaugural Annual Welsh Lecture of the Society for Renaissance Studies]]> Professor Thomas Corns from Bangor University gave the Inaugural Annual Welsh Lecture of the Society for Renaissance Studies on Paradise Lost:The Early Years on Monday, 1 May 2012 at the University’s Lampeter campus. 

]]> Wed, 02 May 2012 10:21:00 GMT <![CDATA[Chinese music concert comes to Ceredigion]]> Chinese Music Concert

A concert of arrangements of traditional pieces and modern Chinese music is being held at the Lampeter Campus at 7.30pm on Tuesday 8th May as part of the Vale of Glamorgan Music Festival. The event is sponsored by the Confucius Institute at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David.

]]> Thu, 19 Apr 2012 12:37:00 GMT <![CDATA[Alumna awarded Sir T H Parry-Williams Memorial Medal]]> Alumna Eirlys Britton

Alumna Eirlys Britton is the winner of this year’s Sir T.H. Parry-Williams Memorial Medal, and she receives the medal for her tireless work in the Pontypridd area for over thirty years.

]]> Wed, 18 Apr 2012 16:29:00 GMT <![CDATA[Archaeologists provide a glimpse at the earlier Prehistoric environment at Borth, Ceredigion]]> It was a race against the tide last week at Borth near Aberystwyth as archaeologists from the University had a short window of opportunity to record, excavate and carry out palaeo-environmental sampling of a large expanse of peat recently exposed beneath the sands on the beach.

]]> Tue, 13 Mar 2012 00:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[New Collaboration Puts Sustainability at the Heart of Education for the 21st Century]]> The University of Wales Trinity Saint David and the Centre for Alternative Technology, Machynlleth are delighted to announce a new collaboration aimed at placing sustainability at the heart of learning.

]]> Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Trinity Saint David rises to the sustainability challenge and INSPIREs]]> Today (27 January), the University of Wales Trinity Saint David is rising to the sustainability challenge in a strategic and holistic way and embedding sustainable development into the overall student experience by launching INSPIRE - the new Institute for Sustainable Practice, Innovation and Resource Effectiveness.

]]> Fri, 27 Jan 2012 09:00:00 GMT <![CDATA[Trinity Saint David student to co-convene Critical Animal Studies Conference]]> Nikki Shaw, an MA student with the department of Archeology, History and Anthropology, is to co-convene the first ever postgraduate Critical Perspectives on Animals in Society (CPAS) conference.

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