Scientists at Aberystwyth University’s Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences (IBERS) are leading a new international consortium launched to develop a new test for bovine tuberculosis.
The consortium will develop a rapid, high-accuracy point of care diagnostic test with an integrated, secure, cloud-based

Ahead of the Royal Welsh Show, a £7.3m EU-backed package to help address skills gaps and assist businesses in the food and agriculture sector develop new products and services has been announced by Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs, Lesley Griffiths.
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Web entrepreneur Bonamy Grimes MBE, co-founder of flight price comparison website Skyscanner, has been presented with an Honorary Fellowship of Aberystwyth University.
Bonamy grew up in Ceredigion and attended Aberaeron Comprehensive, where he was amongst the first cohort of pupils to study computer science

Actor, singer and former mayor of Aberystwyth Sue Jones-Davies has been awarded an Honorary Bachelor of Arts Degree from Aberystwyth University.
Sue graduated from Bristol University in 1971 before embarking on a career as an actor and singer. She has worked in television, film,

The broadcaster and seminal figure in Welsh media, Euryn Ogwen Williams, has been honoured as a Fellow of Aberystwyth University in recognition of his contribution to the cultural life of Wales.
Brought up in Leeswood near Mold in Flintshire, Euryn Ogwen Williams graduated from

Art historian, exhibition curator and museum director Professor Ann Sumner has been honoured as a Fellow of Aberystwyth University.
Professor Ann Sumner serves as an external consultant on the University’s School of Art Museum and Gallery Advisory Board.
She was Head of Fine