<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>Research News</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/_layouts/feed.aspx?xsl=1&amp;web=/research/news&amp;page=22f258b7-5ea8-4764-a6ce-abe3262b4c8f&amp;wp=3a3a4b3f-bc0e-4178-9605-7283f1607b93</link><description>Latest research news at The University of Wales, Newport</description><ttl>60</ttl><item><title>Gwent County History Association Publishes Volume 5</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/GwentCountyHistoryAssociationPublishesVolume5.aspx</link><description>11 June 2013 - Volume Five of the County History is being published on the 15th June 2013.</description><pubDate>Tue, 11 Jun 2013 10:30:07 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Research To Make Roads Safer</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/ResearchToMakeRoadsSafer.aspx</link><description>24 May 2013 - Post Doctoral Researcher Catherine Purcell's research into visual detection mechanisms in children is being used to support local campaigns for 20mph speed limits.</description><pubDate>Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:53:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Peter Bobby: News and Forthcoming Events</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/PeterBobbyNews.aspx</link><description>3 April 2013 - During the Summer/Autumn 2013 'High-rise' will be exhibited in three solo shows, presented in three differing contexts in Cardiff, London and Bristol.</description><pubDate>Tue, 30 Apr 2013 10:12:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Education Minister praises Newport research</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/EducationMinisterpraisesNewportresearch.aspx</link><description>A conference held by the University of Wales, Newport on Learning Spaces and the Student Experience has received praise from the Welsh Government Education Minister Leighton Andrews.</description><pubDate>Wed, 20 Mar 2013 10:35:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Newport researcher joins Welsh Government working group for Digital Learning</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/NewportresearcherjoinsWelshGovernmentworkinggroupforDigitalLearning.aspx</link><description>Dr Bela Arora from the University of Wales, Newport’s Graduate School has been selected by Education Minister Leighton Andrews AM to join the Welsh Government’s working group on Online Digital Learning.</description><pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2013 08:41:44 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>David Barnes - King Tide</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/DavidBarnes-KingTide.aspx</link><description>21 February 2013 - The exhibition 'King Tide' is drawn from the artists ongoing practice based in south Wales - an unhurried reflection on 'home', a sense of place, and our own relationship to memory and history. </description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:00:20 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Overwhelming response to its forthcoming conference on learning spaces and the student experience</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/Overwhelmingresponsetoitsforthcomingconferenceonlearningspacesandthestudentexperience.aspx</link><description>21 February 2013 - The event, which is being held at the Senedd on 11th March and being sponsored by the IBI Nightingale and the Higher Education Academy initially sold out more than a month in advance of the conference.</description><pubDate>Thu, 21 Feb 2013 14:18:50 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Lecturer’s work to feature in International photography festival</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/LecturersworktofeatureinInternationalphotographyfestival.aspx</link><description>Ken Grant, Programme Leader for Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, will exhibit his work in an International photography festival next month.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2013 10:23:55 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr Phillip Morgan Grant/Project Collaboration</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/DrPhillipMorganGrantProjectCollaboration.aspx</link><description>14 February 2013 - EPSRC Institutional Funding for a scoping project examining the topic of 'Bridging the Gaps in Aerospace, Defence and Security'.</description><pubDate>Thu, 14 Feb 2013 08:36:36 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Creative Writing Professor visits Newport for poetry reading</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/CreativeWritingProfessorvisitsNewportforpoetryreading.aspx</link><description>Philip Gross, Professor of Creative Writing at the University of Glamorgan, will visit the University of Wales, Newport tomorrow to give a special poetry talk.</description><pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2013 12:02:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Mark Durden's review of Artes Mundi 5 is now online</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/MarkDurdensreviewofArtesMundi5isnowonline.aspx</link><description>24 January 2013 - A relational or participatory art based on some form of social engagement tended to dominate ‘Artes Mundi 5’, Wales’ leading international contemporary art exhibition and prize, the UK’s biggest at £40,000.</description><pubDate>Thu, 24 Jan 2013 12:10:38 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Performance and Screen Media Research Lecture and Workshop Series</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/PSMRLectureandWorkshopSeries.aspx</link><description>23 January 2013 - These workshops will look at the potential of the Art School and what form of education can sustain the public good. Can we continue to offer a set of educational and artistic practices beyond the utilitarian.</description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 15:06:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr Bela Arora - Building Collaborative Partnerships</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/DrBelaAroraBuildingCollaborativePartnerships.aspx</link><description>23 January 2013 - Dr Bela Arora, Graduate School Manager at the University of Wales, Newport secured SIP funding to work with Nightingale Associates, an architectural practice specialising in healthcare, science and education. </description><pubDate>Wed, 23 Jan 2013 12:55:28 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Praise from BTEC students for Research and Development at Newport</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/PraisefromBTECstudentsforResearchandDevelopmentatNewport.aspx</link><description>Newport’s Research and Development Unit has welcomed BTEC students from the local area for a taste of university life at the City Campus.</description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 16:31:21 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Talking Pictures: eCPR Seminar Series 2013</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/TalkingPictureseCPRSeminarSeries2013.aspx</link><description>22 January 2013 - eCPR announce 2013 Seminar Series which is intended to enhance research connections between staff and PhD students, but all staff and students are welcome. </description><pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2013 11:05:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Taking Responsibility for Food Safety</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/TakingResponsibilityforFoodSafety.aspx</link><description>The controversial issues of food safety and the risks of non-compliance will be discussed at a conference held at the University of Wales, Newport next month.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:10:06 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Dr Jonathan Deacon appointed to CIM’s Board of Trustees</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/DrJonathanDeaconappointedtoCIMsBoardofTrustees.aspx</link><description>Newport Marketing reader, Dr Jonathan Deacon, Chair of the Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) in Wales, will join CIM UK’s prestigious Board of Trustees.</description><pubDate>Thu, 17 Jan 2013 16:24:48 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Book launch celebrates work of Newport academic</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/BooklaunchcelebratesworkofNewportacademic.aspx</link><description>15 January 2013 - The launch of three new books by publisher GOST will celebrate the work of Dr Helen Sear, a Reader in Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, later this month.</description><pubDate>Wed, 16 Jan 2013 11:41:02 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Common Culture's booklet Tips for Artists published as part of 'Now I Gotta Reason'</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/CommonCulturesbookletTipsforArtistspublished.aspx</link><description>8 January 2013 - Professor Mark Durden as part of Common Culture's booklet 'Tips for Artists' published as part of 'Now I Gotta Reason', a Jerwood Encounters exhibition.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 10:52:26 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>SWCHIR Announce Spring Lecture Series 2013</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/SWCHIRAnnounceSpringLectureSeries2013.aspx</link><description>8 January 2013 - South Wales Centre for Historical and Interdisciplinary Research: Spring Lecture Series 2013
</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 09:21:39 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>A Crisis in Photography – Joachim Schmid's Rogue Aesthetics</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/JoachimSchmidsRogueAesthetics.aspx</link><description>8 January 2013 - Professor Mark Durden gave the keynote lecture on Joachim Schmid for Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto Portugal.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:58:13 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>John Szarkowski: Writing Photography</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/JohnSzarkowskiWritingPhotography.aspx</link><description>8 January 2013 - Mark Durden, Professor of Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, discussed 'John Szarkowski: Writing Photography' for 2012's postgraduate lecture at the School of Arts at Birkbeck, University of London.</description><pubDate>Tue, 08 Jan 2013 11:18:10 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Chwarae Teg has recently published the Mid-Point Review for its Agile Nation Project</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/AgileNationProject.aspx</link><description>21 December 2012 - Chwarae Teg has recently published the Mid-Point Review for its Agile Nation Project, which supports women in the workplace. The review, which is available in English and Welsh reports the project's key achievements to date. </description><pubDate>Fri, 21 Dec 2012 09:49:29 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>Being Local, Acting Global: the changing needs of business</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/newsstories/Pages/BeingLocal,ActingGlobalthechangingneedsofbusiness.aspx</link><description>More Welsh export companies need foreign language skills than ever before to secure trading contracts abroad, a new study has shown.</description><pubDate>Mon, 11 Feb 2013 09:45:37 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title>First Women in Society Speed Conference held at City Campus</title><link>http://www.newport.ac.uk/news/ResearchNews/Pages/FirstWomeninSocietySpeedConferenceheldatCityCampus.aspx</link><description>10 December 2012 - On 7th December the first Women in Society Speed Conference was held at the University's City Campus. </description><pubDate>Mon, 10 Dec 2012 12:26:48 GMT</pubDate></item></channel></rss>