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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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Ken Grant, Programme Leader for Documentary Photography at the University of Wales, Newport, will exhibit his work in an International photography festival next month.

14 February 2013 - EPSRC Institutional Funding for a scoping project examining the topic of 'Bridging the Gaps in Aerospace, Defence and Security'.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Newport’s Research and Development Unit has welcomed BTEC students from the local area for a taste of university life at the City Campus.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

8 January 2013 - South Wales Centre for Historical and Interdisciplinary Research: Spring Lecture Series 2013

8 January 2013 - Professor Mark Durden gave the keynote lecture on Joachim Schmid for Instituto Politécnico do Porto, Porto Portugal.

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.

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.

More Welsh export companies need foreign language skills than ever before to secure trading contracts abroad, a new study has shown.

10 December 2012 - On 7th December the first Women in Society Speed Conference was held at the University's City Campus.

6 December 2012 - Research Preparation Masters Studentships funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council, the studentships will commence in the 2013-14 academic year.

The University of Wales, Newport Business School has hosted a conference to discuss some of the biggest issues facing the marketing industry.