Today’s Western Mail contains a feature article about the Welsh Crucible programme, as well as the first in a thirty week series of research profiles by Welsh Crucible participants. The article locates the Welsh Crucible initiative in the context of the broader efforts being made by Welsh universities to collaborate and draw upon the very
Datblygu Arweinwyr y Dyfodol i Gymru - Developing future research leaders for Wales
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Welsh Crucible, and three of its participants, was featured on today’s edition of ‘Wales at Work’ on Radio Wales in an item about developing enterprise skills in academia.
The Welsh Crucible Participants met for the final Lab in Swansea on the 7th and 8th July. In this event participants explored ways of improving their creativity and enterprise skills. The group heard from entrepreneur Dr Jo Macpherson, one of the founders of drug delivery company Q Chip Ltd; and Professor Chris Price of Aberystwyth
The thirty Welsh Crucible participants were reunited in Aberystwyth on the 9th and 10th of June for the second Welsh Crucible Lab. This two day event focused on collaboration and building research networks, with the group working together to examine the grand challenges currently faced by researchers in Wales, as well as looking at the
Participants met in Cardiff for the first two-day residential lab on the 5th and 6th of May. The lab, with its focus on ‘looking outwards’ was facilitated by Vivienne Parry, the science writer and broadcaster, and covered topics such as public engagement, media engagement and engaging with policy and policy makers. The speakers included Professor
The 30 successful applicants for Welsh Crucible 2011 have now been chosen by a specially convened selection panel. Participants were selected for their excellence in research, as well as their commitment to working with other researchers from different disciplines. The thirty successful applicants are working in research fields that are aligned with the Welsh Assembly
