125 years of making a difference

Annual Review 2007

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Cardiff University Annual Review 2007

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Schoolsof the UniversityFull information and contact details ofour academic schools can be found atthe University websitewww.cardiff.ac.uk

Welsh School of Architecture

Cardiff School of Biosciences

Cardiff Business School

Cardiff School of Chemistry

Cardiff School of City& Regional Planning

Cardiff School of Computer Science

School of Dentistry

Cardiff School of Earth, Ocean& Planetary Sciences

Cardiff School of Engineering

Cardiff School of English,Communication & Philosophy

Cardiff School of European Studies

School of Healthcare Studies

Cardiff School of History & Archaeology

Cardiff School of Journalism,Media & Cultural Studies

Cardiff Law School

Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning

Manufacturing Engineering Centre

Cardiff School of Mathematics

School of Medicine

Cardiff School of Music

School of Nursing & Midwifery Studies

Cardiff School of Optometry& Vision Sciences

Welsh School of Pharmacy

Cardiff School of Physics & Astronomy

School of Postgraduate Medical& Dental Education

Cardiff School of Psychology

Cardiff School of Religious& Theological Studies

Cardiff School of Social Sciences

Cardiff School of Welsh

Who’s WhoHonorary Officers

PresidentLord Kinnock of Bedwellty

Chair of CouncilProf. Sir Keith Peters

Vice-PresidentsMs Menna Richardsand Mr WH John MBE

Vice Chair of CouncilMr Dick Roberts OBE

TreasurerMr Hywel Jones CBE

VisitorRt Hon Sir Anthony Evans QC

Honorary International Vice-PresidentProf. Zhong Binglin

Vice-Chancellor

Vice-ChancellorDr David Grant CBE

Deputy Vice-ChancellorProf. Peter Blood

Pro Vice-Chancellors and Dean

Health and EstatesProf. Malcolm Jones

Education and StudentsProf. Jonathan Osmond

ResearchProf. Teresa Rees CBE

StaffProf. Terry Threadgold

EngagementProf. Ken Woodhouse

Dean of Interdisciplinary StudiesProf. Peter Halligan

Directors

Strategic DevelopmentLouise Casella

Registry and Student SupportProf. Tony Cryer

Physical and Financial ResourcesMike Davies

Information ServicesMartyn Harrow

Corporate Servicesand Human ResourcesDr Chris Turner

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ContentsVice-Chancellor’s Preface 1

Nobel Prize 2

Record research awards 4

Excellence in teaching 13

125th anniversary 14

Ranked among world’stop 100 16

Cardiff in the community 18

Biomedicine 21

Appointmentsand Distinctions 24

Financial Performance 25

University Profile 26

Grants, Gifts and Donations 27

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Vice-Chancellor’s Preface

Vice-Chancellor’s Preface

The award of the Nobel Prize for Medicineto Professor Sir Martin Evans has helpedmake the period since the last AnnualReview a very special one for theUniversity. Widely regarded as thegreatest honour in science, the NobelPrize recognises the brilliance of his workand the significance of the benefits to bederived from it. I congratulate Sir Martinfor his achievements and thank him forthe distinction he has helped bring tothe University.

The award of the Nobel Prize is very much the jewelin the crown of our 125th Anniversary celebrations,but there are many additional notable achievementsrecorded in this review, including:

� winning a Queen’s Anniversary Prize, awarded tothe University in recognition of excellence in theInstitute of Medical Genetics;

� achieving another record year for researchawards, breaking through the £100M awardsmilestone for the first time;

� completion and operation of the new £21Mbuilding for Cardiff School of Optometry andVision Sciences following one of the largest eversingle investments in eye care;

� being ranked for the first time among the top100 universities in the world;

� advances in research across the range ofdisciplines and the establishment of severalimportant new research centres;

� important developments with severalinternational partners demonstrating growingglobal awareness of the quality of our teachingand research;

� continued strong demand for places to studyat the University and further achievementsin community engagement and wideningaccess programmes.

Cardiff’s achievements over the past 125 years are asource of pride and an inspiration to those of us whoare working and studying here today, just as I hopethey have been to all of the staff and students whohave been part of our community over the years.During 2008 a series of events have been plannedto allow all who wish to participate in ouranniversary celebrations the opportunity to do so.These are detailed on a dedicated website which iseasily accessed from the University’s home page,www.cardiff.ac.uk.

As we celebrate our heritage through reflectionupon our past, I would like to thank everyone whohas contributed to our development and reputationfrom which we aspire to achieve our challengingvision ‘To be a world-leading University’.

Dr David Grant CBEVice-Chancellor

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Nobel Prize

How the Nobel was wonProfessor Sir Martin Evans’ discovery ofembryonic stem cells provided the final“missing piece” in the gene modificationpuzzle which had frustrated scientistsfor decades.

In the United States his co-Nobel Prize winners, ProfessorMario Capecchi of the University of Utah and ProfessorOliver Smithies of the University of North Carolina, haddemonstrated that mammalian cells could be geneticallymodified by a process called homologous recombination.However, the cells they studied could not be used to createlines of animals in which a specific gene had beenmodified. A new kind of cell was needed which would allowDNA modifications to be inherited by new generations.

Meanwhile Sir Martin had spent years looking for cellscapable of passing on genetic alterations to the nextgeneration. An experiment using haploid cells (cells withunpaired sets of chromosomes) and normal embryosgrown to twice their usual size, as a control, provided thebreakthrough.

“I grew these control cells out and whenI looked down the microscope, I saw stemcells growing. That was the Eureka moment– I knew immediately what I’d got.”

Once Sir Martin had discovered the stem cells it waspossible to use them with Professors Capecchi andSmithies’ homologous recombination technique to createthe highly versatile new technology of gene targeting.

“The Nobel Prize is tribute not just to theacademic brilliance of Sir Martin’sdiscoveries but also to the wide-rangingbenefits of his research.”

Cardiff University Vice-Chancellor, Dr David Grant

“Cardiff Universityhas not one, buttwo Nobel Prizewinners on itsstaff and that is afantastic boost toscience in Wales.”

Welsh AssemblyGovernmentFirst Minister,Rhodri Morgan

First laureate leads developments

Sir Martin became the University’s secondNobel Laureate - Professor Robert Huber(awarded the prize for Chemistry in 1988)was the first, joining on a part-time basis tolead the development of Structural Biology.A key development in Professor Huber’s firstyear has been the appointment of Dr MathiasBochtler from Poznan University, Poland.

They and colleagues have worked together to create acrystallography laboratory to enable researchers to purify

proteins, crystallise them and then use x-ray diffraction towork out their structure. A number of projects are alreadyunder way using the new resources at the lab and withProfessor Huber acting in an advisory capacity.

| Sir Martin inconversation with fellowLaureate ProfessorRobert Huber

“Few discoverieshave had greaterimpact oncontemporarybiomedicalsciences.”

Professor ChristerBetsholtz, member ofNobel Assembly

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Cardiff scientist winsNobel Prize for Medicine

Professor Sir Martin Evans was awardedthe Nobel Prize for Medicine, the mostprestigious honour in science, for his partin a series of ground-breaking discoveriesconcerning embryonic stem cells andDNA recombination in mammals.

Sir Martin, Professor of Mammalian Genetics inCardiff School of Biosciences, was the first scientistto identify embryonic stem cells, which can beadapted for a wide variety of medical purposes. Hisdiscoveries are now being applied in virtually allareas of biomedicine – from basic research to thedevelopment of new therapies.

The gene targeting techniques associated with hisbreakthrough are now applied worldwide, improvingour understanding of diseases and offering theprospect of cures and treatments for all humanity.It has already produced more than 500 differentmodels of human disorders, including cardio-vascular diseases, diabetes and cancer. Sir Martinhas himself been at the forefront of putting the newtechnique to use in tackling individual diseases,including improving our understanding of why somewomen have a predisposition to breast cancer.

“This is a proudday for Sir Martin,for CardiffUniversity andfor the country.”

Prime Minister,Gordon Brown

It has already produced more than500 different models of humandisorders, including cardio-vasculardiseases, diabetes and cancer.

| Professor Sir Martin Evans | The Nobel Medal

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Record research awards

Chemistry winsworldwidechallengeCardiff School of Chemistry has beenselected from hundreds of internationalcontenders to crack a challenge laid down bythe US-based Dow Chemical Company for newapproaches to methane conversion.

Methane has resisted the attempts of chemists over thelast century to directly react and selectively form otherchemicals. Recognising the need for creative approaches,Dow Chemical took the unusual step of undertaking anopen solicitation in the quest for innovative concepts.Awards totalling more than £3M were made to multi-institutional, multi-disciplinary teams led by Cardiff andNorthwestern University in the USA.

The School saw the number of research awards won almostdoubled in the year under review. These included a grant toinvestigate the possibility of converting the biodieselproduct glycerol to high-added value speciality chemicals.At the moment, surplus glycerol is incinerated and theSchool will be working on economically viable andenvironmentally beneficial alternatives.

The School has established a new Centre for PhysicalOrganic Chemistry and aims to establish the UK as a worldleader in the field. The School won a grant of more than£4M from the Engineering and Physical Sciences ResearchCouncil to establish the centre, making Cardiff one of onlytwo universities in the UK to benefit from the researchcouncil’s investment in this area. The Centre is alsosupported by substantial on-going investment from theUniversity and funding from the Higher Education FundingCouncil for Wales.

“We are excited bythe chance tocollaborate withtruly world-leadingteams.”

Charles Kresge,Vice President,Research andDevelopment,Dow ChemicalCompany

Architecture’s huge range of successA particularly encouraging success of theWelsh School of Architecture, one of theschools to double its research awards, is thehuge range of projects it won, includingarchitectural science, history and theory ofarchitecture and architectural design, as wellas the range of funding sources whichincluded the Research Councils, the EU, theWelsh Assembly Government and industry.

The School’s work with industry included a contract withAtkinsglobal to carry out the building physics for Dubai’sfirst low carbon tower, the Lighthouse Building, which willbe around 400m in height.

Researcher Dr Adam Hardy leads a team which secured amajor Arts and Humanities Research Council award forwork on Indian temples. He published The TempleArchitecture of India, a lavishly illustrated book explainingthe design principles behind the Buddhist, Hindu and Jaintemples built between the sixth and thirteenth centuries.

The School also secured the UK Building ResearchEstablishment’s Centre for Sustainable Design, with a newprofessorial appointment jointly funded by the ResearchEstablishment, the Welsh Assembly Government and theUniversity Research Fund.

| The BrihadeshvaraTemple in Tanjavur

| Professor BarryCarpenter (picturedright), Director of thePhysical OrganicChemistry Centre

“The Centre ispoised to pushback the frontiersof science in aspectacularfashion.”

Former DirectorGeneral of UK ScienceResearch Councils, SirJohn Cadogan

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Record awardsreflect research excellence

The value of research awards won byCardiff University staff has reached a newrecord high – breaking through the £100Mmilestone for the first time.

Research Councils, governments, charities andindustry support research at Cardiff because theyknow they can rely on the highest quality outcomesand associated benefits to society.

The past year saw particularly strong growth in theawards from the Research Councils and charities -the most competitive arena for research fundingand one which is based heavily on in-depth peerreview. There was also a strong performance inwinning awards from UK central Government andfrom commerce and industry.

The record £110M awarded is a 14 per cent increaseon the previous year and represents continuedsustained growth, following on directly fromprevious year-on-year increases of 21 per cent and25 per cent. It is the first time in our history that theUniversity has passed the £100M milestone forresearch awards.

The Schools of Medicine, Engineering, Biosciencesand Physics and Astronomy were among the majorresearch award winners while the Schools ofMathematics, Law, Architecture, Computer Science,Optometry and Vision Sciences, Nursing andMidwifery Studies and Welsh all more than doubledtheir awards.

| Dr Paola Borri, CardiffSchool of Biosciences,who works to establishinter-disciplinaryresearch activity at theinterface between laseroptics, cell biology andmedicine

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New approaches toworkplace bullyingWorkplace bullying and harassment isunder scrutiny by researchers at the Schoolof Social Sciences, supported by a £565,030grant from the Economic and SocialResearch Council.

Professor Ralph Fevre’s team is undertaking a large surveyto establish the prevalence of unreasonable, illegitimate orunfair aspects of social relations, including those which arelabelled as bullying or harassment, in UK workplaces.

The researchers are particularly interested in finding outwhich groups of employees are more likely to report suchnegative experiences and why some employees are morelikely to report negative experiences than others.

The research will produce recommendations for policy andpractice in the workplace as well as furthering social-scientific understanding of workplace behaviour.

Journey to theCentre of the EarthA massive hole in the depths of the Atlanticis being investigated by university scientists.

The team discovered thousands of square kilometres in themiddle of the Atlantic where the Earth’s crust appears tobe missing. Instead, the mantle - the deep interior of theEarth, normally covered by crust many kilometres thick - isexposed on the seafloor, 3,000m below the surface.

Marine geologist Dr Chris MacLeod, School of Earth, Oceanand Planetary Sciences said: “This is like an open wound onthe surface of the Earth. Was the crust never there? Was itonce there but then torn away on huge geological faults? Ifso, then how and why?”

Dr MacLeod travelled with a team of scientists to the area,lying mid-way between the Cape Verde Islands and theCaribbean. They used sonars to image the seafloor andtook rock cores using a robotic seabed drill.

Understanding Islam in the UKThe increasing impact of the University'sunique Centre for the Study of Islam in theUK, part of the School of Religious andTheological Studies, was demonstrated withtwo major awards for research studies intoaspects of Muslim communities.

Working with colleagues in the School of Social Sciences,researchers are examining the practicalities of bringing-up

| Director of the CentreDr Sophie Gilliat-Ray

Muslim children in a non-Muslim society, children’sunderstanding of their religion, and differences betweenfamilies by religious tradition, ethnic background and socialclass. In the other study they will look at the role of Muslimchaplains, who are emerging as a new kind of religiousprofessional in many public institutions such as prisonsand hospitals.

Funding for both new studies comes from the Arts andHumanities Research Council and the Economic and SocialResearch Council.

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The brain – the final frontierDescribed by some researchers as science’s“final frontier”, cognitive neuroscience is afast-moving scientific discipline which isbeginning to transform the understanding ofnormal and damaged brain function. Suchresearch can inform the treatment of brainimpairments such as head injury, stroke,dementia and schizophrenia.

Cardiff School of Psychology played a key part in creatingthe new multi-centre Wales Institute of CognitiveNeuroscience, strengthening the nation’s internationalreputation in one of the most significant areas ofcontemporary science. Building on existing world-leadingresearch in this field, including the Cardiff University BrainResearch Imaging Centre, the Welsh Assembly Governmentinvested more than £5M to establish the Wales Institute ofCognitive Neuroscience, a partnership between Cardiff,Bangor and Swansea universities.

Researchers in the Schools of Psychology, Medicine,Biosciences and Optometry are also working togetherthrough the new Cardiff Neurosciences Centre, which draws

| The launch of the WalesInstitute of CognitiveNeuroscience

“This is acollaborativeventure amongalready strongdepartments inorder that theycan competeeffectively in theirresearch with thevery best in theworld.”

Head of Cardiff Schoolof Psychology,Professor Dylan Jones

“We selected theSchool ofEngineeringbecause of itsexpertise incombustion andoptical measuringtechniques. Therigs already have anumber of worldfirsts to theircredit and we arepleased to beworking with theUniversity to helpshape futuregas turbinedevelopment.”

Dr Simon Bennett,CommercialDirector, QinetiQ

At the heart of Welsh science’s“fantastic week”“A fantastic week for science, technology andengineering in Wales” was how WelshAssembly First Minister Rhodri Morgandescribed the second week of October 2007.

Cardiff University had good cause to feel a sense ofachievement. The First Minister was referring to major newdevelopments in Welsh science – with Cardiff Universityplaying a lead role in three of them.

The developments were: the award of the Nobel Prize forMedicine to Professor Sir Martin Evans (see page 3) ; theopening of the School of Engineering’s Gas TurbineResearch Centre and the School of Medicine’s launch of theBiobank project (see page 21).

Cleaner, more efficient aircraft engines and electricitygeneration is the goal of the multi-million pound Gas

HRH the Prince of Wales launched a uniquenew partnership between the University,South Wales Police, and the University ofGlamorgan.

The Universities Police Science Institute integrates policeresearch, policy and operations, combining Cardiff’soutstanding research capabilities with Glamorgan’sexpertise in training and providing exceptional educationopportunities for police officers.

Cardiff will provide evidence-based research on a range ofpolicing issues, including a methodology for measuring theimpact of homicides on communities; work on policeintelligence systems and the role of communityintelligence; and the ‘science’ of police patrolling.

Internationally-renowned criminologist Professor MartinInnes is the Institute’s first Director. His experienceincludes researching nationally and internationally onissues connected with Reassurance and NeighbourhoodPolicing strategies and he is recognised as one of theprincipal architects of the Government’s current nationalNeighbourhood Policing Programme.

Turbine Centre, using equipment provided by technologycompany QinetiQ, which selected the School of Engineeringas partner ahead of contenders from throughout Europe.

The Centre is testing a wide variety of fuels at hightemperatures and pressures for such factors as combustionstability and pollutant formation as well as test work onalternative liquid and gaseous fuels.

The Centre has been heralded as an excellent example ofthe University and an international technology-basedcompany working together to bring direct and indirectbenefits to the Welsh economy and businesses.

The Centre is supported by c£4M from the EuropeanRegional Development Fund, and £350,000 from the WelshAssembly Government, with the Higher Education FundingCouncil for Wales providing around £600,000 forassociated equipment.

together neuroscience expertise from across the Universityand from the Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust. The Centrealready has more than a hundred senior researchersinvolved in many aspects of clinical and non-clinicalneuroscience research. Areas of interest include: Molecularand Cellular Neuroscience, Neuronal Development,Neurophysiology, Synaptic Plasticity and Learning andMemory, Neurodegeneration, Neuroimaging, PsychiatricGenetics, Behavioural Neuroscience, CognitiveNeuroscience and Perception.

Royal opening for unique policing collaboration

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Maths award adds upto record investmentA £13M initiative brings Cardiff Universitytogether with the Universities of Lancaster,Nottingham and Southampton to developworld-leading work in the field ofOperational Research.

Operational Research uses advanced analytical methods,including mathematical and computer modelling, to arriveat the best solutions to complex problems. Its techniquesare used in airport scheduling, road traffic management,freight logistics and many other areas. The award, thelargest ever in the UK for Operational Research, is fromthe Engineering and Physical Sciences Research CouncilScience and Innovation Awards and will make advancesin theoretic understanding which are relevant toreal-world applications.

Cardiff’s share will be more than £3M, allowing theappointment of several new lecturers, post-doctoralpositions, and PhD students, maintaining the University’sreputation as a leading centre in this area.

Science and Innovation Awards were introduced by theEngineering and Physical Sciences Research Council in2005 to support strategically important areas of research.Remarkably, Cardiff University has won three out of thefour Science and Innovation Awards made to date.

Answers fromdeepest spaceCardiff School of Physics and Astronomy wasinvolved in some spectacular finds in thecosmos, including the first-ever image ofone galaxy being ripped apart by a clusterof other galaxies.

Researchers used the Hubble Space Telescope to observean oddly-shaped galaxy some 3.2bn light years from Earthwhich is being torn apart by enormous forces fromhundreds of surrounding galaxies. The ‘Comet Galaxy’ isbeing slowly stripped of its gas and stars, causing it to ageprematurely. Scientists had been aware that such evolutionmust take place, but had not seen it happen “live” until now.

At the very end of 2007, it was announced that the firstdefinitive evidence of cosmic dust, the building blocks ofplanets like our Earth and ultimately ourselves, has beenfound in the remains of a massive star explosion 11,000 lightyears away in our own Galaxy. Cardiff astronomers helpedanalyse images from NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope of theremains of the supernova Cassiopeia A and found enoughcosmic dust in it to make up 10,000 Earths.

. . . the building blocks of planets likeour Earth and ultimately ourselves,has been found in the remains of amassive star explosion . . .

However, the hunt for cosmic dust does not end there. Thefindings from the Spitzer telescope do not explain where allof the dust seen in distant galaxies comes from. Cardiffastronomers are now working on cameras for the EuropeanSpace Agency’s new Herschel Space Telescope, due to belaunched this year, which could provide a final answer.

The world’s first treesWhen researchers discovered two fossilisedtrees in upstate New York, they called inDr Christopher Berry of Cardiff School ofEarth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences.

Dr Berry, who has studied tree fossils around the world,was able to identify the trunks as being of the genusWattieza, a tree fern-like plant. Small fragments of thesehave been found in the past, but there was no directevidence of how large they could grow. The new specimensshow that they reached at least eight metres and formedthe first known forests on earth some 385 millionyears ago.

“This was also a significant moment in the history of theplanet,” said Dr Berry. “The rise of the forests removed alot of carbon dioxide from the atmosphere. This causedtemperatures to drop and the planet became very similarto its present-day condition.”

| The Hubble Telescope

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“This excellentnew facility willfurther theUniversity’sreputation as acentre ofexcellence forresearch; notonly in Walesand the UK butworldwide.”

Rhodri Morgan,Welsh AssemblyGovernmentFirst Minister

| The new £21MOptometry andVision Sciencesbuilding

New Optometry buildingis an eye-opener

After what is believed to be the largestever single UK investment in eye-care, a£21M state of the art building for CardiffSchool of Optometry and Vision Scienceshas been formally opened.

The building brings teaching, clinical practice andresearch under one roof for the first time. It offersone of the most advanced facilities in the countryfor work on the causes, treatment and preventionof vision conditions.

Increased capacity will enable the School toundertake more pioneering research into suchconditions as age-related macular degeneration (themajor cause of blindness in the elderly), glaucoma,diabetic complications, cataracts and myopia (short-sightedness), low vision and binocular vision.

The School’s public Eye Clinic has doubled in sizeand specialist clinical services for patients acrossWales who have special educational needs, diabetes,glaucoma, epilepsy, partial sight and blindness havebeen enhanced. The facilities will also help theSchool continue to attract and train the nextgeneration of optometric professionals.

The past year has also seen the School win a £1.35Maward from the Medical Research Council forresearch into corneal diseases, which affect tenmillion people worldwide. Researchers are workingto increase the understanding of the transparencyof corneal tissue and, working with colleagues fromother parts of the UK, the United States, Australiaand Japan, the Cardiff team will also examine howcertain treatments act to restore vision where it hasbeen lost.

The facilities will also help the Schoolcontinue to attract and train the nextgeneration of optometricprofessionals.

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Unravelling scrollsOver the past decade, Professor Tim Wess,head of Cardiff School of Optometry and VisionSciences, has worked on the problem ofdeteriorating collagen in historical parchmentmade from animal hides.

Working with the School of Conservation in Denmark, and thenational archives at Scotland and in Kew, he has developedtechniques to tell how degraded a parchment has becomeand advises on new treatment and conservation techniques.A fresh development came with the opening of the DiamondLight Source synchrotron in Oxfordshire last year. A massivecircular structure, the synchrotron fires electrons at close tothe speed of light, creating intense beams of X-rays,ultraviolet light and infrared rays. Professor Wess wonderedwhether it would be possible to use the tomography to read ahistorical parchment which was too fragile to unroll. Asuccessful test on a 17th century document from the Scottisharchives followed and a way of reading fragile documentswithout unfolding them had been discovered.

The next step was to develop a way of unrolling the imageobtained by the synchrotron. Colleagues in the Welsh e-Science Centre, Information Services, and Cardiff School ofComputer Science have been working on the full-scaleimaging and virtual unravelling of the documents. This“flattens” the rolled-up image to a form which can be read –a new technique which received worldwide media attentionand prompted many invitations for Professor Wess to helpread parchments which have been too delicate to unravel.He also hopes to gain permission to view the many Dead SeaScrolls which still remain unread.

Fresh light on a stained glass windowYork Minster’s Great East Window is one ofthe largest expanses of medieval glass inEurope, with 287 panels each containinghundreds of pieces of glass. Professor IanFreestone of Cardiff School of History andArchaeology is studying its origins,composition and corrosion while it isundergoing repair.

Stained glass is under continual threat from theatmosphere. It can dissolve away over the centuries throughthe action of rain and condensation. The Cardiff study couldyield fresh insights into the composition of stained glass andhelp with conservation work across the world.

Meanwhile, archaeologists at the School revealed newevidence of the nasty, brutish and short lives of Stone AgeBritons. Carbon dating of 14 human remains discovered at aprehistoric burial site at Wayland’s Smithy, Oxfordshire,suggests that most could have died in a massacre. The teamused ground breaking techniques to date the remains of thebodies to between 3590 BC and 3560 BC.

| York Minster’s GreatEast Window Thriving Welsh

celebrates publications

Cardiff School of Welsh celebrated with areception for guests the publication of sixbooks, ranging in topic from Owain Glyndwr,the last Welsh prince, to the role of languageand governance.

In addition to the new publications, the School also beganan online project with the aim of transcribing material fromthe period c.1350–1425. The website provides researchersfor the first time with an online searchable collection ofMedieval Welsh prose from more than 100 texts. Funded bythe Arts and Humanities Research Council the websiteincludes the Mabinogion tales as law texts, historical,religious, medical and grammatical works.

| Cardiff School of Welsh staff with their publications

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Shakespeare in Liverpool

A leading Shakespeare expert’s work onthe Bard’s time in the North is thebedrock of a bid to rebuild the theatrewhich staged his plays.

The application to rebuild an Elizabethan playhouse atPrescot, Liverpool reached the final stage of a £27M ‘BigLottery’ application to fund the reconstruction.

The idea of rebuilding the first indoor theatre in England,and the only purpose-built playhouse outside London inShakespeare’s lifetime, originates from a conferenceorganised by Professor Richard Wilson, Cardiff School ofEnglish, Communication and Philosophy in 1999.

The bid would not have been possible without therediscovery of the ‘Lancashire Shakespeare’ connectionssubstantiated by Professor Wilson in books such as SecretShakespeare. Through his research it emerges that theplayhouse was built in Prescot because Shakespeare’scompany acted for the Earl of Derby throughout the 1590s.Plays such as Richard III, Love’s Labour’s Lost and AMidsummer Night’s Dream were likely to have been stagedthere for the Earl.

Professor Wilson, academic adviser to the bid, said:“Our aim is for the theatre to become a focus for therediscovery of a crucial part of the Shakespeare story: thegreat touring network that carried Elizabethan actorsthrough Britain and Europe as far as Denmark, Germanyand Poland.”

Excellence in humanitiesThe excellence of the University’s work in thehumanities is acknowledged the world over.

Cardiff-trained journalists are working on some of the best-regarded newspapers, TV and radio stations on the planet.Works from Cardiff School of Music composers are in theinternational repertoire. University archaeologists havebeen called in to resolve centuries-old mysteries fromAncient Rome, Egypt and Greece.

Against this backdrop an initiative was launched to supportco-operative working across the humanities.

The Cardiff Humanities Research Institute will fosterresearch collaborations, knowledge-sharing, intellectualdebate and exchange across all areas of academicresearch. It will host workshops, public lectures, seminarseries and other events; provide funding and support forthe early stages of networks or projects; and encourageresearch dissemination and wider knowledge of humanitiesactivities at the University.

The Institute has the support of seven core memberschools: English, Communication & Philosophy; EuropeanStudies; History and Archaeology; Journalism, Media andCultural Studies; Music; Religious and Theological Studiesand Welsh. The Welsh School of Architecture and School ofLaw are associate members.

| Professor RichardWilson, second fromright, with the bidteam members

“. . . a crucialpart of theShakespearestory . . .”

Professor RichardWilson, CardiffSchool of English,Communicationand Philosophy

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Leadership and computingsupporting researchContinual development of resourcesfor academic researchers has includedc£3M investment in powerful‘supercomputing’ tools.

A new division, Advanced Research Computing @ Cardiff(ARCCA) was established as the hub for development ofthe University's high performance computinginfrastructure. It helps researchers apply these tools tosolve problems and undertake original work that mightotherwise be impossible.

Professor Martyn Guest, formerly Associate Director ofComputing Science and Engineering at the Council for theCentral Laboratory of the Research Councils, wasappointed to lead the new Division within the Directorateof Information Services.

During the year, the University’s Condor pool – a highperformance initiative pooling spare capacity in PC workstations into a £500,000 supercomputer – became the

largest in the UK. Condor’s growth was helped bydonations of capacity from a large number of our academicschools and is proving an invaluable time-saving resourcein a wide range of research projects.

Team leadership is an essential element of many researchprojects and the Human Resources Division established apioneering new course to develop the leaders of the future.Cardiff became the first university in the UK to incorporatethe popular Leadership Foundation for Higher Education’sResearch Team Leadership module into its ownprogramme, including additional training activities andsustained support for participants.

The first programme completed was for lecturers andsenior lecturers recently appointed as principalinvestigators or currently leading small research teams.The course focuses on practical techniques for leading andmanaging research teams and will be a regular part of thestaff development programme.

Establishing Wales as an internationalshowcase for sustainable energy use is theultimate goal of a new all-Wales Institute.

Reducing Wales’ energy footprint

The Low Carbon Research Institute, involving the Schools ofArchitecture and Engineering, will co-ordinate research onclean energy technologies and their implementation inWales. Bangor, Glamorgan and Swansea Universities arepartners in the scheme, which has more than £5M fundingfrom the Welsh Assembly Government.

The Institute will seek to achieve more affordable lowcarbon energy costs, improve energy efficiency fromdifferent sources, reduce energy demand across all sectors,make Wales less dependent on imported fuels and reduceclimate change.

The Institute’s main themes are:

� Low carbon energy generation, storage and distribution– including wind and tidal power generation, biomassmicro-generation sites, photovoltaic electricitytechnology, fuel cell and hydrogen technologies, andmore sustainable coal and gas-powered energy.

� Energy demand reduction, including research into lowcarbon buildings, energy controls for industry andgreater use of waste heat.

� An Energy Graduate School, providing courses on energyto create a highly skilled Welsh workforce familiar withsustainability issues.

� Partnerships with industry, research organisations andGovernment to help translate research into practice. Thepossibility of creating new energy industries for Waleswill be explored. The Institute will also advise the WelshAssembly Government on delivery of its Energy Policy.

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The University’s high quality teachingand learning has been recognised in a numberof surveys and studies throughout the year.

Cardiff was the strongest performer in more subjects thanany other university in the annual National Student Survey,according to an assessment by the Times Higher EducationSupplement. The survey, commissioned by the HigherEducation Funding Councils, is a comprehensive study ofsatisfaction levels among final year undergraduates acrossthe UK. In 2007, Cardiff ranked first in six subjects - morethan any other university - achieving top scores inMechanical/Production Engineering, Journalism,Linguistics, Social Studies Subjects, Planning and Zoology.For the second year running, Cardiff was also the eighthmost popular university in Britain among universityapplicants, with more than 34,000 applications - meaningthe average member of the 2007 intake had around sevenrivals for their place.

In addition to the national survey, the University has alsoundertaken its own comprehensive student survey which isproducing action to further enhance the student experience

Students recognisehigh quality teaching

The Cardiff International Academyof Voice is winning awards andwidespread acclaim.

Developed by Cardiff University and theinternationally renowned Welsh tenor, DennisO’Neill, the Academy has developed a new approachto operatic training with workshops andmasterclasses. Highlights of the year included a twoweek period studying and performing at the Teatrodei Diferenti in Barga, Italy. Korean Baritone,Seungwook Seong won the Stuart BurrowsInternational Voice Award at the Trinity Arts Festival.He also performed at the University’s graduationceremonies along with fellow Academy studentsLuciano Botelho, from Brazil, and Romanian GergelyNemeti. A television audience was able to see thestudents’ skills for themselves when they appearedalongside established stars such as Dame Kiri teKanawa at the Wales Millennium Centre for a galatribute for Dennis O’Neill. Academy students alsogave a special performance for the George ThomasHospice ‘Light up a Life’ Christmas 2007 appeal.

at Cardiff. Project Q, a joint enterprise with the Students’Union, completed a three-year study of the views of morethan 10,000 undergraduate and postgraduate students. Thestudy operated in three phases, looking at applying andarriving at Cardiff, time at the University, and how studentsfared on leaving.

The results found that overall there is great satisfactionwith the Cardiff experience and identified areas fordevelopment which are being acted upon.

The University has invested heavily in ensuring thatstudents are equipped with the latest in InformationTechnology resources to support their studies. In recentyears, this has included the rolling out of wireless IT accessacross the campus and the ongoing Modern WorkingEnvironment project, which will transform on-line workingfor students and for staff. This commitment continued in2007 when University President Lord Kinnock opened anew IT Shop developed by the Students’ Union inpartnership with Cardiff University’s Information ServicesDirectorate and RM plc – one of the University’s principalIT suppliers.

“Cardiff Universityis head andshoulders abovemany otherinstitutions whenit comes toresearching theexperience ofits students.”

Jonny Cox, President,Cardiff UniversityStudents’ Union2007-8

“Dennis O’Neill and his colleagues are to be congratulated on theexceptionally high standards of these young singers.”

Moira Macfarlane, British Consul, Florence

Opera academy’s first yearhits the high notes

Excellence in teaching

| Cardiff InternationalAcademy of Voicestudents Laura Parfittand Jurgita Adamonyteperforming at anoperatic gala

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Help celebrate our anniversaryThe 125 celebrations include a variety of ways for staff, students and friends of the Universityto get involved. One of the features of the specially-created 125th anniversary website is the“My Cardiff” section. Members of the University past and present, and others with a closeconnection, talk about what Cardiff University means to them.

A photography competition aims to find the best images capturing University buildings, work, life and other aspects ofCardiff University. To submit your story or photo, visit the 125 web site www.cardiff.ac.uk/125

Cardiff for Africa

Global health forms an important themefor the University's 125th anniversary year.A ‘Cardiff for Africa’ conference focuses onopportunities for knowledge-transfer andsuggests ways in which British universitiescan contribute their expertise for the benefitof African society.

Mothers of Africa is an educational charity set up in theUniversity’s School of Medicine and involving NHS Walescolleagues to try to reduce maternal mortality figures inSub-Saharan Africa. In certain countries up to 1 in 50women die in child birth, the kind of death that is just very,very rare in the developed world. “We hope to help in somesmall way by assisting in the education of doctors, nursesand medical support staff to deliver anaesthesia topregnant mothers,” said Dr Judith Hall, Head of theDepartment of Anaesthetics & Intensive Care Medicine.

| Cardiff graduate SophieBright (front row,centre) features on the125th Anniversary website describing hervoluntary work helpingothers in Ugandaand Kenya

| The President, LordKinnock, shares a jokewith the Vice-ChancellorDr David Grant at theanniversary launch

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Celebrating 125 yearsof making a difference

On 24 October 1883 the citizens ofCardiff paraded through the streets andchurch bells rang all day to celebrate theopening of what is now Cardiff University.Throughout 2008 we celebrate our125th anniversary with a packedcalendar of events.

The contrast between the University today and ourmodest beginnings could hardly be greater. Then,under the leadership of 27-year-old Principal JohnViriamu Jones, 13 members of staff taught 151students from a former infirmary and a collection ofoutbuildings and huts.

Today, the University has almost 6,000 staff andalmost 26,000 students drawn from 100 nations andundertaking teaching, learning and research withthe benefit of outstanding modern facilities andbuildings. The quality and relevance of research and

teaching has earned us a place among the ranks ofthe world’s top 100 universities.

Our year of celebration began with a spectacularillumination of Main Building at which UniversityPresident, Lord Kinnock said “Generations of strongleaders have built upon Cardiff’s founding principles– recruitment of the highest calibre staff, equalopportunities for men and women, and thepromotion of academic research and teachingof distinction.”

The year will feature exhibitions, concerts, lectures,conferences, special publications and celebratorydinners to reflect the enormous breadth and varietyof activities at the University. Music plays animportant part in the year, reflecting the University’sstrong tradition in this field. Students from theunique Cardiff International Academy of Voice arelending their vocal talents to support many of thecelebratory events. Full details atwww.cardiff.ac.uk/125

“I hope this yearprovides theUniversity with theplatform toshowcase its manypast achievements,whether they beacademic, researchbased or thevaluablecontribution that itplays towardscreating a vibrantWelsh economy.”

Jane Hutt, WelshAssembly Minister forChildren, Education,Lifelong Learningand Skills

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Ranked among world’s top 100

Helping the Germanhealthcare system

In a development which is the first of its kindfor the University, the Welsh School ofPharmacy has created a unique newpartnership degree to help satisfy a surgingdemand for health economists in Germany.

The MSc in International Pharmoeconomics and HealthEconomics is being offered jointly by the School’s Centrefor Socioeconomic Research and the EuropaFachhochschule Fresenius (EFF), a University of AppliedSciences, based at Idstein, Germany. The programme willbe entirely delivered in Germany but jointly taught by thetwo Universities – the first such international arrangementin Cardiff’s history.

Professor Sam Salek, Director of the Centre forSocioeconomic Research, said: “The German healthcaresystem is undergoing some profound changes and facessome difficult challenges. The new MSc, drawing on ourCentre’s expertise and track record, will provide a newgeneration of health professionals who can help meetthose challenges.”

A television hit in IndiaThe University was one of five Britishpioneers to take part in a televised search forscholarship students in India.

Demand was such that thousands of young Indians tookpart in the challenging selection process of ‘Scholar Hunt:Destination UK’. These included demanding academicexams, a televised interview, a question-and-answer sessionand a practical challenge, with the offer of a fully-fundeduniversity place at the end of it.

Ayushman Jamwal, an 18-year-old from New Delhi, was thewinner of the Cardiff section of the show and has nowenrolled at Cardiff School of Journalism, Media andCultural Studies. He said: “It’s the chance of a lifetime andI’m really excited to be studying at Cardiff University.”

Ranked amongthe world’s top100 universitiesThe University is included for thefirst time in the ranking of the world’stop 100 universities.

It rose 42 places from last year’s ranking of 141st to99th in the world in the annual Times Higher EducationSupplement ranking. The table is based largely on a surveyof thousands of experts, who are asked which universitiesare most respected in their field. Citations, recruiters’opinions and staff student ratios are also taken intoaccount. The survey indicates the high regard around theworld for Cardiff’s research, teaching and innovation in thesciences, humanities, and health-related disciplines.

International linksThe University’s high quality teaching andresearch is reflected in high internationaldemand for study places from applicantsfrom more than 100 countries.

There were some 2,500 students from outside the Euro-pean Union, and more than 600 non-UK EU students, themajority at postgraduate and researcher degree level.China remains the largest single provider, but there hasbeen recent growth in demand from a number of countries.

The University’s international links have been furtherbroadened and strengthened by several initiatives duringthe year. One involved strengthening links in the UnitedStates. A Study Abroad scheme was launched which will en-able Cardiff to welcome US undergraduates to study for asemester or an academic year. An exchange scheme hascommenced with the Universities of Miami and Delawarewhich permits a two way flow of students and this will beextended to other well-regarded American universities inthe future. During the year the Vice-Chancellor also led avisit to New York and Washington, including meetingswith business leaders, potential collaborators, alumni andother supporters.

Cardiff gets aboardCardiff became the first European universityto partner The Scholar Ship, a passengervessel which travels the globe as an ocean-going campus.

The University joined the ship’s international Consortiumof Academic Stewards, which includes the University ofCalifornia, Berkeley, Macquarie University in Sydney, andFudan University (China). As an Academic Steward, Cardiffcontributes to the ship’s academic programming andprovides curriculum guidance. The vessel also provides anopportunity for students to spend a semester’s study onthe ship as part of their Cardiff degree programme.

| The signing of the Pharmoeconomics partnership

“A Study Abroadscheme waslaunched whichwill enable Cardiffto welcome USundergraduatesto study for asemester or anacademic year.”

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“This Institutewill help theblossomingrelationshipbetween Walesand Chinacontinue to growfor the benefit ofboth countries.”

Paul Murphy MP,Secretary of Statefor Wales

| Chinese traditionaldancing at theConfucius Institutelaunch

Strong Chinese linksworking for Wales

Cardiff is a university which is knownworldwide and our international linkscontinue to grow and develop.

Most recently the University’s long established andsuccessful links with China have been furtherstrengthened by the launch of the Cardiff ConfuciusInstitute for the teaching of language and culture.

The Institute provides knowledge and expertise ofChinese language, culture and traditions forbusiness, public sector bodies and individuals andwill be a major advantage in the development ofbusiness between Wales and China.

The Institute is based in the Centre for LifelongLearning, which is working on the project with oneof China’s leading Universities, Xiamen. ProfessorSiyi Fu from Xiamen, a former member of the ChinaStudies Centre at Cardiff, has returned to Wales asAcademic Director of the new Institute.

The Institute derives from a visit to China led by theVice-Chancellor in the spring of 2007, whenagreements were signed with Xiamen and theChinese Language Council Institution for the

creation of the Institute. A further agreement wasmade with Xiamen University and Cardiff Council fortwo postgraduate bursaries for Chinese studentswishing to study in Cardiff. The first two students tobenefit from the scheme arrived in Cardiff lastautumn, to study Journalism and Regeneration.

The University’s links with institutions in Chinacontinue to develop, with collaborative agreementsalso being signed with two leading Chinese medicalschools, amongst others in the last year. Thearrangement with Peking University will providenew opportunities for joint cancer researchprojects, while the agreement with Capital MedicalUniversity covers cancer research, nursing andother specialist areas.

The visit by the Vice-Chancellor also saw the officialconferring of the title of Cardiff’s first HonoraryInternational Vice-President on Professor ZhongBinglin of Beijing Normal University. ProfessorZhong is an alumnus of Cardiff School ofEngineering, a former Director General of HigherEducation in China and has done much to promoteCardiff in the country.

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A Beacon for publicengagementFor many people higher education remainssomething of a mystery.

Cardiff is now leading the way for Wales in one of the UK’sbiggest ever public engagement programmes to improveunderstanding of the work of universities and create moreinteraction between academics and members of the public.

The University is leading the Beacon for Wales, which hassecured a share of £9.2M investment to encourageuniversities to increase the level of consultation withcommunities, and to open up opportunities for people tobetter understand, support and challenge researchundertaken in universities. The Beacon for Wales is apartnership with the hands-on science centre Techniquest,BBC Wales, the University of Glamorgan and AmgueddfaCymru - National Museum Wales.

Cardiff University’s Community Engagement Team led thebid against 86 other bidders from across the UK to becomeone of only six Beacons nationwide. The Team completedits first full year of introducing the University’s work to thecommunity, for example by organising tours of anarchaeological dig taking place near the former Romanfortress at Caerleon. The event brought alive the work ofCardiff School of History and Archaeology to an estimated500 members of the public.

Broadeninghorizons bywidening accessStaff and students across the Universityare active in initiatives to remove realand perceived barriers to entering highereducation and to support studentsfrom disadvantaged areas followingtheir enrolment.

The Widening Access Team worked with more than 1,000secondary school students from Communities First andother disadvantaged areas in the University’s three yearStep-Up schemes, delivered in partnership with 20 of itsacademic schools. The activities provided help in bothraising aspirations and in raising attainment of the youngpeople involved. In 2006-7 the scheme dedicated almost21,000 hours involving more than 300 universitystudents. Events have included Language ExperienceDays, immersing children in a foreign languageenvironment at Cardiff School of European Studies, andpractical workshops for those interested in healthrelated areas.

Cardiff Centre for Lifelong Learning provided a variety ofactivities aimed at raising the aspirations and attainmentof adults from disadvantaged communities. An innovativeMentoring project was piloted by the Centre, matchingcurrent mature students to students studying Access toHigher Education in the city’s Coleg Glan Hafren.

One particular success was an event held in partnershipwith Cardiff’s Somali Integration Society. At a specialopen day staff and students answered questionsfrom some 140 members of Cardiff’s ethnic minoritycommunities about the hurdles of getting into university.

The results of the strategy speak for themselves.Of 286 pupils who completed the Step-Up scheme in2007, 106 applied to study at the University and 61 wereoffered places, with another 34 firmly placed at otheruniversities. Cardiff has exceeded its institutionalbenchmark for state school intake and is well above theaverage in the Russell Group of the UK’s leadinguniversities. In 2006/7, some 671 students from areaswith little higher education tradition enrolled at Cardiff –a 17 per cent increase on previous years.

| The winning Beaconsteam

Setting a benchmark for energy savingGreat strides are being made towards saving some 26,000 tonnes of carbon over the nextfive years as a result of our new energy, water and waste policy. In the first six months ofimplementation gas consumption fell 15 per cent and electricity by two per cent.

Much of the success was achieved by the University’s team of around 60 “eco-champions” – representatives in everyacademic school and administrative department who encourage colleagues to remember the environment in everythingthey do.

The new policy was developed in consultation with Cardiff University Students’ Union and with advice and support from theCarbon Trust. The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has provided a £1M for the University’s metering systemssuch that we aim to read more than 3,000 meters automatically every month rather than 1,100 meters manually.

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Cardiff in the community

“These youngpeople make anenormouscontribution to thelocal communitywhile at universityand many will goon to be life-longvolunteers andmake a realdifference to thelives of others.”

Sue Pickavance,Director ofVolunteering,Wales Council forVoluntary Action

National awardfor student volunteers

The University is proud to have one of thelargest and most active studentvolunteering groups in the UK and thefirst to achieve the national Investing inVolunteers award.

Student Volunteering Cardiff (SVC) enhances thelives of the disadvantaged and vulnerable membersof the local community via more than 30 projectsinvolving 900 volunteers and five dedicated staff.

SVC stepped up its involvement in Cardiff Action forSingle Homeless. Around 40 volunteers took part invisits six times a week to the Huggard centre forhomeless people. They cooked and served meals forhomeless people, organised social events includingbowling, cinema trips, quizzes and art sessions, aswell as Halloween and Christmas parties. Thevolunteers’ enthusiasm and activities have beengreatly appreciated by both Cardiff Action for SingleHomeless and clients. On its most recent Sleep Out,where volunteers sleep rough to raise awareness ofhomelessness, Cardiff students took part and helpedraise funds for the Cardiff Action group.

To achieve the Investing in Volunteers standard,Student Volunteering Cardiff had to demonstrate

good practice in ten different areas, including fairrecruitment, properly resourced programmes,induction and support.

Students also made a difference on the streets ofCardiff. The Students’ Union successful “Get it Outfor Cardiff” campaign, run with Cardiff Council andlocal landlords, encouraged students from all localuniversities to dispose of waste in a sociallyresponsible manner at the end of the academic year.Some 350 tonnes of rubbish was cleared after aconcerted campaign to raise awareness.

| Students RebeccaThomas and RachelJohnson drum upsupport for the summerclear-up campaign

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Making EisteddfodhistoryT James Jones, Associate Lecturer at CardiffSchool of Welsh, made National Eisteddfodhistory when he won the Chair for poetry.

Mr Jones is believed to be the first bard in thecompetition’s 127 year history to win its leading poeticprizes – the Crown and the Chair – with poems on thesame subject.

He won the Crown at the 1988 Eisteddfod in Newport for afree verse poem on the set subject of “ffin”, or boundary.He then turned his attention to the Chair competition, inthe much tougher discipline of cynghanedd. This is a strictmeter, dating back one thousand years, set in analliterative pattern.

After several attempts, he won the Chair at the event inFlintshire – again with a work about “ffin”. This poem dealswith the eviction of the community during World War II andMr Jones’ own thoughts on mortality.

Mr Jones has been writing since the 1960s and teachescreative writing in the cynghanedd form at the School ofWelsh. Having finally won the specially-carved Chair, whichhe gets to keep, Mr Jones promptly announced hisretirement from Eisteddfod competition.

| Record-setting poetT James Jones with theEisteddfod Chair

Fighting worldhungerProfessor Kevin Morgan, from Cardiff School ofCity and Regional Planning was asked by theUN to lead a team devising a school feedinginitiative for its World Food Programme.

The new programme aims to combat malnutrition, improveeducational standards and encourage local productionin developing countries by providing free school mealsfor pupils.

Previous work by Professor Morgan has shown that foodprocurement can be harnessed to provide benefits for localfood producers as well as school-age children. The newstudy assesses how the provision of school meals cancontribute to social and economic progress in developingcountries and address the associated effects of hungersuch as poverty, illiteracy and ill health.

The project contributes to the delivery of the eightMillennium Development Goals set out by the UnitedNations, which include halting the spread of HIV/AIDS,providing universal primary education and halving theproportion of hungry people in the world.

Professor Morgan said: “The aim is to deliver a doubledividend of more nutritious food for children and morelocal markets for local producers.”

Wales links upwith IrelandWales’ links with Ireland have been furtherstrengthened by the establishment of anIreland-Wales Research Network, launched byCardiff School of English, Communication andPhilosophy to promote understanding of theintertwined stories of the two countries.Irish people represent the largest singlegroup of immigrants to play a part in thestory of Wales.

Colm McGrady, Consul General of Ireland in Wales, said:“This is a very timely and important initiative. Wales andIreland share much in terms of our cultural heritage. TheNetwork will undoubtedly contribute to a wider and deeperunderstanding of the rich tapestry of these links.”

The first event in the Network’s seminar series saw PulitzerPrize-winning poet Paul Muldoon enthrall a large audiencewith a selection of readings from and about Wales.

The Network is funded by the Arts and HumanitiesResearch Council and in partnership withAberystwyth University.

“This is a verytimely andimportantinitiative. Walesand Ireland sharemuch in terms ofour culturalheritage.”

Cardiff in the community

Colm McGrady,Consul General ofIreland in Wales

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Biomedicine

An international centrefor biomedicine

The University is an establishedinternational centre for biomedicalresearch and teaching and in biomedicalrelated areas has some 1,500 academicstaff, 9,000 students and hundreds ofresearch projects.

Among the most exciting major new projectslaunched during the year is the UK Biobank. This willinvolve half a million people, take more than 30 yearsto complete and offer fresh hope to sufferers ofcountless diseases and conditions.

Volunteers aged 40-69 are providing blood and urinesamples and some basic medical information aboutthemselves and their health will be tracked overthree decades. The first volunteers, including WelshAssembly Government First Minister Rhodri Morganare being recruited within a ten mile radius of Cardiffbefore the project moves on to other cities andtowns throughout Wales.

In this way Biobank will build a huge database ofhealth information to help medical researchers. InWales, Cardiff University is spearheading thisambitious project which is funded by the WellcomeTrust, the Medical Research Council, the WelshAssembly Government, the Department of Health,the Scottish Executive and the Northwest RegionalDevelopment Agency.

Biobank is just one of the ways that major newdevelopments and investments in healthcare arehelping to combat disease and suffering around theworld. The British Heart Foundation invested morethan £2M in the Wales Heart Research Institute toinvestigate the underlying causes of Sudden AdultDeath. Researchers use the latest molecular,biological, structural and biophysical techniquesto investigate a large protein, the calcium-releasechannel which could hold the key to an inheritedcondition which can result in sudden cardiac deathat all ages.

| Health Care Nurse Rizwana Nadeem helps FirstMinister Rhodri Morgan measure up for Biobank

Biobank will offer fresh hope tosufferers of countless diseasesand conditions.

International centre for biomedicine

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New insights into mental diseaseAdvances in genetic knowledge are providingnew perspectives on the underlying causes ofdiseases of the mind. Cardiff Universityscientists have been at the forefront ofdevelopments in this field, opening the way topossible new treatments by starting topinpoint the biological mechanisms involvedin mental illness.

A team from the University’s School of Medicine hasrevealed the results of a study of bipolar disorder - part ofa UK-wide collaboration involving more than 200 scientistsstudying 11 different diseases and analysing DNA from17,000 people.

The Cardiff team found that there are many genes whichput an individual at greater risk of the disorder, each geneon its own making a relatively small contribution to therisk. The results shed light on the biological systemsbehind bipolar disorder, which affects around 100 millionpeople worldwide. For example, several of the identifiedgenes play a key role in the way the nerve cells in ourbrains communicate.

The team’s discoveries will help pave the way forbetter diagnosis of mental disease and new treatments.Some new therapies will involve drugs, but others arelikely to include education, lifestyle advice andtalk-based treatments.

Professor Nick Craddock of the School of Medicine said:“The powerful molecular genetic approaches that we areusing provide a window into the workings of the brain inthose suffering from bipolar illness. This should be a timeof great optimism for those individuals and families thathave experienced illnesses like bipolar disorder,schizophrenia and depression.”

The location of genes which can make women vulnerableto severe psychiatric illness and even suicidal just afterchildbirth has been found by another Cardiff researchteam. The condition of puerperal (or postpartum) psychosiscomes on in some women within a few days of giving birth.The condition is one of the most severe forms of mentalillness and can have serious implications, including suicide– now the most common cause of maternal death in theUK. Women with bipolar disorder are at particularly highrisk with as many as one in three deliveries followed by anepisode of postpartum psychosis.

Dr Ian Jones’ team examined the DNA of families in whichat least one woman had suffered with an episode ofpostpartum psychosis. They found the location of thegenes involved in the illness and are now homing in on thegenes themselves.

The research could pave the way towards improvedidentification of the women at risk and better treatmentsfor mothers suffering episodes following childbirth.

“This givesstudentsexperience andalso makes adifference to a lotof people’s livesin the area.”

Tony Rossetti,Welsh AmbulanceService FirstResponder Officer forSouth East Wales

Medical studentsquick to respond

School of Medicine students have beenresponding to 999 life-threatening calls asrepresentatives of the Welsh AmbulanceService, in a scheme which is the first of itskind in the UK.

The scheme, Cardiff Medical Students’ First Responders,involves more than 300 students. It is coordinated by 5thyear medical students Rhian Davies and Huw Williams, whosaid: “Working in partnership with the Welsh AmbulanceService, medical students from Cardiff University respondto life threatening emergency medical calls within our area,providing vital assistance to patients prior to the arrival ofthe ambulance.”

School of Dentistrypioneers alternativesThe School of Dentistry has won funding forstudies of alternative ways to replace orreduce procedures with animals.

One involves a new process which allows normal anddiseased human tissue to grow indefinitely in thelaboratory. The team hopes to create a rapid, low-cost,high-throughput system for automated testing of woundhealing drugs which will replace animal involvement. Theother study uses a novel method to grow slices of livingtooth, gum and socket bone tissue in the laboratory. Theaim is to recreate the inflammation linked to gum diseaseand understand how the disease causes tooth and boneloss. The studies are funded by the National Centre forReplacement, Refinement and Reduction of Animals inResearch and the Dr Hadwen Trust.

| Medical Students'First Respondersscheme coordinatorsHuw Williams andRhian Davies

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Biomedicine

Queen’s Prize for excellenceThe outstanding quality of work undertaken inthe School of Medicine is illustrated by theaward of the prestigious Queen’s AnniversaryPrize for excellence in higher education to theInstitute of Medical Genetics. The awardrecognises its success in identifying geneticcauses of diseases and developing newdiagnostic tests and treatments for them.

The Institute has identified genetic causes for bowelcancer, Huntington’s Disease, muscular dystrophy,and polycystic kidney disease. Other achievementsinclude enhanced screening for families at risk ofdisease, training counsellors to support people incoming to terms with the results of genetic tests anddevelopment of the Wales Gene Park. It is nowexpanding with a c£5M investment in newlaboratories for more work on cancer genetics,where the focus will be on developing new methodsof earlier diagnosis and treatment.

Elsewhere, the Dental School has been provided withmore research space as a result of a c£2Minvestment. Together with the new Clinical TrialsUnit on the second floor of the School, this will bededicated entirely to bringing new researchbreakthroughs to patients.

| The Vice-Chancellor accepts the Queen's AnniversaryPrize medal from Her Majesty the Queen whilst theDirector of the Institute of Medical Genetics, ProfessorJulian Sampson (above centre and right) receives thePrize certificate from the Duke of EdinburghPicture: Paul Mellor Photography

This is the third Queen’s Anniversary Prize tobe won by members of the University.Professor Tony Campbell won the Prize in1998 for his application of bioluminescence toclinical diagnosis. The ManufacturingEngineering Centre won the prize in 2001 inrecognition of its contribution to the economy.

Cannabis andpsychosisA Cardiff-led study on cannabis showed thedanger to users and received worldwidemedia attention.

Dr Stanley Zammit in the School of Medicine’s Departmentof Psychological Medicine and colleagues at theUniversities of Bristol, Cambridge and Imperial College,London analysed 35 studies of cannabis use.

They found that individuals who used cannabis were 41 percent more likely than those who had never used the drugto have any psychosis such as delusions or hallucinations.The risk increased relative to dose, with the most frequentcannabis users more than twice as likely to have apsychotic outcome.

Giant stridesin understandingcancerPioneering techniques helping School ofMedicine scientists understand themechanism of cell division and tumourcreation are welcomed as “giant strides” byCancer Research UK.

A team led by Dr Duncan Baird of the School’s Departmentof Pathology published a study on telomeres – smallstructures at the end of human chromosomes which canplay a crucial part in the onset of cancer.

Telomeres control cell division in the body - by graduallybecoming shorter they can tell cells when it is time to stopdividing. However when telomeres stop working properly,they can cause the cells to mutate and start dividinguncontrollably, which can lead to the formation of tumours.

The Cardiff study used ground-breaking techniques tostudy telomeres in human cells. The researchers found thecritical length at which telomeres stop working and alsothat some telomeres can be shortened or deleted atrandom, without any external cause. The study opens upthe possibility of an “early-warning” test for cancer beingdeveloped in time.

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Appointments and DistinctionsQueen’s Birthday Honours 2007Professor Mervyn Arthur Murch, Cardiff LawSchool, appointed a CBE (Commander, Order ofthe British Empire) for services to the FamilyJustice System.

Sir Emyr Jones Parry, Honoray Fellow of theUniversity and the British PermanentRepresentative to the United Nations, appointed tothe Order of Saint Michael and Saint George.

Mary Perkins, Honorary Fellow of the University,appointed a DBE (Dame Commander of the Orderof the British Empire).

New Year’s HonoursProfessor Philip Routledge, Professor of ClinicalPharmacology in the School of Medicine andHonorary Consultant Physician at Cardiff and ValeNHS Trust, appointed an OBE (Officer of the BritishEmpire) for his services to medicine.

Professor Jonathan Shepherd,Professor of Oral andMaxillofacial Surgery at theSchool of Dentistry and alsoDirector of the University’sViolence and Society ResearchGroup, appointed a CBE for hisservices to healthcare and thecriminal justice system.

Emeritus Professor Ann Tucker, former Dean ofthe School of Nursing and Midwifery Studies,appointed an OBE for her services to healthcare.

Honorary FellowsHonorary Fellowships were bestowed on thefollowing in recognition of their internationaldistinction in their field.

Mr John Belle FAIA RIBA, founding partner ofBeyer Blinder Belle Architects & Planners, formerPresident of the New York LandmarksConservancy, and the recipient of threePresidential Design Awards, the highest awards forpublic architecture in the United States.

Henri Dutilleux, one of the world’s major livingcomposers.

Dr Fong Yun-wah, a leading member of thebusiness community in China who has contributedsignificantly towards promoting academicexchange between mainland China, Hong Kong,and Western universities.

Mr Huw Llywelyn Davies, Chairman of the CardiffNational Eisteddfod Executive Committee for2008, and also BBC and S4C’s chief rugbycommentator.

Mr Evan Davis, Economics Editor of the BBC,responsible for analysing economic developmentson a range of radio and television programmes.

Sir Peter Gershon CBE FREng Hon FIET,Chairman of Premier Farnell plc, GeneralHealthcare Group and Symbian Ltd, non-executivedirector of HM Treasury, and a member of theCouncil of Imperial College.

Professor Henryk Mikolaj Górecki, aninternationally acclaimed Polish composer whosecareer spans more than 40 years and embraces acatalogue of more than 70 acknowledged works.

Dr Sue Greening, Associate Clinical Director of theCommunity Dental Service in Gwent, Chair of theBritish Society of Disability and Oral Health andmost recently the elected President of the BritishDental Association.

Mr Patrick Hannan, who currently presents twoweekly programmes on BBC Radio Wales andcontributes to a wide variety of UK publications.

Professor Bryan Jones is University ProfessorEmeritus in the Department of Chemistry at theUniversity of Toronto.

Mr Saleem Ashgar Kidwai OBE,founder of the Association ofMuslim Professionals, ChiefExecutive of the Ethnic BusinessSupport Programme, SecretaryGeneral of the Muslim Council ofWales, and a non-executiveDirector of Cardiff and ValeNHS Trust.

Mr Roger Lewis, Group Chief Executive ofthe Welsh Rugby Union and the MillenniumStadium plc.

Sir Robert Margetts CBE FREng FIChemE,Chairman of Legal & General Group plc. and Ensusplc, Chairman – Europe of Huntsman Corporation(USA) and Senior Independent Non-ExecutiveDirector of Anglo American plc.

Professor Peter McGuffin, Dean of the Institute ofPsychiatry, King’s College London and formerChair of Psychological Medicine at the formerUniversity of Wales College of Medicine in Cardiff.

Mr John Metcalf, Artistic Director of the award-winning Vale of Glamorgan Festival, CardiffUniversity alumnus and one of the foremostcomposers working in Wales.

Mr George Monbiot, a journalist, author andenvironmental campaigner named by the UKgovernment’s Environmental Agency as one of theworld’s top green campaigners of all time.

Ms Elaine Morgan, former award-winningtelevision scriptwriter and author of The Descentof Woman.

Professor Ian Nussey OBE MA PhD FREngHonFIET FIMechE FBCS, Honorary Professor atCardiff University and, though nominally retired,works for IBM on university relations.

Ms Sara Parkin OBE, Founder Director andTrustee of Forum for the Future, the leading UKsustainable development charity.

Ms Menna Richards, Cardiff University’s currentVice-President and the first woman to beappointed as Controller of BBC Wales.

Professor Madeleine Rohlin, Pro-Vice Chancellorat Malmö University, Sweden, and former GeneralSecretary of the Association for Dental Educationin Europe.

Professor Nigel Stott CBE FMedSci, EmeritusProfessor of General Practice, presentlycontributes to research at three universities andserves on the Higher Education Funding Councilfor Wales.

Miss Barbara Wilding CBE QPMCCMI FRSA, Chief Constableof South Wales Police andCo-Director for the PoliceNational Assessment Centre.

Mr William Wilkins CBE DL Hon FRIBA, Chairmanof the Artes Mundi Prize which he developed as anew international art prize based in Cardiff.

Other Appointmentsand DistinctionsDr Kelly BéruBé, School of Biosciences, won theReplacement Prize for best communicatingresearch to politicians at an event to recogniseresearchers working to replace, refine and reducethe use of animals in scientific research.

Professor Wolfgang Drexler, School of Optometryand Vision Sciences, received the Cogan Awardfrom the American Association for Research inVision and Ophthalmology for his role in thedevelopment of the Optical CoherenceTomography technique.

Professor Sir Martin Evans, Professor ofMammalian Genetics in the School of Biosciences,was awarded the 2007 Nobel Prize for Medicine.

Dr Alan Fraser, Reader in Cardiology in theSchool of Medicine, has been elected to the Boardof the European Society of Cardiology.

Professor Kenneth Harris, School of Chemistry,has been awarded the Tilden Medal andLectureship of the Royal Society of Chemistry.

Professor Karen Holford, School of Engineering,received the WISE (Women Into Science,Engineering and Construction) Excellence Awardfor her personal contribution to engineering.

Mr T James Jones, Associate Lecturer at theSchool of Welsh, was awarded the Chair at the2007 National Eisteddfod.

Professor Mike Levi, School of Social Sciences,has been awarded an Economic and SocialResearch Council (ESRC) Professorial Fellowship.

Professor Robert Mansel and colleagues, Schoolof Medicine, won the Best National HealthInnovation Award at the 2007 Medical FuturesInnovation Awards for pioneering GeneSearchBreast Cancer Intra-operative Diagnosis.

John Newton, Vice-Dean in the School ofHealthcare Studies, has been awarded theFellowship of the College of Radiographers for hiscontribution to the profession.

Professor Michael O’Hara, retired from theSchool of Earth, Ocean and Planetary Sciences,was the first British citizen to be awarded theHarry Hess Medal by the American GeophysicalUnion. The Medal recognises outstandingachievements in the research of the constitutionand evolution of Earth and other planets.

Professor Eldryd Parry, Honorary Fellow of theUniversity, has received the Lifetime AchievementAward of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicineand Hygiene for his work in education andresearch in Africa.

Professor Carole Pateman, School of EuropeanStudies, has been elected a Fellow of the BritishAcademy, the national Academy for thehumanities and social sciences.

Professor Gareth Rees and Professor TheoNichols, both in the School of Social Sciences,have been appointed to the ESRC’s ResourcesBoard and International Board respectively.

Professor Wyn Roberts, School of Chemistry, hasbeen conferred as a Freeman of the WorshipfulCompany of Haberdashers and will, in due course,be granted the Freedom of the City of London.

Professor Julian Sampson and colleagues at theInstitute of Medical Genetics were awarded theQueen’s Anniversary Prize for Higher and FurtherEducation 2007 for success in identifying geneticcauses of diseases.

Professor Jonathan Shepherd, Professor of Oraland Maxillofacial Surgery in the School ofDentistry, was awarded the Stockholm Prize inCriminology for research into reducing late-nightcity centre violence.

Dr Arlene Sierra, Lecturer in the School of Music,received a $15,000 Charles Ives Fellowship fromthe American Academy of Arts and Letters,awarded annually to exceptionally giftedcomposers.

Professor Sir John Meurig Thomas, UniversityHonorary Fellow and Honorary DistinguishedResearch Professor in the School of Chemistry,was given the International Precious MetalInstitute 2007 Distinguished Achievement Award.

Professor Murray Walker, formerly of the Schoolof Dentistry, has been awarded the Medal of theOrder of Australia.

Professor Judith Weir, School of Music, wasawarded the Queen’s Medal for Music.

Dr Ming Yang, on behalf of the ManufacturingEngineering Centre, was awarded first prize forbest exhibit at the European CommunityInformation Society Technology Exhibition for adisplay on Tangible Acoustic Interface forComputer-Human Interaction (Tai-Chi).

Other

EU and Overseas

Industry and Commerce

Public Corporations,Local Authorities, UKGovernment

Research Councils andCharities

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* Figures from this pointon are for CardiffUniversity and theformer University ofWales College ofMedicine combined

Research Grants and ContractsNote: Actual income not value of awards announced in year, which amounted to £110M in 2006-07.

Staff costs£206.4 million

Interest payable£2.9 million

Residences, Catering and Conferences£6.2 million

Depreciation£16.5 million

Academic Schools£24.4 million

Academic Services£8.3 million

Other services rendered£25.8 million

Other expenses£11.1 million

Administration and Central Services£5.2 million

Premises£18 million

Research grants and contracts£32.5 million

Income and Expenditure 2006/07

Residences and Catering £15.9 million

Services rendered £53 million

Funding Councils grants£127.5 million

Research grantsand contracts£80.2 million

Fees andsupport grants£77.9 million

Other oprating income£7.8 million

Total Income: £367.3 million

Total Expenditure: £357.3 million

Endowments and interest receivable £5 million

Cardiff University Annual Review 2007

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University Profile

Profile of a world-ranked universitywith strong ambitions for all those it serves

Cardiff University is a dynamic and successfulcentre for higher education and has aninternational reputation for the quality of itsresearch and teaching. It is a member of theRussell Group of the UK’s leading researchuniversities and is ranked among the world’stop 100 universities. The University celebratesits 125th anniversary in 2008.

The University’s breadth of expertise encompasses: thehumanities; the natural, physical, health, life and socialsciences; engineering and technology; preparation for awide range of professions; and a longstanding commitmentto lifelong learning. Cardiff University has 29 academicschools, numerous research centres and an annualincome of £370M.

Research is central to the work of the University and at anytime there are more than 1,000 research contracts inoperation. Among the academic staff are many who arerecognised internationally as being among the leaders intheir fields, including two Nobel Laureates. Research awardsamounting to more than £110M per annum reflect thequality and relevance of work. Organisations responsible forresearch investment - including the UK Research Councils,industry, charities, Government and the European Union -demonstrate by this investment their confidence in theUniversity’s ability to undertake research of the higheststandards which delivers a wide range of benefits to theindividual, society and to the economy.

Cardiff University also provides a stimulating and innovativeenvironment for teaching and learning. Hundreds of degreeschemes are offered and a wide range of continuingprofessional development programmes include those for

doctors, dentists, pharmacists, lawyers, engineersand others.

The quality of the student experience at Cardiff University isreflected in the strong demand for study places fromapplicants from throughout the UK and worldwide. TheUniversity has around 26,000 students, including more than3,000 students from more than 100 countries outside theUK, helping to create a vibrant international community.

Cardiff University was founded by Royal Charter in 1883 andtoday combines impressive modern facilities with a dynamicapproach to research and teaching. It benefits from anoutstanding location amidst the parks, Portland-stonebuildings and tree-lined avenues that form the city’s elegantcivic centre, and also shares the nearby Heath Park campuswith the University Hospital of Wales.

Promoting health and welfare with special reference to theneeds of Wales is an important role of the University andone which is fulfilled via a strongly inter-disciplinary andmulti-partnership approach. Central among our partners inthis all-Wales role is the National Health Service in Wales,with which the University is linked at all levels. TheUniversity’s academic expertise and research facilitiesare also applied to good advantage by industry andcommercial partners, government bodies and otherorganisations. The University also helps to generate newbusiness ideas and spin-out companies all of which have adirect benefit to the economy.

Having gained national and international standing, CardiffUniversity’s Vision is to be a world-leading university and toachieve the associated benefits for its students, staff and allother stakeholders.

For news and information on all aspects of work at CardiffUniversity, visit the University website at: www.cardiff.ac.uk

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Grants, Gifts and Donations

Grants, Gifts and Donations

3M Deutschland GmbH

Abbott Laboratories Limited

Abcellute Limited

Action Medical Research

Adas Uk Ltd

Julia H Addams-Williams

Adewale S Adedayo

Advanced Protein System

Advisory, Conciliation andArbitration Services

Albany Road Baptist ChurchLadies Circle

Alcohol Education andResearch Council

Algipharma BiopolymerTherapies

Alzheimer's Research Trust

Alzheimer's Society

American Psychiatric Institutefor Research and Education

Anonymous Benefactor

ApoPharma Inc

Apoxis SA

Arch UK Biocide Ltd

ARIUS Research Inc

Harold W Arnold

Arthritis Research Campaign

Arts and Humanities ResearchCouncil

ARUP

Arvin Meritor

Assa Abloy Ltd

Association of Chief PoliceOfficers

Astra Zeneca UK Ltd

Ataxia UK

Atkins Ltd

Paul Atkinson

Audit Commission

Aventis Pharma DeutschlandGmbH

AWE Hunting-BRAE Ltd

Michael Bagshaw

Baily Thomas Charitable Fund

Balfour Beatty

Christopher Ball

Deborah Barnes

Paul Bartley

BBC News

BBC Wales

BBI marketing Inc

Beaufort Research Ltd

Allan Berezny

Bial Foundation

Biobank UK

Biochemical Society

Bioenvision Ltd

Biofusion

Bioiberica

Biotechnology and BiologicalSciences Research Council

Birth Defects Foundation

James E Borkoles

BP Chemicals Ltd

BP International Ltd

Breast Cancer Campaign

Ivor Brecker

Bridgend County Council

Bristol City Council

Britannia Pharmaceuticals Ltd

British Academy

British BroadcastingCorporation

British Council

British Heart Foundation

British Lung Foundation

British Medical Association

British Mycological Society

British Skin Foundation

British Society for DentalResearch

British Society of PaediatricDentistry

British Transport Police

Building ResearchEstablishment Ltd

Elizabeth B Butler

CADW Welsh HistoricalMonuments

Cancer Research Campaign

Cancer Research UK

Cancer Research Wales

CAPITA Percy Thomas

Cardiff & Vale NHS Trust

Cardiff County Council

Cardiff Foundation ofEnvironmental Research

Cardiff Partnership Fund Ltd

Care Council for Wales

Amadu T Carew

Louise Casella

Castle Cement

Cephalon (UK) Ltd

CERAM Research Ltd

Chevron Energy TechnologyCompany

CIEMAT

CILT, The National Centre forLanguages

Citrox Biosciences Ltd

Cogent Power Ltd

College of OccupationalTherapists

Coloplast

Commission of EuropeanCommunities

Antur Teifi Ltd

Comtec (Europe) Ltd

Consulate of the People'sDemocratic Republic ofAlgeria

Michael J Cook

Cotene Whaledent UK

Caroline J Coulter

Council for the CentralLaboratory of the ResearchCouncils

Countryside Council for Wales

Covidien

J E Crane

Cultech Ltd

Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

Cystic Fibrosis Trust

Alan B Davies

Barbara Davies

C J Davies

Maxine F Davies

Paul R Dawson

Deafness Research UK

Defence Science andTechnology Laboratory

Department of Trade& Industry

Department for ConstitutionalAffairs

Department for Work andPensions

Department of Communitiesand Local Government

Department of Health

Department of Health &Human Services

Department of Trade &Industry

Design Commission for Wales

Diabetes UK

DNV Ltd

Sarah M Dobbs

Dow Chemical Company USA

DTZ Consulting and Research

Jason Dunlop

Frederick W Dunning

eBECS

Economic and Social ResearchCouncil

Edon Study Partnership

Barrington Edwards

Egyptian Exploration Society

Embassy of Japan

Embassy of the Arab Republicof Egypt

ENFIS

Engineering and PhysicalSciences Research Council

English Heritage

Environment Agency

Environmental PollutionAbatement Plc

Essilor UK Ltd

European Cosmetic Toiletry &Perfumery Association

European Maritime SafetyAgency

European Science Foundation

Anne M Evans

John Evans

John H Evans

Experimental PsychologySociety

William Farr

Fermavir ResearchIncorporated

Mansel C Finniear

Fong Shu Fook TongFoundation

Food Standards Agency

Alun T Ford

Forest of Dean District Council

Fresenius Kabi Ltd

Freshfields BruckhausDeringer

Frontier Therapeutics Ltd

Fujifilm

Fusion Cardiff

G P Wild International Ltd

Michael H Gatward

Genetics Society

George Thomas EducationalTrust

GlaxoSmithKline

GlaxoSmithKline ConsumerHealthcare

GlaxoSmithKline Research &Development Ltd

Global BiodiversityInformation Facility

Gloucestershire CountyCouncil

Government Office for theSouth West

Gillian Green

Greiner Bio-One Ltd

E M Griffith

Paul M Guy

Gwalia

Gwent Health Authority

Haag Streit UK Ltd

Halcrow Group Ltd

Barbara A Harris

Helen M Hart

Rowena E Harvey

Healthcare BrandsInternational Ltd

Heart Research UK

Help the Aged

Hereditary Disease Foundation

Elaine Hibbert-Jones

Raymond Hicks

High Q Foundation Inc

Higher Education FundingCouncil for Wales

Anna V Hodgekiss

Home Office

Alan A Horn

Horticultural DevelopmentCouncil

Geoffrey Howe of Aberavon

Howell's School, Llandaff

Peter I Hughes

Albert C Hung

Ian Hunter

Huntleigh Healthcare Ltd

IMRA Europe S.A.

Informa Healthcare

Inhibex Ltd

Institute for Science andHealth

Institute of CharteredAccountants of Scotland

Institute of Education

Institute of HistoricalResearch

Institution of OccupationalSafety and Health

Intercytex Ltd

IOSH

Ipsen Limited UK

Ivor Holdings Limited

Kathryn James

Wladyslaw J Janik

Japan Foundation LondonOffice

M A Jenkins

Russell J Jenkins

Sue E Jenkins

Joanna Briggs Institute

Robert John

John Allinson

John Innes Centre

John Wyeth & Brothers Ltd

Johnson & Johnson MedicalLtd

John L Jones

Margrette R Jones

Marian J Jones

Pauline Jones

Stuart W Juniper

KCI Europe Holding BV

Gerard M Kennedy

Kidney Research UK

Kidney Wales Foundation

Roger L King

King Faisal Foundation

Kingdom of Bahrain

Neil G Kinnock of Bedwellty

Laing O'Rourke

LAS Recycling Ltd

LAS Waste Ltd

LATCH

Legal and General AssuranceSociety

John Leighton Williams

Leukaemia Research Appealfor Wales

Leukaemia Research Fund

Valerie E Le Vaillant

Leverhulme Trust

Christine Lewis

Cardiff University gratefully acknowledges the following grants, gifts and donations received during the year under review.These were received and recorded centrally by the University from the individuals and organisations listed. The University also wishesto acknowledge the many additional gifts and donations it receives anonymously and for those donated generously directly to itsacademic schools.

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Grants, Gifts and Donations

Gethin Lewis

Llysdinam Trust

Neil G MacGregor

Malaysian Government

Richard J Manchee

John D Marshall

Matrix Initiatives Inc

Mark McArthur-Christie

MDS Pharma Services UK

Medical Research Council

Med-I-Pant

Megger Ltd

Menicon Co Ltd

Mental Health ResearchNetwork Cymru

Mimex Europe Ltd

Annie Mitchell

Masahiko Miwa

David J Moist

Molecular Products Ltd

Molnlycke Health Care

Monmouthshire CountyCouncil

Margaret Morgan

Morgan Cole

Nigel J Morris

Dafni Moschidou

Jennie Moule

John W Mullin

Mundipharma Research Ltd

Kimmo K Muttonen

National Alliance for Researchon Schizophrenia andDepression

National Assembly for Wales

National Assembly for Wales(HEFCW)

National Assembly for Wales(Knowledge Exploitation Fund- KEF)

National Assembly for Wales(WAG)

National Assembly for Wales(WORDHSC)

National Audit Office

National e-Science Centre

National Grid Company Plc

National Grid Company Plc,Scottish Power

National Museums andGalleries of Wales

National Physics Laboratory

National Waterfront Museum

Natural Environment ResearchCouncil

Natural Environment ResearchCouncil (The Daphne JacksonTrust)

NC3Rs

Nancy Nethercott

Hilary A Nettleton

Mike Newman

Newport City Council

Peter Y Ng

Nick Miller Research Ltd

Masayoshi Noguchi

North of England ZoologicalSociety

North Wales ResearchCommittee

Novartis Consumer HealthS.A.

Novartis Pharmaeuticals LtdUK

NSPCC

Nuaire

Nuffield Foundation

Office for National Statistics

Ghee S Ong

Open MiddlewareInfrastructure Institute

Oracle Italia SRL

Oral and Dental ResearchTrust

Osteology Foundation

Nigel Owen

Parkinson's Disease SocietyUK

Particle Physics andAstronomy Research Council

The Paul Morgan CharitableTrust

Fiona N Peel

Pembrokeshire BusinessInitiative

PENTAN Partnership

Peplin Ltd

Douglas J Perkins

Persimmon Homes (WestMidlands) Ltd

Pfizer Ltd

Physiotherapy ResearchSociety

Helen C Pickett

PKD Foundation, TuberousSclerosis Association

Plus Orthopaedics (UK) Ltd

PMH UK Limited

Stephen D Poswillo

Prehistoric Society

Sarah J Price

Victoria M Provis

Bryan Pugh

John Pulsinelli

QinetiQ Ltd

Arlene Ramasut

Rare Breeds Survial Trust,Dexter Cattle Society

Reardon Smith Nautical Trust

Eleri Rees

Remploy Ltd

Research Capacity BuildingCollaboration Wales

Rett Syndrome Association UK

Rizla

Alice M Roberts

John Robertson

Roke Manor Research Ltd

Roman Research Trust

Royal Academy of Engineering

Royal College of Surgeons ofEngland

Royal Institute of InternationalAffairs

Royal Mint

Royal Society

RWEnpower

SABIC

SASOL Technology (PTY) Ltd

Schering-Plough Limited

Wolfgang Schmidt

Teresa C Schrezenmaier

Schulke & Mayr GmbH

Science and TechnologyFacilities Council

Scottish EnvironmentProtection Agency

Angus M Scott

Laurence Seeff

Selex Sensors and AirborneSystems Ltd

John R Sekhar

Harold H Selwood

Sheffield Teaching HospitalNHS Foundation Trust

Shell International Explorationand Production B.V.

Sir Halley Stewart Trust

Smile-On Ltd

Smith & Nephew Medical Ltd

Society for AppliedMicrobiology

Society for GeneralMicrobiology

The Solti Foundation

Somerset County Council

South Gloucestershire Council

South Wales Criminal JusticeBoard

Pasquale Spaducci

SRK Consulting UK Ltd

SRK Ltd

Stanley Foundation

Joel T Strange

Stroud County Council

Ingrid Surgenor

Sustainable Energy Ltd

Svenska Kulturfonden

Sydney Freed (Holdings)

Michael K Tang

Andrew Targell

Tenovus Cancer ResearchCentre

Tenovus the Cancer Charity

The Accounts Commission

The Archdiocese of Cardiff

The British Coal UtilisationResearch Association

The College of Optometrists

The College of Radiographers

The Daiwa Anglo-JapaneseFoundation

The Fong Family Foundation

The Healing Foundation

The Higher EducationAcademy

The Home Farm Trust

The Hung Foundation

The Leverhulme Trust

The Nippon Foundation

The Oral and Dental ResearchTrust

The Progressive SupranuclearPalsy Association

The Regents of the Universityof California

The Rufford Maurice LangFoundation

The Safer Sutton Partnership

The UK Resource Centre forWomen in SET

The Wellcome Trust

Thermomax

Thomas Pocklington Trust

Roger G Thomas

Stanley Thomas

Sue Thomas

Antoinette Thornalley

Thyssen-Krupp Stahl

Martin Tinney

Rudolf Tjandranimpuno

Stephen Tomlinson

TOPCON (Great Britain)Limited

Torfaen County BoroughCouncil

Torfaen Local Health Board

Total S.A.

Aubrey Trotman-Dickenson

Tuberous SclerosisAssociation

UCB Pharma Ltd

UKELA

Unison

United Nations IndustrialDevopment Organization

United Nations World FoodProgramme

University of Iowa

University of Kent

University of KwaZulu-Natal

University of Manchester

University of Pennsylvania

University of Rhode Island

University of Wales, Bangor

University of Wales, Swansea

University of York

University of Zurich

US Fish and Wildlife Service

Vale of Glamorgan Council

Marylea Van Daalen

Ken Vaughan

Velindre NHS Trust

VetXX

Visteon

Wales Centre for Health

Wales Medico Legal Society

Wales Millennium Centre

Wales Office of Research& Development for Health& Social Care

Peter Walker

Donald Walters

Waltham Centre for PetNutrition

Roger V Webb

Weinstock Fund

Wellbeing of Women

Welsh Assembly Government

Welsh Development Agency

Welsh Health Authorities

Welsh Local GovernmentAssociation

Wessex Water

Anne Whipp

James Wiegold

Amy G Williams

John P Williams

Keith C Williams

Marjorie Williams

Williams Motor Co. (Holdings)Ltd

Tom Winter

Geoffrey R Woodman

World Gold Council

R A Wrapson

Brian C Yarwood

Hilary Yewlett

York Health EconomicsConsortium Ltd

Samanta Zanatta

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