Lampeter professor gains prestigious fellowship for "groundbreaking" genome work
Prof Jones said: "I look forward to being an ambassador for Wales, championing it as an ideal place for aspiring scientists to train and further their careers, and lending my expertise to Welsh science in the areas of genetics and cancer research.
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Cambrian News
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- Cambrian News
Lampeter professor gains prestigious fellowship for "groundbreaking" genome work
Prof Jones said: "I look forward to being an ambassador for Wales, championing it as an ideal place for aspiring scientists to train and further their careers, and lending my expertise to Welsh science in the areas of genetics and cancer research.
Edinburgh Reporter
10 hours ago
- Edinburgh Reporter
Transport expert awarded public health scholarship
Dr Adrian Davis, Professor of Transport and Health at Edinburgh Napier University's Transport Research Institute has been recognised with a prestigious award. He has received the Champion of Evidence Award from the Faculty of Public Health, one of two recipients of the Bazalgette Professorship which is presented to academics who have used their research to benefit UK population health. Professor Davis has investigated road transport policies such as the 20 mph speed limit in the Borders in recent years as well as active travel. He worked with Dr Sarah Jones from Public Health Wales who is the other winner of the scholarship. The two academics presented supporting evidence to the Welsh Government which implemented the 20mph limit. Adrian Davis at The Scottish Parliament Professor Davis said: 'It is a real honour to be awarded this professorship, alongside Dr Sarah Jones. 'To be the first inter-disciplinary researchers addressing road transport to be honoured with the title demonstrates the recognition as to the serious public health implications of both the physical and social environment largely shaped for private motorised transport. 'In an age of widespread misinformation, science can fight back. 'I hope to follow in the tradition of Joseph Bazalgette, who was part of the first wave of public health, through engineering. 'I will redouble my efforts in applying robust evidence to make a positive difference to lives, as we confront the diseases and conditions which today threaten population health.' A membership organisation for around 6,000 public health professionals across the UK, the Faculty of Public Health awards the Bazalgette Professorship Champion of Evidence Award in recognition of the wider good that results from the translation of public health research into services, infrastructure and the environment. It is named after Joseph Bazalgette, known for devising London's first effective sewer system in the 19th century – which helped to eradicate cholera and other water-borne diseases from the city, saving thousands of lives. Like this: Like Related
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2 days ago
- South Wales Argus
Calls for Welsh teaching incentives to match England's
Eluned Parrott, head of Wales at the Institute of Physics, warned Wales had fewer physics-trained teachers (174) than secondary schools (205) in 2024. She told the Senedd's education committee no one measure is going to be a silver bullet but evidence shows teacher training incentives work. 'That's why we're calling on the Welsh Government to increase our physics teacher trainee bursary from £15,000 to match England's £29,000,' she said. 'We need a bold reset to recruit, retain and retrain the next generation of physics specialists to help secure the future of physics in Welsh schools." Ms Parrott, a former politician, said only seven specialist physics teachers qualified through Wales' initial teacher education (ITE) system from an intake of 10 in 2023/24. She said: 'The intake allocation target was 67, meaning the intake fell 86% short…. The intake allocation target has since been increased to 72. It is unlikely to be reached." Warning of systemic challenges, Ms Parrott expressed concerns about investment in Welsh ITE compared with centres in other parts of the UK. Contrasting the two, she told the committee: 'You could go to study in an ITE centre that has a full-time professional and professorial level of ITE tuition or you could go to somewhere else where they're struggling to recruit part-time tutors to help you.' Ms Parrott, a former Liberal Democrat member of the then-Assembly, suggested setting up a centre of excellence for science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM). She explained: 'It is important to have ITE centres spread out across the country but – rather than spreading that expertise – maybe create something that is robust, academically respected, driving improvements across ITE.' Ms Parrott said: 'I think there's also an equity issue here with the bursaries and what that means because you cannot realistically live on the bursary that you would get in Wales."
