Bangor International December 2016

Bangor International December 2016

Season’s Greetings from Bangor University!

North Wales named one of the world’s best regions by Lonely Planet

Bangor University wins Sustain Wales Award

North Wales is the only UK region in the publisher’s annual Best in Travel list, thanks to new adventure attractions such zip wires and an inland surfing lake.

Placed fourth on the list of regions to visit, north Wales is the only UK destination to be featured in the rankings, which are compiled by a panel of the travel publisher’s writers and experts.

North Wales has been named among the top places in the world to visit in 2017 according to Lonely Planet’s annual Best in Travel list.

All of this right on our doorstep for our students to enjoy...

Dr Einir Young and Dr Gwenith Elias accepting the Sustain Award on behalf of Bangor University at the Senedd in Cardiff

Bangor University came first in the Sustain Wales Awards Further Education category. The Award recognised the educational institution that demonstrated strong evidence of impact or innovation, and was sponsored by Acuity Legal.

In the words of Dr Einir Young, Director of Sustainability at Bangor University: “It’s just over a year since The Sustainability Lab was established

as the corporate focus of sustainability at Bangor University.

We are growing into a hub and catalyst for bringing sustainability to life in all aspects of what the University does through research, teaching and learning, public engagement and our campus affairs. It’s relatively early days on our journey towards becoming The Sustainable University so I was delighted to be presented with the award.”

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Our 2016 Scholarship Winners Research News Take a look at our International Student Newsletter here: www.bangor.ac.uk/international/support/news/international-student-newsletter-christmas-issue-2016-29898 www.bangor.ac.uk/international

Research News World's largest fish traced by environmental DNA

Bangor Law student completes internship in Washington D.C. Law Firm

Whale shark at Al Shaheen, Araban Gulf, offshore Qatar

Gary Carvalho, molecular ecologist at Bangor University is part of a research team looking at how DNA floating in the sea can give researchers crucial information for tracking whale shark populations.

The study is significant for showing that it is possible to use eDNA from seawater to estimate genetic diversity, measure population sizes and compare one whale shark population to another.

Gary Carvalho said, “eDNA is a relatively new approach for sampling genetic material from the environment, without a need to collect individuals themselves.

Taking the samples from close to the sharks is much less invasive than taking tissue samples or tagging, and points to easier ways to get genetic information to inform conservation efforts.

Importantly, the data can be used to identify genetically distinct populations that may be specifically adapted to local conditions, thereby requiring application of strict conservation measures."

Read the full story here: www.ibtimes.co.uk/worldslargest-fish-traced-byenvironmental-dna-1592683

Final year student Haude with Dr Mark Hyland, member of the Law School’s Employability Committee Ms Haude Bergeon-Hennebois, a watched quite a number of police final year English Law with French interviews, carried out prison Law student, described her interviews (under supervision) and internship in September 2016 with shadowed attorneys at trials. the Washington, D.C. law firm Jezic During her internship, Haude & Moyse, LLC as one of the most perceived the important rewarding work experiences of her differences between the English life. and American criminal law Haude’s internship was in the field systems, despite both being of Criminal Law (criminal defence) Common Law systems. and her 1 month internship Haude, from Bagnères-de-Luchon exposed her to some of the most in southern France, said: “I feel serious crimes on the Statute Book very privileged to have done such such as murder, manslaughter and an interesting and diverse rape. In addition, she also assisted internship. This international on domestic assault files and files internship has strengthened my relating to drink driving resolve to work as a solicitor in the allegations. field of Criminal Law”.

During her internship, Haude Dr Mark Hyland, Haude’s personal assisted both attorneys and law tutor and member of the Law clerks prepare the Defence of the School’s Employability Committee, firm’s clients. added: “Haude has proven that careful career planning can One key task she performed was generate very interesting, fulfilling to read through and assess all the and intellectually stimulating evidence being adduced against international internships. She will the firm’s clients. The evidence benefit tremendously from her was very diverse in nature, and stint with Jezic & Moyse, LLC and, included medical reports, written in one fell swoop, has significantly testimonies and even video evidence of crime scenes. She also strengthened her CV”.

What 500-year-old clams can tell us about climate change

Research News A 'sapphire rush' has sent at least 45,000 miners into Madagascar's protected rainforests

Growth lines on the shell of an ocean quahog. The black line represents 0.3mm

Attracting worldwide media coverage, from ‘USA Today’ to ‘The Conservation’ and coverage across the internet is the study of clams’ shells by scientists from Bangor University and Cardiff University.

The study in Wales found that the ocean's relationship with the atmosphere drastically changed over the centuries. That is likely due to the influence of greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that have been pumped into the atmosphere from humanity's burning of fossil fuels, beginning with the Industrial Revolution.

The research team has spent the past two decades examining the chemical composition of the longest-lived animal that doesn’t live in a colony known to science –

the ocean quahog clam – to find out how the climate of the North Atlantic ocean has changed in relation to the atmosphere.

The quahog can live for more than 500 years – and, as it does, it lays down growth rings in its shell. As with trees, the growth rings are at wider increments when conditions are more favourable and narrower when less so. By comparing these shell rings they were able to date each of them and find out what the temperature and salinity (or density) of the seawater was at the time of its growth. Any clams that lived at the same time had the same pattern of lines on their shells. So by comparing many of them together, they managed to extend the record backwards beyond the lifespan of just one individual, to around 1,000 years.

You can read the full article from ‘The Conservation’ here: www.bangor.ac.uk/news/research/what-500-year-old-clams-can-tell-usabout-climate-change-29982

Bangor Law student wins postgraduate poster presentation in multi-national conference A conference was held in Swansea University, UK and Houston University, USA, on 18-19 November 2016, sponsored in part by a Bangor University ESRC Impact Acceleration Account (IAA) Global Challenges Research Fund (GCRF) Impact Grant. The Conference enabled people to come together from different disciplines, continents, organisations and groups to share knowledge and experience about displaced children and about responses to current trends and crises. It was a chance to learn from each other and to establish and strengthen links for research, education, advocacy and community engagement.

Bangor University LLM students, Elakkiya Pandian and Conrad Obol Oroya, presented a poster at the conference on their ongoing research into children’s rights, and won first prize in the postgraduate student poster category.

A blue sapphire found at the ‘rush’ site in October 2016 (Image Credit Rosey Perkins roseyperkins.com)

Professor Julia P G Jones, Professor of Conservation Science at Bangor University has written an article which was published on ‘The Conservation’ about the recent ‘Sapphire rush’.

The rainforests of Didy in eastern Madagascar usually ring with the calls of the indri, the island’s largest lemur. There is a different noise now: the chopping of trees, digging of gravel, and cheers of encouragement from the thousands of illegal miners who have flooded to these forests since sapphires were discovered in late September.

Rosey Perkins, a gemologist, visited soon after the rush began in October. She estimated 45,000 people were already involved and that the mine was growing by 1,500 to 2,000 people a day. Rosey said:

"These gem deposits are found in the gravels of ancient river beds.

Some are unusually large and have an attractive blue colour; there have been some phenomenal finds which are drawing in traders from as far away as Sri Lanka."

Read the full article here: www.bangor.ac.uk/news/ research/a-sapphire-rush-hassent-at-least-45-000-minersinto-madagascar-s-protectedrainforests-29624

Meet some of our International Scholarship Winners for 2016 Below are a few of our international scholarship winners for 2016, the scholarships were awarded from Chevening, Commonwealth Shared Scholarships, Commonwealth Masters and PhD Scholarships, Santander, British Council GREAT Scholarship, China Scholarship Council (CSC), as well as full tuition fee waiver scholarships from Bangor University.

The Chevening Scholarships are awarded to outstanding scholars with leadership potential and includes the ‘Full Tuition Fee’ of the students chosen course at Bangor University.

The winners of the prestigious 'Chevening' Scholarships pictured below with James Goldsmith, Chevening Program Officer (far left) and Bangor University's Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Hughes (centre) are, Andrei Bennett from Jamaica, Dimas Budi Prasetyo from Indonesia, Nzoyisenga Fikiri from Burundi, Krystal Humes from Belize, Hadeer Mohamed Saeid Fathallah Saleh from Egypt, Tevita Vahai from Tonga, and Ismael Quiros Vanegas from Costa Rica.

The CSC Scholarships are for fully funded PhD courses at Bangor University The winners of the China Scholarship Council (CSC) scholarships are Chunli Shen and Yan Ma, both from China and pictured above from left to right with Bangor University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Hughes.

The Commonwealth Shared Scholarships are co-funded by Bangor University, the Commonwealth Scholarship Commission, and The Windle Trust, they include full tuition fees, living allowance, airfare and a warm clothing allowance.

The winners of the Commonwealth Scholarships, pictured from left to right with Bangor University’s Vice Chancellor Prof. John Hughes are, Sunday Lamwaka, Conrad Oroya, Denis Opio, Stephen Eyamu and Patricia Amony, all from Uganda.

The Santander £5,000 scholarships were awarded to, Karina Avendano Casadiego from Colombia, Elizabeth Bailey, Sarah Anne Murray and Robert Gareth White from the UK. Pictured left is Karina Casadiego with Aron Owen, Santander Branch Manager and Bangor University’s Vice Chancellor Prof. John Hughes.

Four Bangor University ‘Full Tuition’ Scholarships were awarded to Alex Faber, from the USA, Rafi Siddique from Bangladesh, Iqra Pervaiz Virani from Pakistan and Adham Albakri from Syria, pictured left with Bangor University’s Vice Chancellor, Prof. John Hughes.

The winners of the jointly funded British Council and Bangor GREAT Scholarships India were, Sanyia Kulkarni, Srimonti Guha, Aishwarya Prasad, Vignesh Shivaraman, Veerashree Vijay, Himayasri Rao, Rhea Banerjee, Amrata Jain, and Swapnil Bhardwaj.

For information on all of the scholarships that are available at Bangor University, visit the link below: www.bangor.ac.uk/international/future/scholarship.php.en

Winners of the Commonwealth Masters & PhD Scholarships were, Wezi Chikukula Mhango from Malawi, Abdulai Sankoh from Sierra Leone and Farzana Ferdos from Bangladesh.

Bangor’s Alumni News...

Bangor University holds successful Alumni event at the World Agroforestry Centre in Kenya On the 21st November 2016, with support from the International Education Centre, staff from the School of Environment, Natural Resources and Geography (SENRGy) at Bangor University hosted an event at the World Agroforestry Centre (ICRAF) in Nairobi for Kenyan alumni, current and prospective students, and colleagues from partner institutes, to share stories, network and to hear about recent developments at Bangor University. Dr Fergus Sinclair, Senior Lecturer in Agroforestry at Bangor University and Science Domain Leader at ICRAF, gave a warm welcome to everyone at the cocktail reception and emphasized the strong links that the University has with ICRAF and other institutes in Kenya.

These links provide our MSc and PhD students with excellent research opportunities, with 4-6 MSc students each year placed on fellowships with ICRAF. There are currently four ICRAF members of staff undertaking PhDs in SENRGy as external

Julia Jones talking to Adrian Radcliffe (BSc Marine Biology and Oceanography 1982) and Catherine Muthuri (Professor at Jomo Kenyatta University and Senior Researcher at ICRAF) Bangor University and the candidates; facilitated by the Commonwealth Scholarship collaborative agreement we have Commission are jointly funding six with this major global research MSc scholarships for September organisation.

2017 entry. Highlighted were the Professor of Conservation Science, distance learning opportunities Julia Jones talked about the now available at the University, in courses currently available and particular the MSc Tropical the funding opportunities for Forestry programme that we have international students including seen many East African students the Commonwealth Shared successfully graduate from.

Scholarship Scheme whereby

Some of the Alumni students with Deiniol the Dragon

Health Services Research Summer School 3 – 7 July 2017 The School of Healthcare Sciences is offering a unique opportunity to gain access to internationally renowned experts in the Health Services Research Summer School. Topics include complex interventions and their evaluation (including clinical trials); realist synthesis and evaluation; health economics, implementation, ageing and dementia, primary care, language awareness and the service user perspective.

Fees: £650 - ‘early bird’ fee includes accommodation in student halls, course fees & conference dinner £930 - ‘early bird’ fee includes accommodation at the Management Centre, course fees & conference dinner Other options also available, fees increase slightly after the ‘early bird’ option ends.

Further information can be seen here: www.bangor.ac.uk/healthcaresciences/summerschool/index.php.en If you like to register your interest in attending the Health Services Research Summer School 2017 then please email Dr Lynne Williams: lynne.williams@bangor.ac.uk.

Course Highlights at Bangor University Chartered Management Institute Accreditation From September 2017, there will be an option to undertake a Business, Management or Marketing Masters programme at Bangor Business School which would allow students to graduate with a dual award: l a Masters degree from a traditional UK university

l a Level 7 qualification from the Chartered Management Institute - the only chartered professional body in the UK dedicated to promoting the highest standards in management and leadership excellence.

Dual-accredited programmes: Bangor Business School programme MA Business and Marketing MBA Informaiton Management MBA international Business MBA International Marketing MBA Management

CMI Award

Level 7 Diploma in Strategic Management and Leadership

MA/MSc Business with Consumer Psychology MBA Environmental Management MA/MSc Management and Finance

Level 7 Certificate in Strategic Management and Leadership

MBA Law and Management

Level 7 Award in Strategic Management and Leadership

For full details please visit the link below: www.bangor.ac.uk/business/cmi T: +44(0) 1248 382085 E: business.pg@bangor.ac.uk

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Useful Contacts Karen Jones

Ali Khan

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Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388874 Email: a.khan@bangor.ac.uk

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Country Manager responsible for:

China Hong Kong Japan Philippines

Bangladesh India Indonesia Malaysia Maldives

South Korea Taiwan Vietnam

Nepal Pakistan Singapore Sri Lanka

Noor Al-Zubaidi

Sarah Jones-Morris

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 382879 Email: n.al-zubaidi@bangor.ac.uk

Tel: +44 (0) 1248 388843 Email: s.jones-morris@bangor.ac.uk

Country Manager responsible for: Middle East and North Africa including: Bahrain Libya Egypt Oman Iraq Saudi Arabia Iran Turkey Jordan UAE Kuwait Qatar International students in the UK Michael Rogerson Tel: +44 (0) 1248 383648 Email: m.rogerson@bangor.ac.uk Country Manager responsible for: European Union Countries

Country Manager responsible for: Thailand & Brunei Sub-Saharan Africa, including Nigeria, Ghana and Cameroon Central Asia - including Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, Russia, Ukraine

Maggie Parke

Beijing Office Contact Details: Beijing Office, Room A029, 3rd Floor The Exchange Beijing B-118, Jianguo Road Chaoyang District Beijing, P.R. China 100022 Tel: 010-58902596; 010-58902597 E-mail: luna.wu@bangor.ac.uk Web: www.bangor.org.cn

Nigeria Office Contact Details: Nigeria Office Valley View Plaza 99 Opebi Road Lagos Nigeria Tel: 01 3427672 Mob: 08060136178 E-mail: bangor_nigeria@bcie.co.uk

Bangor International College Details:

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Please do contact us if you would like one of our international officers to visit your school or if you need any advice.

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