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🌍 World-leading Research and Teaching since 1884 🏴 Cymraeg @PrifysgolBangor
Bangor, Wales, UK
Joined January 2009
🎉 Congratulations and Good Luck to Bangor Alum and honorary degree recipient @HamzaYassin3 tonight on the quarter finals of @bbcstrictly ! 🪩. Watch full interview ➡️
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🎉 🎶 YMA O HYD! 🎶 🎉 . Congratulations to Welsh singer and politician @dafyddiwan, accepting his honorary degree today for Contribution to Welsh Culture, Language, Music and the Arts 🎓. #BangorGrad.@FAWales @Plaid_Cymru
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🕺🏽 Good luck to Bangor alum @HamzaYassin3 on tonight's @bbcstrictly 🪩. 📸 Here's Hamza discussing why #BangorUniversity was the best place for him to develop those wildlife photography skills! 🦅 . 👀 Watch more videos of Hamza .➡️
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Congratulations Chris Coleman and Osian Roberts on receiving a Fellowship from Bangor University for their services to football in Wales
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🎉 Trailblazing rugby union player @rachtaylor13 received an Honorary Degree for sporting achievement today 🎓. Fast facts: Bangor-born, Coach of @SaleSharksRugby, the ONLY player to captain 7s and XV teams @WelshRugbyUnion Played in 3 World Cups! 🌍 WOW!. @SportSciBangor
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The peacocks of Bangor High Street. .
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"The sky ablaze over Bangor University earlier this evening. As though the Welsh dragon breathes fire from the nearby hills!". 📸 thehappylifedad (insta).#BangorUniversity
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Congratulations to George North on the award of Honorary Fellowship at #Bangor2014 graduation. http://t.co/ujo1bppZuo.
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Our main building and @PontioTweets wear rainbow colours this evening to celebrate the transformation of Canolfan Brailsford @BangorSport into one of 3 @BetsiCadwaladr Ysbytai Enfys (🌈hospitals). ❤️💙💚🧡💛💜 . #ClapforNHS.#ClapforCarers .#ClapForTom #StayHomeSaveLives
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Happy Birthday to #BangorUniversity Honorary Degree recipient and @bbcstrictly champion, @HamzaYassin3 ! 🎉
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Bangor University has been ranked #1 in the UK by @StudentCrowd! 🥳. The rankings are based on over 22,774 student reviews submitted in 2019/20, divided into 11 different categories that students rated out of ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ . Find out more:
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🎉 Congratulations to @Rubywax OBE on receiving an Honorary Degree for Public Service during today's graduation ceremonies 🎓. @PsychBangor @MindfulBangor .#BangorGrad
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Good luck to Bangor Alum and honorary degree recipient @HamzaYassin3 on tonight's @bbcstrictly !. Hamza tells us why he chose #BangorUniversity👇🏽 . Book your #BangorOpenDay .➡️
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We are saddened to hear of the death of Archbishop Desmond Tutu. Desmond Tutu made an immeasurable contribution to world peace and reconciliation, and we send our condolences to all who knew him or were touched by his work. He received an Honorary Degree from Bangor in 2009.
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Congratulations Wales football team manager Chris Coleman on receiving an Honorary Fellowship today #Bangor2017 @FAWales #TogetherStronger
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⚠️ IMPORTANT UPDATE ⚠️. Suspension of Teaching 16-20 March . Details here: #Covid19 #Coronavirus
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Congratulations to all our graduating students! 🎓 . With formal ceremonies pushed back to next July, we would like to celebrate our Class of 2020. Whether you’re a fellow student, alumni, friend, family, staff - Tweet your congratulatory messages and include #Bangor2020!
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We're proud to be supporting @BetsiCadwaladr by converting @BangorSport into a temporary hospital to provide 250 beds for patients with #COVID19 symptoms. #unisupport.
Bangor University’s sports and leisure facilities Canolfan Brailsford will be converted into a temporary hospital to provide 250 beds for patients with COVID-19 symptoms:
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Good luck Hamza!. It's been an incredible journey and we're all behind you (literally!). #TeamHamza #Strictly #Hamzita.@bbcstrictly @HamzaYassin3
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We have been awarded the Gold standard in the UK Government’s new Teaching Excellence Framework! #TEF
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It’s no secret that our location is probably one of the most beautiful #university settings in the whole of the #UK. Here are some dolphins swimming alongside a fishing boat off the #Llŷn Peninsula – one for your #BangorBucketList! . Thanks to Huw Lloyd-Jones for the video!
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"The morning sun shining through Bangor University library. Gorgeous!". 📸 @ Soo_Vinnicombe (twitter)
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Then and now. A rare photo of the Main University Building under construction 🔨
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🎉 Great news, we've been ranked the 15th most sustainable University in the world at the 2021 UI GreenMetric World University Rankings ! 🌍. This news comes just days after we were also ranked “First Class” in the @peopleandplanet University Rankings!
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Early morning walks along College Road. (soon to be busy with students from across the world)! 🌏 . #BangorUniversity #BeautifulBangor
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Health Minister @vaughangething has set-up a group to examine the feasibility of a #NorthWales medical school. The @WelshGovernment is looking to explore a proposal by Bangor University and @BetsiCadwaladr for a new #MedicalSchool. More:
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We are delighted to announce that Bangor University is now actively recruiting students for the North Wales Medical School in 2024 🎉 . ➡️ @WelshGovernment @cardiffuni @BetsiCadwaladr
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🎉 Congratulations to Zaha Waheed on receiving an Honorary Degree for Public Service during today's graduation ceremonies 🎓 . @BangorSNS @SHiLSSBU .#BangorGrad
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Congratulations to Sir Alan Bates! 🎉. We are excited to share that Sir Alan, former sub-postmaster and campaigning hero, is receiving an Honorary Fellowship today!. Join us in celebrating his outstanding achievements and this well-deserved honor! 🌟👏
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🎉 Congratulations to Bangor University graduate @HamzaYassin3 and his partner Jowita Przystał, who have been crowned the 2022 champions of Strictly Come Dancing! 💃🏽 🕺🏽 . Throwback to Hamza's honorary degree acceptance speech: @bbcstrictly #strictly
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What a pleasure to welcome @SteveBackshall over to @BangorUni last night to meet our students face-to-face! So many inspired to study here by programmes such as Deadly 60, and looking forward to learning from his experiences through the lectures he'll give here at Bangor 🌟
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It was an honour to receive our #QAPrize from Her Majesty The Queen at Buckingham Palace today. The highest national Honour in #HigherEducation, the Prizes recognise excellence, innovation and benefit to the wider world. Congrats to the whole team! More:
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Bangor University is doing several different things to help the Health Service and the local community respond to the current #Coronavirus crisis, including Using our Halls of Residence as accommodation for #NHS staff. Full details 👉 #unisupport
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of John Sessions, Bangor graduate and Honorary Fellow.
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Did you capture any images of a frosty Bangor this week? ❄️ .Share them with us!. 📸 @ Coln_Ryan (instagram)
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In the 1880s many towns vied to become the home of the University College of North Wales & Bangor was chosen 🎉 . This portico is all that remains of the Penrhyn Arms Hotel, where the University was based for its first few decades. #ThrowbackThursday.📸 @ArchPBU
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We love this! Thank you for sharing 🥰.
1971 Freshers Week we met @BangorUni for first walk on hills on Moel Siabod @visitsnowdonia . 50 years later still walking together through life.
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Cysgliad is now available to download for free to your Windows computer, thanks to a partnership between Bangor University & @WelshGovernment 🏴. Read more here 👉
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Best lecture ever? 😮 Some of our natural sciences students took to the Menai Straits to experience a wildlife-spotting @Ribride with the brilliant @SteveBackshall, who is part of Bangor University's teaching team. @BangorSNS @sos_bangor_uni . #BangorUniversity
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The University is deeply saddened by the loss of HM Queen Elizabeth II. As Britain’s longest-reigning Monarch, the Queen’s contribution to the life of the nation is without parallel. Message from the Vice-Chancellor:
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🎉 Congratulations to #BangorUniversity Honorary Graduate, @AttenboroughSir, who was named the @UN Champion of the Earth. The prestigious award recognises the 95-year-old's commitment to telling stories about the natural world and climate change 🌍 . ➡️
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A bird’s-eye view of Bangor University (looking towards Anglesey). No wonder those seagulls are always about, with a view like this 😉 . . 📸 @Dronepics.wales (insta)
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Following the #ALevelResults changes, we would like to reassure all our applicants that if you have a place with us, you have nothing to worry about. See full statement: #Clearing2020 #Bangor2020
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🌊 Bangor University is proud to be the first university to support the #MarchForCleanWater! . On 26/10/24 @christiandunn and students will join thousands in London to demand cleaner rivers. Read more: #MarchForWater #BangorUniversity @RiverActionUK
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A lot of our #BangorOpenDay visitors are saying #BangorUniversity looks like #Hogwarts … and we agree it’s magical! ✨
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C R O E S O / W E L C O M E . A very warm welcome to all new & returning students arriving in Bangor over the next week!. Take a look at our Welcome 2020 webpages for info about what’s on and how to prepare for life as a student here. #Bangor2020
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Beautiful! View from Bangor University Terrace #MyBangor .Photo by Iwan Williams, Bangor University
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🎉 Congratulations to Dr @PaulineCutting OBE, the veteran war-zone surgeon who is receiving an honorary degree for Public Service 🎓. #BangorGrad.@BetsiCadwaladr
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TV presenter and explorer, Steve Backshall to join teaching team at @BangorUni .@BangorSNS @sos_bangor_uni.@SteveBackshall.Full story:
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What an amazing 📷 of our Treborth Playing Fields @BangorSport!. Thanks to Adam @offthegroundtv for sharing with us!. #Sports #Athletics #Bangor #Anglesey
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We love the flowers by the Brambell and Memorial Buldings! . Although we couldn’t sow this year’s annuals due to #covid19, nature took over, and here’s the result!. #MyBangor #BangorUni #Flowers #Bangor #NorthWales
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It’s #InternationalMountainDay!. Here are some fantastic pics of #Snowdonia – recently named ‘Most Beautiful National Park in Europe’ - by #BangorDigitalAmbassador Matt Foster Thorn @BUGeography. We’re so lucky to have this on our doorstep ❤️
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We’re pleased to announced that 100% of our electricity is now supplied from guaranteed renewable sources. More: #ClearnEnergy #ClimateChange #RenewableEnergy
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What an amazing sight 🐬🐬🐬. We're so lucky that we work and study in such a stunning location!.
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The impact our community of people has on the world is something to celebrate. Enjoy this short film we made about magical Bangor. #ExperienceMagicalBangor
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"Y Coleg ar y Bryn" (Welsh) - The College on the Hill. 📍 The Main University Building. When established in 1884, there were just 58 students. Today the university has over 11,000 from all over the world!. #BangorUniversity
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For the third year running, we have been ranked in the top 🔟of the UK’s non-specialist Universities, according to the latest annual National Student Survey!. Thanks to our recent graduates for giving our University such positive feedback ☺️. #NSS2019 @Bangorstudents #NSS
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A team of scientists led by Bangor University have developed a new method to help damaged #peatbogs capture more carbon, cutting the release of #greenhousegases. Their work could lead to new practises being developed for #peatlandrestoration. More:
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The #REF2021 results are in! 85% of Bangor University’s research is judged to be world-leading or internationally excellent 🌍 Overall, Bangor University is ranked 2nd in Wales and in the top 50 in the UK. 👉 #REFResults @HEFCW @Unis_Wales
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Scientists led by Prof Davey Jones @BangorSNS are joining the global fight against the current #COVID19 pandemic where they will pool their expertise to develop new ways of mass-monitoring levels of the virus in wastewater. Read more #unisupport
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We are saddened to hear of the passing of Leah Owen. Last month she received an honorary degree for her contribution to Welsh culture, language, music and the arts. We extend our deepest condolences to her family and friends.
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🎉 Representing #BangorUniversity on #UniversityChallenge 🧠 . Jack Cunliffe, Msc Counselling.Nihal Bhatt, BSc Biology with Biotechnology.Luke O'Hagan, BA History.Katie Barnes, BSc Marine Biology.(Reserve) Dominic Noakes, BA Philosophy and Religion. @BBCTwo .📅 2nd Oct .🕗 8pm
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Happy #StDwynwen's Day ❤️🏴. We celebrate St Dwynwen’s Day (or 'Dydd Santes Dwynwen' in Welsh) on 25 January every year. Llanddwyn on #Anglesey is one of the most beautiful and romantic spots in #Wales. You can find out more about Santes Dwynwen on the @visitwales website.
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Dr Emily Holmes, Senior Research Fellow @SHSBangor has been awarded a £352,254 Health Research Fellowship funded by @WelshGovernment to conduct Antibiotic Research in Wales. Read more:
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Woohoo!. #Snowdonia #SNPA.
Snowdonia has just been named the most beautiful national park in Europe.
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"Bangor is just beautiful. " - I think we can all agree on this! 😍 . 📸 Jennifer Ball, Philosophy PhD Student. @ aphd_journey (instagram).
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Congratulations to one of our staff at Canolfan Brailsford on winning Wales' first gold medal at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games!🏋️♂️. #WeAreRed #GC2018 @BangorSport.
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