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Mattel accused of ‘stealth marketing’ after giving away free Barbie dolls in schools

Health experts have claimed Mattel-sponsored school programme ‘reinforces damaging gender stereotypes’

The Independent UK

Barbie manufacturer Mattel criticized for giving free dolls to schools in a bid to teach social skills: ‘Why should children be exposed to this type of stealth marketing?’

Critics say the move could do more harm than good.

Fortune

China leads race to become world's top cashless society, says British expert

LONDON: China is on track to becoming the world's top country for cash-free transactions, Kent Matthews, professor of banking and finance at Cardiff University told Xinhua recently in an exclusive interview.

Bangkok Post

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Cardiff University students invited to graduate despite not knowing grades or even if they've passed

Staff at universities across the UK have been on a marking strike for months in a years long dispute over pay and conditions;

Wales Online

Study says smart watches could flag Parkinson's seven years before symptoms

The idea could be used as a new screening tool for Parkinson’s

Nottingham Post

Smart watches 'could help detect Parkinson's seven years before symptoms appear'

The idea could be used as a new screening tool for Parkinson’s

Wales Online

Smart watches could detect Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms – study

Researchers said the findings could allow the condition to be detected at a much earlier stage than current methods allow

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Smart watches could detect Parkinson’s seven years before symptoms

Around one in 37 people in the UK will be diagnosed with Parkinson’s in their lifetime

The Independent UK

Welsh universities' world rankings revealed

Cardiff University is among the top 200 worldwide while other Welsh universities have leaped up the list

Wales Online

The university students worried about graduating without knowing their grades as boycott continues

“It is very difficult because there’s a fair few of us including myself who might graduate without knowing their grades."

Wales Online

The £1bn impact of Welsh Water on the Welsh economy

The not-for-profit company's direct and indirect contribution has been revealed

Birmingham Post

'New Parkinson's cell study could help identify early stages of disease'

Dr Miriam Stoppard explains how a team of scientists at Cardiff University is using cutting-edge techniques to help understand the early stages of Parkinson's Disease

Daily Mirror

Cardiff University tops list of most sustainable universities in Wales

The list measures universities’ contributions to the United Nations’ (UN) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with Cardiff ranked 52 in the world, 12th in UK and first in Wales

Wales Online

Students in Wales face disruption to degrees as lecturers boycott marking and vote to strike over graduation

Exams and dissertations have been left unmarked and it is unclear how final degree classification will be awarded

Wales Online

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The Independent UK

Male characters in role-playing video games ‘speak twice as much as females’

Researchers said their findings showed ‘stark imbalance’ in the RPG gaming genre.

The Guardian - UK

Mike Bruford obituary

Other lives: Professor at Cardiff University’s who was an expert in conservation genetics

Wales Online

The richest young people in Wales worth millions named on the Sunday Times Rich List

There are three Welsh people named among the richest young people in the UK

Wales Online

'We built a human-skin printer from Lego'

They could've used other materialsbut settled on Lego partly because Lego is extremely cheap and versatile

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Wales Online

The frustration and worries of Welsh university students who've had years of studying disrupted by strikes

"It has made me feel as if a degree really isn’t that important. If I can pass a module despite missing half of the lectures and seminars, is what they are teaching me really that valuable or worthwhile?”

Wales Online

'Benjamin Button' cell reverse ageing technique used in Parkinson's research

The doctor leading the study is hopeful the research will lead to a cure for Parkinson's

Wales Online

Wales' longest-serving university vice chancellor leaves £240,000 a year job

University of Wales Trinity St David Vice Chancellor Professor Medwin Hughes is being replaced by leading KC Elwen Evans

The Guardian - UK

‘Too greedy’: mass walkout at global science journal over ‘unethical’ fees

Entire board resigns over actions of academic publisher whose profit margins outstrip even Google and Amazon

The Guardian - UK

Māori punk band’s tour of Wales puts spotlight on indigenous languages

New Zealand group Half/Time to perform alongside artists who sing in Cymraeg as part of musical cultural exchange

Wales Online

Welsh university ranked best in UK for student life and teaching

Aberystwyth University took the crown in student-led awards while other Welsh universities also ranked well across categories in the Whatuni Student Choice Awards

Wales Online

The euphoric, beer-soaking moment that saw Cardiff win Welsh Varsity 2023

It was the first time in four years that Welsh Varsity had been held in Cardiff

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