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Cardiff University Slow Worm Project: The first three years
Full text linkThe Cardiff University Slow Worm Project started in 2015 and has been running for three years. • The aim of the project is to look after slow worms on Cardiff University land. • The slow worm (Anguis fragilis) is a species of legless lizard which is in decline in Wales. • The project is being carried out by the Cardiff University Grounds Maintenance Team in Sport in partnership with Cardiff University Residences. • The project has created a slow worm habitat on a secret site at Cardiff University. Refugia (see Glossary) have been placed on the site, which are used by slow worms to help them warm up. • A population of slow worms is breeding on or near site. • The slow worms are surveyed at least once every other week during summer. • The number of slow worms on site may be increasing. Slow worm populations will stop increasing when they reach maximum carrying capacity (see Glossary). • The highest count so far was in August 2018 when 12 were seen on one visit. • With a better camera the project could identify individuals and estimate the total population
EMASS: Review of the Early Medieval Archaeology Student Symposium, held at Cardiff University May 2007
Full text link2015-2016 Cardiff University Slow Worm Project
Full text link* This report describes the first year (2016) of a slow worm project at a secret site at Cardiff University. * The site is the grounds of a student residences location within the urbanised area of Cathays, Cardiff. * Part of the site has been re-wilded into a grassland meadow for slow worms and other wildlife, and a piece of corrugated tin has been placed to warm in the sun for heat-loving reptiles. * The site was monitored for slow worms and the project was successful. There were 29 sightings in the active season (4th May-17th October 2016). This season is slightly later than average. The peak numbers of individuals recorded in single visits were in July and August, which is again later than average. * The project was carried out by grounds people from the SPORT department as part of the Cardiff University Sustainability initiative. * Slow worms are a protected species under the Wildlife and Countryside Act (1981) and a species of principal importance for biodiversity under the Environment (Wales) Act (2016)
Six seasons of slow worms at Cardiff University: 2016-2021
Full text linkWhat: The slow worm is a harmless species of lizard that is native to Britain. This document reports on a project which aimed to preserve and monitor the slow worms at Cardiff University. It also tracks a slow worm population crash which started in 2020. The slow worms are recovering from this crash now. It is estimated that there are currently nine slow worms present on site. Photographs of most of them are included in this report with identification notes
Community Gateway, Grange Pavilion and Grange Pavilion Youth Forum Evaluation 2024: Communities transforming Cardiff University
Full text linkThis is an evaluation of Community Gateway, an award winning Cardiff University platform that builds long-term partnerships between Cardiff University and local communities for mutual benefit. The platform has been piloted for 10 years in Grangetown, a vibrant neighbourhood in Cardiff. This evaluation has been commissioned by Community Gateway to explore what difference the pilot has made since 2024
Learning-Space Aligner: workshop summary with the School of Computer Science, Cardiff University
Full text linkThis is the summary of workshops conducted with the School of Computer Science, Cardiff University to pilot application of the Learning-Space Compass. More information about the project, visit https://futurelearningenvironments.org
Cardiff University APCs 2014-15 (October-June)
No full text<p>This spreadsheet contains details of article processing charges (APCs) paid by Cardiff University between 1 October 2014 and 30 June 2015. The data is being collected as part of Jisc's APC data collection project to address the Total Cost of Ownership of scholarly communication (https://www.jisc-collections.ac.uk/Jisc-Monitor/APC-data-collection/).</p>
<p>The spreadsheet will be replaced every three months with a new version. This will include data for both the new month and overwritten data for previous months, ensuring that the current version is always the most complete.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 02/12/2014</strong>: Added data for November.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 01/05/2015</strong>: Added data for December-February, and more complete data for October-November.</p>
<p><strong>UPDATE 05/08/2015</strong>: Added data up to 30 June 2015.</p>
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Proceedings of the Cardiff University Engineering Research Conference 2023
Full text linkThe conference was established for the first
time in 2023 as part of a programme to sustain the research
culture, environment, and dissemination activities of the
School of Engineering at Cardiff University in the United
Kingdom. The conference served as a platform to celebrate
advancements in various engineering domains researched
at our School, explore and discuss further advancements in
the diverse fields that define contemporary engineering
Future trends and strategic foresight: Report for Cardiff University Big Conversation/Y Sgwrs Fawr
Full text linkThe future of Cardiff University will be shaped by a broad range of drivers. The aim of this
report is to identify those major external trends around which we have a level of certainty
such as climate change, demography, urbanisation, economic growth, energy
consumption, connectivity, and geopolitics (ESPAS 2021). Some of these trends are
already recognised, but the potential impact on teaching, research and the civic missions
of universities has not been adequately addressed. There are other trends that we might
expect to shape our future that are less well-recognised. This report forms part of the
first, evidence gathering, stage of Cardiff University’s Y Sgwrs Fawr/Big Conversation
process
Relevant data and research relating to the Severn Estuary: Cardiff University Studies
Full text linkThe information presented in this report is primarily based on the understanding and experience gained by the authors in leading research teams and projects (2000 to 2024) in the Hydro-environmental Research Centre, at Cardiff University, on tidal energy schemes located in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel. These studies primarily related to predicting the impact of various tidal energy schemes, including barrages and lagoon, on a range of hydrodynamic, water quality and sediment transport processes in the Severn Estuary and Bristol Channel, as well as investigating the far field impacts outside of the basin
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