My 5yo son said he doesn't like pink anymore because it's a girls colour. I told him I wouldn't give him strawberry ice cream anymore. He's reevaluating.
I invite anyone who's unhappy with
#wellfieldroad
#cardiff
to shop on Cowbridge Road instead. No extended pavements. Car congestion back. No safe cycling.
We can only dream of getting the Wellfield Road treatment from
@cardiffcouncil
Very bloody tired dad with toddler in A&E.... but just wow to the amazing
@CV_UHB
staff; efficient, professional, and kind. Cherish the
#NHS
- a world without it would be terrifying. Diolch yn fawr!
Before I log-out for Paternity Leave..
Just to say how proud I am to be married to the person I love, to be a father, and to be myself at work.
13-yo me never believed he could have those things. And many people still can't 🌏. I will never take it for granted
#PrideMonth
🏳️🌈🏳️⚧️
📢 PERSONAL NEWS
September is my last full month in student enterprise
I'll be heading over to support the incredible work at Innovation
@sbarc
and Cardiff Medicentre as the new Innovation Operations Manager
Sad to leave a great team.
Excited for new challenges!
Wow... a one off bonus of 250 pounds to every member of
@cardiffuni
staff for effort throughout the pandemic.... The money is nice, but the sense of being recognised and appreciated is massive 👍👍👍
Struggling to express how moved I was by
#LostBoysAndFairies
As a
#Cardiff
boy and an adopter, this was a very familiar story told in very familiar places. I cried. A lot!
Diolch o galon
@Dafydd__James
This moment is verbatim me and my husband 😂
For no reason, sometimes Welsh language drag names occur to me. I have no use for them. Here they are for all to enjoy🤷♂️
@alunsaunders
@thequeeremporiu
Hannah Tymor
Annie Byniaeth
Beth Bynnag
Mai Sbarcio (Maes Parcio)
Kerry Grafi
Pam V
Brenda Brycheiniog
Today is my last day as Enterprise Manager. My best career tip so far:
How much you enjoy a job is 99% down to who you work with, not what you do. Find out where there are good people.
I love the
@cardiffuni
enterprise team! Fun, challenging... a bit rebellious 😊
Here's a thing that's blown my mind..🤯
I have a list of all companies registered in
#Cardiff
since August by people age 18-30. That's 2,300 ish
I've checked 200 so far
20 are former
@cardiffuni
students
What if
@CardiffAlumni
are 10% of every young entrepreneur in the city!
Yesterday a 9yr-old sat though a presentation on
#sbarc
; the vision to be an unconventional space for creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurship.
At the end, he held up his hand and asked, "So, you built this whole place just to make scientists socialise?"
touché 😂😂🤣
New
@OctopusVentures
report out now! Top 100 HEIs listed within their Entrepreneurial Ranking (with key recommendations such as
#CustomerDiscovery
). Download report here One for
@EEUK
Associates
Oh!
This month marks 5 years at
@cardiffuni
- love this place and love this city!!!!
#cardiff
AND 3 years of being a dad
@AdoptionUK
!!!!
I can officially confirm GOOD STUFF happens in October 🎉🎉🎉
I'm sure I've seen people on here criticising Tudor Street - claiming investment hasn't made it nicer.
Waiting for a bus to the Sports Village (half term!). As a former Grange resident, I think it's so much nicer. Positively lovely! People must've been judging from a distance
Innovation is not just tech, see the
@cardiffuni
logo peeking out from our supermarket shelves. Delicious honey wellbeing tea developed with
@pharmabees
@PharmacyCU
🐝
👏
@cardiffuni
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"
Very stressful week but equally rewarding. Possibly a couple of grey hairs came through... but 5 tenants moved in and I couldn't be more delighted 🎉
#innovation
Can you imagine? 30 students from
@UniBremen
+
@cardiffuni
working together online over 6 days in international + interdisciplinary teams on their own ideas for
#social
#entrepreneurship
They gave extraordinary pitches 🎉
Can't believe it's all over...
...until next time 😉
In a change of plan - I said farewell to my appendix overnight. Took a little longer to get diagnosed because apparently appendicitis is most common in "young men" (cheek!)
But as ever, amazing care from amazing people at
@CV_UHB
❤️
#NHSstaff
#NHS
We've discovered the previous owners of our new house layered new stuff on top of old.
Wallpaper on wallpaper. Tiles on tiles. Carpet on carpet. Even a fireplace on a fireplace.
Husband: this house is just one big
@monetxchange
wig reveal!
🤣🤣🤣
Yesterday
@cardiffuni
launched a set of Innovation and Research Institutes:
> Digital Transformation
> Net Zero
> Neuroscience and Mental Health
> Security, Crime and Intelligence
> Systems Immunity
Very exciting and key time for
#innovation
at
#Cardiff
Uni and the region!
Fantastic news: "
@cardiffuni
has won a £1.25m share of funding to turn
#socialscience
research into real-world benefits for wider society."
A great boost for the mission of the Social Science Research Park! There really is so much good stuff going on in the
#sbarc
building👇
At
@cardiffuni
sometimes we help cutting edge innovation-driven ventures in engineering, physical sciences and biomedical & life sciences.
Sometimes we help sell greetings card with naked Santa doing yoga.
Anyone else getting a whole new perspective on commuting??
Travel to an office 🕔🚘🚲🚆😠
Work. 🕠🏙️💻
Travel back. 🕖🚘🚲🚆😠
REPEAT X 260+ DAYS A YEAR!!!
Can't imagine how we could justify going back to spending that much time and energy again...
My dad is a
@CardiffAlumni
... He just sent me this from the latest Cardiff Connect magazine. I had fully forgotten providing this. Think it made dad proud 🥲
#cardiffinnovations
#sbarc
1/3 🚨 SYNIAD 2020 IS LIVE 🚨
We're asking students across Wales to share IDEAS to change the world!
Led by
@cardiffuni
+ supported by
@BigIdeasWales
+ open to nearly 100,000 students across
#Wales
#SYNIAD2020
Eeeeek! "In a few short weeks, a new collective will coalesce in sbarc|spark"
Inside, I'll be managing
@cardiffuni
's new centre for
#spinouts
and
#startups
Where better to grow a business than surrounded by world-leading experts, facilities, and bright students?
🤩 Our 2021 Innovation Round-up is LIVE🤩 New teams were assembled, buildings delivered, deals done, awards won. Here, we look back at the people and partnerships that drove the
@cardiffuni
's creative agenda.
Been telling a colleague from Scotland. There's a public park in
#Cardiff
where a seal called Billy used to live in the 1920-30s. Only now there's a statue of a seal in its memory. And that's why the local bakery makes delicious seal-shaped Billy biscuits.
Normal.
Today! Hack of Change! All Unis in Wales working with
@socialbizwales
🙌
Check out
@martin_downes
' blog on inspiring social entrepreneurship by reimagining the hackathon
#socent
#ented
Hack to the Future
When I joined
@cardiffuni
in 2015 I took some photos to help the case for a better space for student support services.
Can't believe we move into the Centre For Student Life in mere months!!
#cardiff
2015. 2021
Crikey wasn't expecting 800+ students in the room this morning!!!
@cardiffbusiness
thanks for having me 🙏
My
@Mentimeter
word-cloud has NEVER been so rammed (loads of fab answers too)!
"Professor Larner will be the first female Vice-Chancellor in Cardiff University’s 140-year history."
This is great news...but I do hope we're nearing the end of "firsts" for women at Cardiff Uni.. it shouldn't have taken this long...
via
@timeshighered
I'm running a workshop for
REAL 🤯
LIVE 🤯
HUMAN 🤯
STUDENTS 🤯
today in
@CardiffJomec
for the first time in 8-months!
Do I even remember how to deliver a presentation standing up??? 🤦🏻♂️
Impact Report for 2020 is DONE!!!!
Massive thanks to
@BigIdeasWales
for helping us champion entrepreneurship at
@cardiffuni
..I mean nothing eventful happened in 2020 but I managed to string a few thoughts together 😅
For 5 years I was a part of plans for sbarc representing student
#startups
. Since joining the building team in October it's been an intense time of learning - loads more still to learn! But I'm so excited for everything the future holds and thrilled to be involved!
#innovation
Know any
@cardiffuni
students or grads running a business? Maybe they're selling online, freelancing, or innovating...
This summer the lush folks at
@Blue___Stag
will work with 6 lucky startups on digital marketing skill and confidence.
Apply now 👇👇👇
Excited to share our Annual Report for 2019 🎉 It was tough bringing our
@BigIdeasWales
grant funded projects to life - but 💯% worth it to offer
@cardiffuni
students more ways to support their creativity, innovation and entrepreneurialism
#ideastolife
Picture from work this week 👇. Reminding me, 2013 was my first job that involved public speaking. My first presentation - I got so nervous I had a headrush and nearly fell over. 10 years later.... and I'm really glad I left my comfort zone.
One of the big challenges Vaughan Gething's going to face in winning over both his colleagues & the public is how he reacts to scrutiny.
He has a long history of reacting angrily when challenged.
Let's take a look & work out what it could mean for his premiership.
[Thread]
True story from today 👇
Welsh Gov: Hi, we have an overseas company looking for UK connections. They specialise in dizziness.
Me: Hey Cardiff Uni folks. Anyone interested in dizziness?
Cardiff Uni Folks: Hi Rhys, we are a dizziness research group. Nice to meet you.
Me: 🤯
Since 2020 has been so easy and breezy - I thought to myself 'why don't I run a workshop entirely in Welsh, and open it up to students across Wales' 🤦🏻🤦🏻🤦🏻
Pawb yn barod? 🏴
#GEW2020