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A new bursary fund has been announced to help businesses across Wales enhance their computational skills. The fund, made available by High Performance Computing (HPC) Wales, will boost the skills and experience of graduates and professionals, while providing expert computing support to businesses. The new bursary scheme will enable business professionals in North, West Wales and the Valleys - otherwise known as Convergence areas in Wales - who wish to build skills in the area of advanced computation, to benefit from up to four weeks’ training. It will also part-fund 10-week work placements with additional training, some in conjunction with Go Wales. These placements will enable businesses to select graduates to suit their business needs and benefit from specialist knowledge, while graduates work towards obtaining a professional qualification, gaining valuable business skills and experience. Typical training includes an introduction to supercomputing, OpenMP (a standard for writing pa...

Aberystwyth University has awarded 42 Entrance Scholarships along with 518 Merit Awards and numerous bursaries and other financial donations to students joining the University for the first time in September 2013. Entrance Scholarship students receive between £1,000 and £1,200 for every year of study, guaranteed accommodation for the duration of the course and an unconditional offer. The Merit Award comes with an unconditional offer and a one-off payment of £1,000 in the first year. The 2012-13 report by OpinionPanel Research found that Aberystwyth University has the best range of scholarships, bursaries and awards of any university in the UK. Gwilym Tudur (pictured above) from Cardiff has been awarded a Senior Entrance Scholarships worth £1,200 a year. “I was taken aback when I heard the news”, he said. “This scholarship really will help me with my living costs and I also intend to spend a great deal on books! “I chose to come to Aberystwyth mainly due to the reputation of the Welsh...

The Jenkins Bakery is backing an exciting £1,000 musical bursary prize to honour the man known as Llanelli’s Mr Music, Gethin Hughes MBE.  It’s the biggest prize of its kind on offer in Wales and the aim will be to find the very best young musical talent in Llanelli. “The death of Gethin Hughes last year robbed Llanelli and Wales of one of its best-loved musicians and characters,” said Russell Jenkins, operations director of the Jenkins Bakery. “We are one of the oldest businesses in Llanelli and we have a long association with Gethin and his family. “My grandfather was a deacon at Triniti Chapel. Triniti, of course, was very dear to Gethin’s heart. “Gethin’s contribution to the musical life of Llanelli and Wales was immense. He died just a few days short of his 76th birthday after a wonderful musical career. “He was, of course, the long-serving accompanist of Côr Meibion Llanelli (Llanelli Male Choir) before his retirement from the role. “An organising committee of Gethin’s...