Swansea University is hosting a virtual festival with celebrity guest speakers
Former Welsh rugby captain Gareth Thomas will be one of the guest speakers at the Festival of Ideas
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Former Wales and British Lions rugby captain and LGBT advocate Gareth Thomas is one of the key speakers
Swansea University will celebrate the very best of its international academic, industry and community partners as its annual Festival of Ideas event returns.
After the success of previous years, the university will host the four-day online event, which will include talks, debating panels, videos as well a range of guest speakers.
The event is organised by the UKRI funded CHERISH-DE team, which is an integral part of the university s Computational Foundry, a £32.5 million world-class facility that drives research into computational and mathematical sciences and comprises staff from the computer science and mathematics departments as its core team.
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By Colette Hume
image captionAmy-Claire Davies said she and other shielders in Wales feel anxious about going outside
People who have been shielding could become prisoners in their homes due to a loss of confidence after months indoors, an expert has said.
Dr Deborah Morgan, a leading specialist on loneliness, said a national strategy was needed to help people reintegrate into their communities.
Amy-Claire Davies, 26, has been shielding with her parents in Swansea since the start of the pandemic.
Medically, she is extremely vulnerable. She is living with a life-limiting condition which means she suffers multiple agonising spasms.