Gavin Congratulates Wrexham University on Research Degree Awarding Powers

Wrexham University has secured Research Degree Awarding Powers (RDAP), and Gavin, who has served as the External Member of its Research Committee, congratulated the university team on the achievement.

Gavin said he had seen at first hand the effort required to align data, processes and policies for the application. He described the outcome as a gain for Wales and the North East of Wales in particular, strengthening the regional knowledge economy and allowing the university's research to support its civic mission by addressing local challenges.

He also noted a personal connection. His first research post after leaving Cardiff University was under Professor Stuart Irvine at the OpTIC Technology Centre in St Asaph, at what was then Glyndŵr University, the institution that became Wrexham University. He said he looks forward to the research that will now emerge from the university under its own degree-awarding powers.