This event is free to attend, and open to all; from businesses and academic colleagues to everyone within the local community.  It takes the format of a series of bite size presentations, looking historically at why the UK originally went into the EU, and moving right through to today, and the reasons and misgivings for remaining in the EU.

Delegates will hear from our students, on the importance of voting, and from a Welsh based business in the Medical sector, actively working with European partners.  The event will include presentations from leading academics in the field, and will conclude with a look at the likelihood of an in-out referendum, based on some of the latest research at Swansea University.   

Prior to the presentations, delegates will have the opportunity to take a tour of Swansea University’s  new state of the art Bay campus and peruse the ‘Research as Art’ gallery, which showcases a wide range of research conducted at the University with funding and partners from both inside and outside the EU.

Professor Martin Stringer, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Swansea University, and chair for the event will be welcoming delegates to the event with an overview of Swansea University’s relationship with the EU. 

Professor Stringer commented:

“As a University, we are in the privileged position of being able to draw on a vast knowledge base both from within the University, and externally.  This has enabled us to put on an event for local stakeholders across Wales, to look at a number of key issues, and the associated pros and cons of remaining in the EU in an informative and digestible format.”

This event will be taking place prior to a BBC Wales live televised debate with Huw Edwards at Swansea University's Great Hall.