Aberystwyth University receives £5m to solve rural challenges

A partnership led by Aberystwyth University has received over £5 million in funding to research and explore solutions to rural challenges.

Funded by UK Research and Innovation (UKRI), the Local Policy and Innovation Partnership for Rural Wales, or LPIP Rural Wales, aims to solve challenges faced by rural communities.

It will focus on the challenges facing rural communities, including the “rural premium” on poverty, as well as things that can be done to support the net zero transition, enhance health, wellbeing and access to services and empower communities and culture.