Award-winning poet and broadcaster Owen Sheers joins Swansea University as Professor in Creativity.

Owen Sheers, the award-winning poet, dramatist and novelist, is set to join Swansea University as Professor in Creativity from 1 May 2015. Based in the University’s Research Institute for Arts and Humanities (RIAH), Owen will play a key role in nurturing creativity among staff, students and the community, as well as continuing to develop his international profile as one of Wales’ finest writers.

“The post of Professor in Creativity is an exciting appointment” says Owen, “offering the opportunity to delve into the treasure chest of ideas and stories that is a University with a view to creating artistic projects fuelled by the research and energy of Swansea’s academics and students. I’m particularly interested in the possibilities the post offers for engagement and collaboration with the local community, and in doing so, helping to weave a strong cultural thread through the daily life of the University. It’s also my hope that these projects will offer Swansea’s students, in the sciences as well as the arts, an active artistic environment in which they might further develop their skills beyond the lecture hall or the library.”