Gair Rhydd

The Gair rhydd is a fantastic publication offered to you by the students of Cardiff University. This is a free publication that many a student will find in the university buildings around Cardiff. It is contributed to by an amazing, volunteering team of students, keeping you up to date with the happenings of Cardiff student life.
There are regular columnists to entertain you, many of whom have been friends of mine and trust me, you will want to hear what they have to say. The Gair rhydd can be an essential part of a student’s life if they are looking to write for a publication to build up a portfolio for themselves and with the student media awards being held every year in the Hilton, they can be recognized and rewarded for their work.
I thoroughly recommend getting involved with contributing to this paper and also reading it, the content is of a high standard and demonstrates the talent and passion of the students who contribute to it.

gair rhydd has scooped up a fair few awards in its time. Pick up a copy and you’ll be able to see why. Crammed full of in-​depth discussion, light stories and quirky features, this paper is guarantee to keep you entertained for the length of a lecture, and some.
I know from working for the supplementary magazine, Quench, that the writers for gair rhydd are an impossibly dedicated bunch. Slaving away for nothing more than the odd slice of pizza generously donated by Domino’s, the contributors and editors put an awful lot of their free time into this.
Yet the standard of writing is so good and the content so accurate that it’s sometimes hard to believe this is a free publication.
Although connected to the University, the writing here is honest and thoroughly on the side of the students. News coverage is always well researched and is often followed up by analysis relevant to Cardiff’s students later on in the paper.
Sports coverage is thorough, with comments that bring together the full scope of Cardiff’s athletic scene. Plus, for those interested in a little less strenuous challenge than rugby trials, there is a games page perfect for whiling away Monday morning’s detested module.
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Free ‘papers are far from everybody’s favourite medium for grabbing their news and opinion in the 21^st Century, particularly when it’s five times more convenient online, where newsprint doesn’t get all over your hands. But with the exception of the public transport-​saturating Metro, only the Gair Rhydd really stands out above a litany of hyper-​local gratis rags that litter Cardiff. As Cardiff University’s own student newspaper it has a distinct advantage over many of the country’s educational establishment-​funded publications: Cardiff has long been one of the most highly respected destinations for undergraduate journalists learning the trade. That certainly shines through in much of the newspaper, providing particularly effective insight into the city’s news of student interest and Cardiff’s ever-​bustling music scene. A glittering array of writers has come through Gair Rhydd’s ranks to go onto greater things at household name national publications, fairly clear proof in itself of the ‘paper’s ongoing dedication to a solid standard of journalism.

Cardiff University students’ union produces a free, editorially independent weekly newspaper called ‘Gair Rhydd’ (which is Welsh for ‘Free Word’), issued every Monday morning during term time.
As it’s run entirely by students, the newspaper provides a platform for new student writers to gain some practical experience and build up a portfolio of articles — so it’s very popular amongst Cardiff’s journalism students. Anyone can find the newspaper on the fourth floor of the students’ union building, and volunteer to get involved — whether it’s in writing, photography, production or other aspects of running the newspaper.
The final product is widely respected, well-​distributed and well-​read, keeping the entire Cardiff University population up to date on major issues that effect students in the city and across the UK. It also includes sections covering, sport, the latest news, features, politics, interviews, health, and science & the environment — as well as a Welsh language section, ‘Taf-​Od’.