ABERYSTWYTH University has appointed a new chancellor.

The Right Honourable Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd has been appointed the next chancellor of Aberystwyth University and will take up the position in January 2018.

Lord Thomas succeeds the current chancellor Sir Emyr Jones Parry who steps down in December 2017 after serving a full 10 years.

Lord Thomas is currently Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales, and president of the courts of England and Wales, but will retire from the judiciary on 1 October.