| Gair Rhydd | |
| Type: | Free, fortnightly newspaper |
| Format: | Tabloid |
| Owners: | Cardiff University Students' Union |
| Editor: | Edward Sutton |
| Foundation: | 1972 |
| Headquarters: | Cardiff University Students' Union, Cardiff |
| Website: | gairrhydd.com |
| Italic Title: | no |
| Language: | English and Welsh |
Gair Rhydd (in Welsh ˈɡair ˈr̥iːð/, meaning "free word"; stylised as "gair rhydd") is the official student newspaper of Cardiff University. It is a fortnightly, free,[1] tabloid-sized paper established in 1972. Its sections cover local and international news, finance, politics, science, student opinions, campus life and sport, alongside the Welsh-language section "Taf-od".
Gair Rhydd has won several student media awards, including Newspaper of the Year at the Guardian Student Media Awards 2005.[2]
Past editor Tom Wellingham and two other student journalists were suspended when, on 4 February 2006, they reproduced a controversial cartoon depicting Mohammed. The issue was withdrawn from publication (98% of copies retrieved) within a day of being released, and the Cardiff University Students' Union issued an apology.[3] Cartoons were reinstated as a regular feature in issue #1081 in 2016.[4]