As Wales prepares for its biggest overhaul of the national curriculum in 30 years, Nick Rogers considers whether or not England should be following suit… In 2022 (all being well and with no further setbacks), Wales will begin rolling out its new national curriculum to all state schools across the country. The new curriculum,…
Black History Month was another roaring success this year, with celebratory events taking place across the country. But what is it all about? Dr Paul Hutchings and Katie Sullivan explain… Black History Month (BHM for short) has been celebrated every October since 1987 in the United Kingdom, but many people are either unaware even of…
Schools are innovative and inspirational places, in which no one day is the same. Yet so much of a teacher’s working life is based on tradition and doing what has always been done. In this insightful blog, teacher Sarah Withey reflects on her own practice and challenges established norms… It was a challenging Wednesday afternoon…
Rhoddwyd i arbenigwyr rhyngwladol byd addysg fewnwelediad i system addysg Cymru yn ystod eu hymweliad diweddar â’r Athrofa Addysg. Croesawyd cynrychiolwyr o Norwy, gan gynnwys aelod o Adran Addysg Senedd y Bobl Sámi a grŵp o fyfyrwyr a darlithwyr o Brifysgol Gwyddorau Cymhwysol y Bobl Sámi, i Gampws Caerfyrddin PCYDDS gan dîm Blynyddoedd Cynnar yr…
International education experts were given an insight into Wales’ education system during a recent visit to Yr Athrofa: Institute of Education. A delegation from Norway, including a member of the Sami Parliament’s Education Department and a group of students and lecturers from the Sámi University of Applied Sciences, were welcomed to UWTSD’s Carmarthen Campus by…
Mae’r Athrofa yn edrych ymlaen at bennod newydd gyffrous yn ei hanes hir a chlodwiw ar ôl symud i gyfleusterau modern newydd ynghanol safle glannau Abertawe. Mae’r datblygiad trawiadol yn cynnwys cyfleusterau pwrpasol ar gyfer dysgu, addysgu a gwaith ymchwil, yn ogystal â lle cymdeithasol, hamdden ac ymlacio. Mae’n dod â chysylltiad hir Yr Athrofa…
Yr Athrofa: The Institute of Education is looking forward to an exciting new chapter in its long and illustrious history after moving into state-of-the-art facilities in the heart of Swansea’s waterfront. The eye-catching development includes purpose-built facilities for learning, teaching and research as well as social, leisure and recreation space. Yr Athrofa is relocating from…
Future-proofing our education system for the demands of the 21st century is a significant task. But so too is it an opportunity. Here, Dr Jan Barnes champions creativity as a necessary skill in a modern Wales… I think it is fair to say that the world as we know it is not only changing,…
Mae Prifysgol Cymru Y Drindod Dewi Sant a‘r ysgolion sy’n bartneriaid â hi wedi bod yn llwyddiannus yn eu cais i ddarparu rhaglenni newydd arloesol addysg gychwynnol athrawon (AGA) o fis Medi 2019 ymlaen. Mae’r rhaglenni a gyflwynwyd gan Bartneriaeth Dysgu Proffesiynol yr Athrofa (PDPA), sef cydweithrediad sy’n cynnwys Yr Athrofa’r Drindod Dewi Sant a…
The University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) and its partner schools have been successful in their application to deliver innovative new programmes of initial teacher education (ITE) from September 2019. Programmes put forward by the Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership (APLP), a collaboration involving UWTSD’s Yr Athrofa: Institute of Education and a network of more…