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Yr Athrofa: Professional Learning Partnership receives ITE accreditation

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…

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Welsh twist to international thinking conference

A Welsh academic has presented two papers at a major international conference in the United States. Dr Helen Lewis, a senior lecturer at Yr Athrofa: Institute of Education, spoke at the 18th International Conference on Thinking (ICOT) in Miami, Florida. The conference brought together leading researchers and practitioners from across the world. The event sought…

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Rankings boost for Yr Athrofa

Yr Athrofa, the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s Institute of Education, has made major strides up two leading league tables. Both the Guardian University Guide and the Complete University Guide show significant improvements. In the Guardian 2019 table, UWTSD was ranked 50th for education – up 23 places from first entry last year. The…

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Learning Progression for Wales

The CAMAU Project has today published a major Research Report informing a crucial aspect of Wales’ curriculum reform. Developed in partnership by the University of Glasgow and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD), the CAMAU project seeks to develop a shared understanding of ‘progression’ in the learning of children and young people between the…