School of Welsh news

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Lecturer wins the Môn Eisteddfod Chair

4 June 2016

Director of Teaching and Learning wind his second Chair at the Anglesey Eisteddfod 2016.

Tactical successes and strategic failures – the office of the Irish Language Commissioner

18 May 2016

Cardiff University academic presents research on the Irish Language Commissioner at a talk hosted by Oxford University’s Centre for Linguistics and Philology

‘Curtain up, spotlight on the stage’: students at work on a writing project

11 May 2016

Two students have won the opportunity to work with drama company Frân Wen

Gym-Gym members in a Dublin bar.

How easy is it to live through the medium of Welsh in our capital city?

5 May 2016

Read one student account of living through the medium of Welsh in Cardiff

Creative Minds Scholars receive £18,000

29 April 2016

School of Welsh announces the winners of their special undergraduate scholarships

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Staff and students recognised in annual awards shortlist

13 April 2016

At the end of the academic year Cardiff University hosts the Enriching Student Life Awards to recognise and celebrate the hard work of staff and students.

Child reading book

Children’s Literature Festival

12 April 2016

University experts join star storytellers to celebrate the magic of literature

Education and adventure in Canada for PhD student

24 March 2016

Scholarship funds six week research visit to McGill University

Student wins Chair at Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod

24 March 2016

Congratulations to Gethin Wynn Davies, third year LLB and Welsh student, who has won the Chair at the 2016 Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod

Cardiff best in Wales for student experience

21 March 2016

Bangor displaced as Cardiff rises 17 places to 12th in the UK.

Alumnus becomes new National Poet for Wales

11 March 2016

School of Welsh congratulates former student, the bard Ifor ap Glyn, on his new role

Colgate students with the First Minister

First Minister welcomes Colgate University students

11 March 2016

American students enjoy an afternoon at the Senedd

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St David’s Day kick off for Welsh language project

2 March 2016

As Welsh people around the world celebrated St David’s Day, a new project which aims to document contemporary use of the Welsh language got underway

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Second language pupils revise with the School of Welsh

22 February 2016

140 second language pupils attend revision day

PhD student awarded linguistic seminar funding

8 February 2016

School of Welsh student receives financial support to host a seminar during the 2015-2016 BAAL-CUP Seminar series

Professor Mac Giolla Chriost at the lectern delivering his keynote address

Multilingual matters at international language conference

28 January 2016

Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost delivers keynote at Association of University Language Centres (AULC).

Efa Mared Edwards holds the Welsh translation of Longbow Girl

Student triumphs in translation

14 December 2015

Postgraduate student celebrates the launch of her Welsh language translation of an English children's novel

School launches linguistic resource for Welsh actors

4 December 2015

School of Welsh launches a new resource for Welsh actors and scriptwriters.

Two students in front of the Wales Millennium Centre, Cardiff Bay

Welsh for All’s inaugural cohort celebrates end of first course

30 November 2015

First Welsh for All cohort is celebrating success

Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost and Dr Khalid Ansar

Lessons and learnings for minority language development

16 November 2015

Language planning and policy insights