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Child reading book

Children’s Literature Festival

12 April 2016

University experts join star storytellers to celebrate the magic of literature

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

Education and adventure in Canada for PhD student

24 March 2016

Scholarship funds six week research visit to McGill University

Cardiff best in Wales for student experience

21 March 2016

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

Colgate students with the First Minister

First Minister welcomes Colgate University students

11 March 2016

American students enjoy an afternoon at the Senedd

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

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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

Pupils in a lecture theatre

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

Women and Welsh literature

12 November 2015

Conference celebrates Welsh women’s writing

2015 Creative Minds Scholarship winners

2015 scholarship winners receive a warm welcome from the School

11 November 2015

This year, the School offered more than £100,000 worth of scholarships, across undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.

Ambassador Furgler addresses the audience

Multilingualism under the spotlight

10 November 2015

A warm welcome for the Swiss Ambassador

Lowri Davies, the Sabbatical Scheme Manager in Cardiff, with Stuart Blackmore

Sabbatical Scheme Prizegiving

5 October 2015

The Sabbatical Scheme for Welsh Language Training held its annual prizegiving ceremony in the Main Building of Cardiff University on Thursday 1 October 2015.

Dr Rhiannon Marks from the School of Welsh

Literary award for lecturer

24 September 2015

Dr Rhiannon Marks, lecturer and Admissions Tutor at the School, has won the Sir Ellis Griffith Memorial Award for her first academic volume Pe gallwn, mi luniwn lythyr, which looks at the Works of Menna Elfyn.

Discussing the details of the project (photo by Paul Crompton).

Language insights on a trip to Namibia

18 September 2015

In this article, Dr Jonathan Morris from the School of Welsh shares his experiences of being part of the Phoenix Project’s recent trip to Namibia.