Newyddion

Fe fyddai ymdrechion i hyrwyddo ieithoedd lleiafrifol ymysg plant a phobl ifanc yn elwa o wella’r ffordd y mae prosiectau yn cael eu gwerthuso, ac o gyllid digonol. Dyna rai o gasgliadau allweddol ymchwil i weithgareddau hyrwyddo iaith yn y gwledydd Celtaidd. Fe gynhaliodd academyddion o brifysgolion Aberystwyth a Chaeredin ymchwil ar weithgareddau mudiadau yn…

Bydd grant newydd gan ESRC yn galluogi ymchwil amlddisgyblaethol i gael ei gynnal am y tro cyntaf i oblygiadau eithriadau o’r ysgol ar draws y DU, o dan arweiniad yr Adran Addysg ym Mhrifysgol Rhydychen. Mae’r Athro Sally Power a Chris Taylor yn rhan o dîm o ymchwilwyr sy’n gweithredu ar draws Rhydychen, Caerdydd, Caeredin,…

Cynhaliwyd 10fed Cynhadledd Flynyddol WISERD ar 3 a 4 Gorffennaf yng Nghanolfan Gynadledda Medrus ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth. Thema’r gynhadledd eleni oedd Cymdeithas Sifil a Chymryd Rhan, a denodd y digwyddiad, sef cynhadledd y gwyddorau cymdeithasol fwyaf Cymru, dros 100 o gynadleddwyr o’r sectorau academaidd, polisi, cyhoeddus, preifat a’r trydydd sector. Dechreuodd y gynhadledd gyda dwy…

Following on from the previous Eye On Wales programme last month, when Dr Nigel Newton was involved in a discussion which introduced the new education system, Dr Newton now discusses whether or not the new curriculum will help to close the attainment gap. Almost two-thirds of teachers at schools that have trialled Wales’ new curriculum feel it will…

Dr Nigel Newton comments on Wales’ new curriculum in a BBC news article.

Wales’ education system is about to change. Eye On Wales finds out what’s involved and Dr Nigel Newton takes part in the discussion which introduces the new system (6:27).

Ymhen pythefnos, bydd WISERD yn cynnal ei Gynhadledd Flynyddol yng Nghanolfan Gynadledda Medrus ym Mhrifysgol Aberystwyth. Thema eleni yw Cymdeithas Sifil a Chyfranogiad. Bydd cyfle i’r cynadleddwyr drafod ymchwil arloesol, rhyngddisgyblaethol o Gymru a thu hwnt, gan ganolbwyntio ar ymagweddau at gymdeithas sifil a chyfranogiad sydd wedi’u mabwysiadu mewn ystod eang o feysydd polisi. Bydd…

Sally Holland, the Children’s Commissioner for Wales and Dr Rhian Barrance, WISERD Research Associate, discuss how Wales has gone further than any other UK country in implementing the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) by introducing the Rights of Children and Young Persons (Wales) Measure in 2011. This requires that ministers…

WISERD recently conducted a survey of almost 10,000 children aged between 7 and 18-years-old in Wales for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales. The aim of the survey was to identify the most significant issues facing children in Wales in order to guide the Commissioner’s 3 year workplan for children and young people. The 11-18 year…

Dr Rhian Barrance talks on BBC Radio Cymru and BBC Radio Wales about new research findings from her work with the Children’s Commissioner for Wales on the impact of national tests on children in Wales. BBC Radio Cymru, ‘Post Cyntaf’, 8am, 09/05/19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0004rn5 BBC Radio Wales, ‘Good Evening Wales’, 5pm, 09/05/19: https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/live:bbc_radio_wales_fm