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Live on BBC Radio Wales – Dr Rhian Barrance discusses the impact of national tests on children in Wales

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

Childhood in Wales is changing, Wales’ services must change too

New data from over 10,000 children and young people in Wales reveal the impact pressures of modern life are placing on their mental health. WISERD Research Associate, Dr Rhian Barrance carried out the Beth Nawr, 2019 survey for the Children’s Commissioner for Wales, which collected data to help shape the Commissioner’s new three-year work plan….

WISERD yn cynnal Anthropolegau Cymdeithasol y Cymry: Y Gorffennol a’r Presennol

Cynhaliodd WISERD ddarlith gyda’r nos a symposiwm undydd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd yr wythnos hon. Trefnwyd y digwyddiad ar y cyd gyda’r Sefydliad Anthropolegol Brenhinol, Cymdeithas Ddysgedig Cymru a Chymdeithas Anrhydeddus y Cymmrodorion. Roedd Anthropolegau Cymdeithasol y Cymry: Y Gorffennol a’r Presennol yn edrych ar ddatblygiad anthropoleg gymdeithasol yng Nghymru o safbwyntiau ysgolheictod cenedlaethol ac ymgysylltu…

New international research project announced

      WISERD has been successful in gaining funding for new international research. Led by Professor Paul Chaney, the project is entitled: ‘Civil Society Advocacy and the Rohingya Crisis in Bangladesh: Challenges and Resolutions’. Co-investigator of the new study is Professor Nasir Uddin of the University of Chittagong, a leading international scholar on the…

Llywodraeth Cymru yn Cyhoeddi Tystiolaeth Newydd am Waith yng Nghymru

Mae Llywodraeth Cymru wedi cyhoeddi adroddiad heddiw, a ysgrifennwyd gan Alan Felstead a Rhys Davies, sy’n cynnig tystiolaeth newydd am natur cyflogadwyedd yng Nghymru.  Mae Gweithio yng Nghymru 2006-2017:  Tystiolaeth o’r Arolwg Sgiliau a Chyflogaeth yn cynnig cipolwg gwerthfawr – o safbwynt gweithwyr – ar nifer o faterion gan gynnwys hyrwyddo gwaith teg; gwella’r defnydd…

Hopes and fears: The development of a new curriculum in Wales

Since 2015, ‘pioneer’ schools across Wales have been contributing to the development of a new national curriculum based on Professor Graham Donaldson’s (2015) report, Successful Futures. As part of a Welsh government-funded research project being conducted through the Wales Institute of Social and Economic Research, Data and Methods (WISERD),*  over 30 teachers involved in this…

Beth sy’n dylanwadu ar ymgysylltiad cymunedol a lleol ag ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru?

Mae adroddiad newydd gan y Sefydliad Materion Cymreig yn seiliedig ar ymchwil WISERD wedi’i gyhoeddi gan yr Athro Judith Marquand, Kate O’Sullivan a Dr Sioned Pearce o Brifysgol Caerdydd. Mae ‘Ffactorau sy’n dylanwadu ar ymgysylltiad cymunedol a lleol ag ynni adnewyddadwy yng Nghymru’yn seiliedig ar sgyrsiau gyda phobl sy’n cymryd rhan yn uniongyrchol mewn prosiectau…

WISERD visits University of Paris 1, Panthéon-La Sorbonne

Professor W. John Morgan visited the University of Paris 1, Panthéon-La Sorbonne this week, at the personal invitation of Professor Georges Haddad, the University’s President, to discuss his Leverhulme Emeritus Fellowship research on ‘UNESCO and the Cultural Cold War: International Intellectual Co-operation or Soft Power?’ Professor Haddad was formerly Director of the Division of Higher…

WISERD i gyflwyno yng Ngŵyl y Gelli 2019

  Jean Jenkins, Darllenydd mewn Cysylltiadau Cyflogaeth ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd, i gyflwyno yng Ngŵyl y Gelli eleni ddydd Mawrth 28 Mai. Mae Jean yn gweithio ar brosiect Cronfa Ymchwil Heriau Byd-eang a ariennir gan Lywodraeth y DU gyda WISERD, sy’n ymchwilio i’r posibilrwydd o gael gafael ar ddatrysiad ar gyfer gweithwyr dillad yn y gadwyn…