Newyddion

  Nod y prosiect Bywydau wedi’u Gwahardd yw deall y prosesau cyd-destunol a sefydliadol sy’n arwain at wahanol fathau o wahardd ffurfiol ac anffurfiol o’r ysgol a’r canlyniadau i bobl ifanc a waharddwyd, eu teuluoedd, ysgolion a gweithwyr proffesiynol eraill ledled y DU. Ymunodd Jemma Bridgeman o’r tîm Bywydau wedi’u Gwahardd ym Mhrifysgol Caerdydd â…

Ar 4 Gorffennaf, adroddwyd ar wefan newyddion Nation.Cymru bod Anas Sarwar, arweinydd y Blaid Lafur yn yr Alban, ac aelod o Senedd yr Alban, wedi galw am Senedd newydd o’r Cenhedloedd a’r Rhanbarthau i gymryd lle Tŷ’r Arglwyddi. Wrth siarad â’r Gymdeithas Fabian yn San Steffan, dadleuodd Anas Sarwar: ‘nad oes lle i Dŷ’r Arglwyddi,…

Amlygodd pandemig Covid-19 a Brexit, gyda’i gilydd, lawer o’r heriau sy’n wynebu cefn gwlad Cymru, o fynediad gwael at wasanaethau a phobl ifanc yn symud i ffwrdd, i or-ganolbwyntio ar dwristiaeth a dibyniaeth ar farchnadoedd allforio Ewropeaidd. Ar yr un pryd, wrth i Gymru lywio’r adferiad ôl-bandemig a pharatoi polisïau a rhaglenni ôl-Brexit, ceir cyfleoedd…

Ymunais a thîm o ymchwilwyr o Brifysgol Bangor, Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd, Iechyd Cyhoeddus Cymru a Phrifysgol Kentucky i ymchwilio i agweddau at frechlynnau Covid-19 mewn cymunedau glofaol yng Nghymru a’r Unol Daleithiau. Cyhoeddir ein canfyddiadau mewn adroddiad newydd i’r Academi Brydeinig, Covid and the coalfield: Vaccine hesitance in Wales and Appalachia. Mae pandemig Covid-19 yn…

Today (25th May), the Department of Business Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) released its latest figures for trade union membership. The long-term downward trend in union membership in the UK is well known.  Based on union records, trade union membership within the UK peaked in 1979 at approximately 13.2 million. Since then, there has been…

Fel rhan o’r prosiect Ymddiriedaeth, Hawliau Dynol a Chymdeithas Sifil yn rhaglen ymchwil cymdeithas sifil WISERD, rwyf wedi bod yn dadansoddi sefyllfa hawliau dynol pobl LHDT+ yng ngwledydd y Gymuned Garibïaidd – a elwir hefyd yn CARICOM. Fe’i sefydlwyd ym 1973, ac mae’n sefydliad o bymtheg o wladwriaethau a dibyniaethau sydd wedi’i gynllunio i hyrwyddo…

The presence of special education needs (SEN) and variations in school-level provision can cause disruptions in a pupil’s educational journey, especially when that child’s needs change as they progress through key stages. This may especially be the case when pupils have multiple needs, including mental health and communication difficulties. Furthermore, gaps between the time of…

This latest blog post in WISERD’S series on the Ukraine crisis examines the response of the European Union. Specifically, it explores the legal and social policy response and the role of civil society. The Russian invasion of Ukraine that began on 24th February has created one of the most serious humanitarian crises in Europe’s post-war…

Public transport was severely impacted during COVID-19 as people’s daily mobility patterns changed. This led to a substantial drop in demand as many workers were instructed to work from home and social distancing measures were introduced on existing services. Department for Transport statistics show a decline from 91 to 26 million passenger journeys on local…

I remember Mariupol. I visited the Russian-speaking port of around 500,000 people in the summer of 1983. It was then Zhdanov, a city of the Soviet Union on the Sea of Azov, adjacent to the Black Sea. Named, as were many Soviet cities and towns, after a prominent Communist: Andrei Zhdanov, a close associate of…