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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…

Mae’r Athro John Morgan yn eiriol dros ‘gynnal ein dynoliaeth gyffredin’ yn ei ychwanegiad diweddaraf i’r cyfnodolyn rhyngwladol, Weiterbildung. Mae’r erthygl yn ystyried enghreifftiau o ddelfrydiaeth a realaeth mewn achosion o gydweithio deallusol rhyngwladol a chyfnewidiadau addysgol. Bydd yr Athro John Morgan hefyd yn rhoi cyflwyniad ar y pwnc hwn, ar 7 Mehefin 2022, yn…

Dyfarnwyd Ysgoloriaeth Preswyl Fulbright (SIR) i Dr Igor Calzada ym Mhrifysgol Talaith Califfornia, Bakersfield (CSUB) ar gyfer blwyddyn academaidd 2022-2023 gan Adran y Wladwriaeth. Cafodd y wobr ei chydlynu gan Gomisiwn Fulbright UDA-DU. Mae pwyllgor adolygu Rhaglen SIR Fulbright a gynullwyd gan Gyngor Cyfnewid Rhyngwladol Ysgolheigion (CIES) IIE a Bwrdd Ysgoloriaeth Dramor Fulbright (FFSB) wedi…

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…

This latest blog post in WISERD’s series on the impact of the war in Ukraine examines what we know so far about public policy and the third sector response to the refugee crisis in Scotland and Northern Ireland. In Scotland there has been cross-party support for assisting Ukrainian refugees. The first minister said, “To those…

This latest blog post in WISERD’S series on the Ukraine crisis examines what we know so far about the response of the third sector in Wales. The prevailing Welsh policy framework and emerging actions of the third sector matter – foremost for the welfare of Ukrainian refugees arriving in Wales – and allied to this,…

The Welsh Government expects to welcome 1,000 Ukrainian refugees in the first wave, with more to follow. Whilst asylum and immigration policy is a matter reserved to Westminster, many aspects of social welfare (health, housing, social services and so on) are devolved to the Welsh Government. Accordingly, it is appropriate that this latest addition to…