Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Resource Portal

Resources to help study the short story 'Pwy Fyth a Fyddai'n Fetel?' by Mihangel Morgan (from the book Saith Pechod Marwol), which is one of the short stories on the Welsh Second Language AS/A Level specification (U2 Unit 6: The Use of Language and the Short Story).

Resources include:

• Video animation of the short story (with and without subtitles)
• Video lecture and PowerPoint presentation by Professor Tudur Hallam discussing the story 'Pwy Fyth a Fyddai'n Fetel?'
• Video lecture and PowerPoint presentation by Professor Tudur Hallam talking about useful vocabulary and phrases to use when discussing the short story.

Resources created by the Department of Welsh, Swansea University, with funding from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol

The purpose of this resource is to help develop confidence to work bilingually.

A series of tasks will introduce skills such as:

• drafting an e-mail
• preparing a CV
• giving a presentation in Welsh.

These live revision webinars are organized by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol for year 12 and 13 students studying AS / A Level Welsh (First Language). The sessions will be hosted by lecturers from the Welsh departments of Bangor, Aberystwyth, Swansea and Cardiff universities and other academics, with the aim of enhancing your understanding of some of the literature topics you are studying in class.

The sessions will be held in Welsh through Zoom between 4.30-5.30pm on Wednesday afternoons, with the first session on Wednesday 1 March 2023.

Timetable:

• 1 Mawrth 2023: Dan Gadarn Goncrit (Mihangel Morgan), Dr Miriam Elin Jones, Prifysgol Abertawe (Bl.13)
• 8 Mawrth 2023: Mis Mai a Mis Tachwedd (Dafydd ap Gwilym), Iestyn Tyne (Bl.13)
• 15 Mawrth 2023: Blasu (Manon Steffan Ros), Dr Manon Wynn Davies (Bl.13)
• 23 Mawrth 2023: Un Nos Ola Leuad (Caradog Pritchard), Dr Siwan Rosser, Prifysgol Caerdydd (Bl.13) *Dydd Iau*
• 29 Mawrth 2023: Y Gymraeg mewn cyd-destun, Gruffydd Rhys Davies, Prifysgol Aberystwyth (Bl.13)
• 19 Ebrill 2023: 'Aneirin' (Iwan Llwyd), Dr Elis Dafydd, Prifysgol Bangor (Bl.12)
• 26 Ebrill 2023: 'Preseli' (Waldo Williams), Dr Elan Grug Muse (Bl.12)
• 3 Mai 2023: Ymarfer Papur Gramadeg, Yr Athro Peredur Lynch, Prifysgol Bangor (Bl.12)

The link for the event will be emailed to you on the day or the day before. Pupils, students, teachers and student teachers welcome. You'll be able to contribute or ask questions using the chat.

Remember to follow the @CymraegCCC Twitter account and Instagram @instagymraeg account for more information and news about Welsh as a Subject.

To register, click on the registration form link below:

These self-study packs use Welsh case studies to present business theories to learners in further education colleges. The packs target learners at level three but could also be relevant to learners at higher and lower levels. 

The resources present: 

• Characteristics of good customer service 
• Characteristics of a retail business 
• Managing a supply chain 
• Event managment 
• Building a team in business 

As well as the packs, there are seperate links to the case studies in the form of a video. 

Interested in studying Mathematics at University? Want to get a glimpse of life as a Maths student and find out what career a Maths degree could lead to? This is your chance to find out more, get a taster of some modules and ask lecturers and alumni your questions!  Join us in March for a series of live online Maths workshops.

• Thursday 9 March 2023, 7pm – Aberystwyth University. 
• Thursday 16 March 2023, 7pm – Cardiff University.
• Session postponed until summer term – Employability.

If you have any questions please contact l.rees@colegcymraeg.ac.uk

A conference for learners in further education colleges and first year students at university studying agriculture. The event will include workshops on subjects that are part of the students' field work. The conference is free and includes tea, coffee and lunch. The conference will be held in Welsh, 

The conference will be opened by Melanie Owen, S4C ‘Ffermio’ presenter.

Wednesday 16 February 2023 - Gelli Aur, Coleg Sir Gâr, SA32 8NJ 

• 10.00 – 10.15 – Arrival and Registration
• 10.15 – 10.30 – A word of welcome and presentation by Melanie Owen, presenter of the 'Ffermio' programme on S4C 
• 10.30 11.15 - Workshop #1, 'Feeding Grass using Manure' - Nigel Howells
• 11.15 – 12.00 – Workshop #2 Slurry Project – John Owen 
• 12.00 – 1.00 – LUNCH 
• 1.00 – 1.45 – Workshop #4 –BVD Eradication – John Griffiths, Coleg Gelli Aur 
• 1.45 – 2.30 – Workshop #4 – Choosing a Seed Mix – Cennydd Jones, Aberystwyth University 
• 3.15 – Conference end

In year 12 or 13? Want to know more about studying Welsh as a subject at university? Find out more about what's on offer, and hear the opinions of our ambassadors studying the subject about their courses and their life as students of Welsh.

Presentation recorded in November 2022. Includes:

• General information about studying Welsh at university, e.g. Where can you study Welsh? What can you study in terms of courses and modules? What financial help is available? (up to 29 minutes)
• Conversation between our Welsh as a subject interns (Hari and Aled) and current student ambassadors (Deio, Cara, Elain and Elen) about studying Welsh at university (29 minutes onwards)

Welsh medium presentation.

These resources present some of the key principles and techniques used in psychological research.

Each unit contains the following:

• abstract
• lecture in the form of video presentations
• multiple choice quiz
• seminar questions
• bibliography

The individual units listed below are available here as one resource. 

Contributors to this theme:

• Emma Hughes-Parry
• Dr Mirain Rhys
• Dr Hanna Binks
• Dr Kyle Jones
• Dr Gwennant Evans
• Dr Rachel Rahman.

These resources have been created with support from the HEFCW Investment and Recovery Fund.

The purpose of this online self-study course is to give assessors the resources and information to work confidently bilingually with their learners.​

The course considers some of the benefits and challenges of working bilingually before setting out to give information, resources and motivation that will enable assessors to develop provision and work confidently through the medium of Welsh.

The course is bilingual, but it is aimed at raising the confidence of Welsh-speaking assessors as they provide their training through the medium of Welsh.

To coincide with the Coleg Cymraeg's ten year celebrations, the Coleg’s annual Science Conference is also celebrating it’s tenth anniversary. The conference aims to showcase leading scientific research by Welsh language scientists. Providing scientists with the opportunity to discuss the sciences in Welsh has been at the heart of the Coleg since its inception and the conference is going from strength to strength. 

Join us at MedRus Conference Center, Aberystwyth University, on Wednesday 15 June 2022 to hear the various presentations.

• Nia Jones, Bangor University - Modeling microblastic dispersal around the north Wales coast
• Iwan Palmer, Cardiff University - Microplastics Detection and Isolation: From the laboratory to the classroom
• Abigail Lowe, National Botanic Garden and Bangor University - Pollinator gardening: Using DNA from pollen to find out which plants pollinators visit
• Ben Walkling, Swansea University - Are Welsh Coal Tips a New Risk?
• Owain Beynon, Cardiff University - Measuring Anharmonic Effects in Catalysts Generating Renewable Fuels
• Fergus Elliott, Bangor University - Wireless Sensing in Industrial Environments
• Manon Owen, University of Leeds - Exploring Metformin Mechanisms on Fetal Growth and Long-Term Fetal Cardiometabolic Health
• Mari Davies, Cardiff University - Developing an innovative treatment for lysosomal storage diseases

The Conference will be held in Welsh.

A scheme to support Year 12 pupils, learners and students in their last year of studies with their applications to study Medicine.

• March: Introduction to the program
• April: Work experience
• May: C21 Cardiff University Medical School Curriculum
• May: Talks with a number of professional doctors
• June: Swansea University Medical School Curriculum
• June: Studying through the medium of Welsh and the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Scholarship
• July: Alternative pathways to Medicine
• August: Summer break
• September: Question and answer session on the Personal Statement
• October: Traditional medical interviews
• November: MMI Interviews
• December: Interviews

REGISTER BELOW (Registration closing date - 4 February 2022):

RESEARCH METHODS

This e-book offers a brief overview of some of the main essentials of the research process. It can be of use to A Level Sociology students and also to individuals who are starting to study the field at university.

DETAILS ABOUT THE PAAC ('Sociology Multimedia Resource Pack') SERIES:

A package of multimedia resources to support the teaching of sociology through the medium of Welsh. These materials are aimed at pupils studying Sociology A Level in schools across Wales, and first year students studying the subject at university. 

The series contains resources on the following themes:

• RESEARCH METHODS
• INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY
• THE FAMILY
• EDUCATION
• SOCIAL INEQUALITY

The e-books were developed by Dr Cynog Prys and Dr Rhian Hodges from Bangor University's School of History, Philosophy and Social Sciences. These resources are only available through the medium of Welsh.