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A podcast that provides a platform for researchers across Wales to share their work and ideas. Each episode, Jonathan Davies, a Coleg Cymraeg research scholarship holder, talks to new guests to explore their research field, the questions that motivates them, and the impact on society. From the natural sciences to the creative arts, the podcast offers an accessible and inspiring insight into a wide range of topics. Whether you are a researcher, a student or simply enjoy discovering new ideas, you are welcome to join the conversation.

The Coleg commissioned behaviour change agency Claremont to create the Behaviour Change Implementation Pack. The pack is intended to provide guidance and advice to practitioners who work with learners who are in the process of making decisions about their education.  Together we can help prospective students to make informed decisions about their next steps when studying through the medium of Welsh at university. The video below provides an overview of the pack including: How to understand our audience The barriers and motivations that influence students' decisions about studying through the medium of Welsh The messaging strategies that can help reduce uncertainty, build confidence and demonstrate the benefits of studying through the medium of Welsh.

This is a podcast in Welsh that is a little different from the usual, and which – as the title suggests – tackles some of life's big questions. The podcast is funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, and the series is presented by Dr Huw Williams, a reader in Philosophy at Cardiff University, who holds lively and witty conversations with various friends, including experts and some leading Welsh academics.  The premise of the series is that we all reflect on profound issues that are part of everyday life, and discussing and reflecting on these themes is a healthy and important thing. The talks present the discussions through the medium of everyday language in an accessible way; It should appeal to 6th form learners, university students, and other adults who have no prior knowledge of the subjects in question.  So join us (and also get ready for a little trip to Roswell...)! The series, with original music, is produced by Osian Gwynedd.

Social Care Wales has worked with the sector to develop Essential Skills Wales resources to help with teaching and learning for Application of Number and Communication at Level 1 and 2. The resources have been designed to reflect real life work scenarios that you may come across in social care or early years and childcare and cover different learning outcomes that you need to know to complete your Essential Skills Wales qualifications. The resources are not mandatory. You can do them all or just pick which ones will help you best. These resources are intended to support learning and so do not replace teaching or assessment activities. They have been designed to demonstrate where Essential Skills Wales skills are applied in practice settings and may not cover all learning outcomes fully.

Social Care Wales have worked with the sector to develop Essential Skills Wales resources to help with teaching and learning for Application of Number and Communication at Level 1 and 2. The resources have been designed to reflect real life work scenarios that you may come across in social care and cover different learning outcomes that you need to know to complete your Essential Skills Wales qualifications. The resources are not mandatory. You can do them all or just pick which ones will help you best. These resources are intended to support learning and so do not replace teaching or assessment activities. They have been designed to demonstrate where Essential Skills Wales skills are applied in practice settings and may not cover all learning outcomes fully.

The 2025 Edward Lhuyd Annual Lecture of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and the Learned Society of Wales was delivered by Professor Jane Aaron at Pontio, Bangor, on 18 November 2025. As well as analysing literature concerned with the relationship between people and the environment, ecocriticism has a political aim: to deepen our historical understanding of the causes of the current environmental crisis and to strengthen our resolve to resist those who seek to dismiss it. This lecture considers the poetic work of some nineteenth-century Welsh writers whose lives were transformed by the industrial revolution, and ask whether their response to the loss of greenery carries a message for us today. Jane Aaron is Emerita Professor in the School of Humanities at the University of South Wales and author of Pur fel y Dur: Y Gymraes yn Llên Menywod y Bedwaredd Ganrif ar Bymtheg, which won the Ellis Griffith Memorial Prize in 1999; Nineteenth-Century Women’s Writing in Wales, which won the Roland Mathias Prize in 2009; the volume Welsh Gothic (2013); and her biography Cranogwen, which won the Wales Book of the Year Award in the Creative Non-Fiction category in 2024.

Welcome to 'Sôn am Sgwennu', a Welsh language resource from Dr Llion Pryderi Roberts, School of Welsh, Cardiff University, which presents a series of discussions about contemporary creative writing. The resource includes: Sôn am Sgwennu podcast - recordings of conversations with 4 experienced writers who focus on the practical process of writing and on aspects relevant to their work and to studying the field: Caryl Lewis Ifor ap Glyn Annes Glynn Llŷr Gwyn Lewis The resource also includes a document for each recording which indicates the questions asked and which roughly indicates the relevant time codes for each question (so that it is possible to listen to the recording in its entirety or move from one question to another) Sôn am Sgwennu Essays - 8 short essays which discuss aspects relevant to the process of creative writing and to studying the field: ‘Ysgrifennu Creadigol: Dechrau arni a datblygu syniad’, Llion Pryderi Roberts ‘Sgrifennu’, Elinor Wyn Reynolds ‘Cymeriadu’, Megan Angharad Hunter ‘Creu Cerdd’, Mari George ‘Perlau mân Llwyd Owen’ ‘Annwyl Leo, Annwyl Iestyn: Proses gydweithredol cyfres Y Pump’, Iestyn Tyne a Leo Drayton ‘Sgwennu Nofel’, Marlyn Samuel ‘Ysgrifennu i Blant’, Casia Wiliam This is primarily a resource for Higher Education students, but it can be relevant to AS and A level pupils, teachers, and anyone interested in creative writing. Funding was awarded for this resource through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol Small Grants scheme. I would like to thank the Coleg, all the authors for their willingness to participate in the project and my colleagues at Ysgol y Gymraeg, Cardiff University for their ready support.

This recording includes a lively panel discussion which focuses on the role of assessors when working with employers and apprentices to highlight the value of the Welsh language as a key skill in the workplace.   Berni Tyler - B-wbl Consortium Director (Chairing) Dafydd Bowen - Director of People and Places, Mentera Gwyn-Arfon Williams –Work based assessor, Health and Social Care, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai Rhian Williams – Assessor, Sgil Cymru Sue Jeffries – Managing Director, Sgil Cymru Angharad Elfyn – Apprentice, Sgil Cymru Helen Davies – Further Education and Apprenticeships Officer, Coleg Cymraeg   Highlights of the Webinar: - The official launch of the ‘Pecyn Prentis’ (Apprentice Pack for employers) resource, with contributors from the resource sharing their direct experiences. - Discussion between assessors and employers on how the resource can support their day-to-day work. - Good practices on how to convince apprentices and employers of the benefits of using the Welsh language in the workplace. - An open conversation on how to increase the Welsh language confidence of assessors, sharing challenges, successes, and inspiring examples.   The session was held on the 18th of June 2025.