This resource on the Hwb website is designed for volunteers and professionals interested in environmental management. Using feature articles and key information from Welsh canals and beyond, this handbook provides an introduction to waterside habitats and wildlife.
Waterways and Wildlife: Managing our natural environment
Career in Education
Educators in Wales website which includes information about the different careers available in: Schools Further Education Work Based Learning Youth Work Adult Learning Learning Promoters
Animal Science
This HWB resource, suitable for Agriculture, horticulture and animal care learners, demonstrates the structure and functions of farm animal organs. It highlights the importance of their biological systems and the different breeding methods and reproductive technologies on the farm.
Echelgais (Welsh only)
A Welsh medium resource on the HWB website aimed at Post-16 learners, concentrating on 6 subject areas: Agriculture, Business, Drama, Leisure and Tourism, Health and Care and Early Years and the Media.
Research Methods
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.
Sharing Good Practice Videos
A videos series of further education and apprenticeship providers staff sharing good practice in bilingual and Welsh-medium teaching, training, and assessment in the post-16 sector.
Sports Science: Coaching
These resources examine some of the theories and the key research in the field of high quality coaching within the context of sports. Each unit contains the following: abstract lecture in the form of video presentations seminar questions bibliography The individual units listed below are available here as one resource. Contributors to this theme: Dr Julian Owen Seren Evans Dylan Blain Sara Hilton Rhiannon Wade Dr Carwyn Jones These resources have been created with support from the HEFCW Investment and Recovery Fund.
One day conference: 'Peace and Health'
On March 31st, 2022, Academi Heddwch will be hosting a one-day (on-line) conference on the theme of Peace and Health. In partnership with the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and Aberystwyth University, the call for papers for this event has attracted contributions that explore peace and health through a variety of lenses. Throughout the day, panels will be discussing peace and health in the context of e.g.: urban planning language planning engineering water well-being marginalised groups creativity Keynote speakers: Professor Rowan Williams, Chair of Academi Heddwch Professor Colin McInnes, Aberystwyth University
Raising confidence for assessors
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, and is aimed at raising the confidence of assessors as they provide their training through the medium of Welsh.
Research Methodologies in the Arts and Humanities
The aims of these workshops is to: To introduce the main basics of Research Methods to postgraduate students with the following objectives: trace the history and origins of theories of research methodology; introduce the core concepts of research methods; offer various techniques of qualitative and quantitative research; key steps in creating a research plan. Content: These online workshops are split into three parts covering key research method concepts and key stages in creating a research plan. Part 1 - The purpose of social research: epistemology, ontology and empirical research; Part 2 - Research perspectives, strategies and questions Part 3 - Analyzing and interpreting data. Presenter: Dr Rhian Hodges Dr Rhian Hodges has been a Senior Lecturer in Sociology and Social Policy at the School of History, Law and Social Sciences at Bangor University for over a decade. She teaches Welsh-medium modules in education, sociology, language planning, sociology of music and research methods and loves teaching a wide range of different subjects through the medium of Welsh. Her specialist area of research is language planning, and in particular new Welsh speakers, community use of the Welsh language, and Welsh-medium education as a means of revitalizing the Welsh language in Wales. Originally from Bargoed, the Rhymney Valley, she has been living in Bangor for some time now. She's used to traveling up and down the A470 to see family and friends of the valleys. These workshops will benefit postgraduate students who are planning their dissertations and theses as it offers an opportunity to consider the critical stages of the research process and how it relates to their own research.
Celf a Dylunio ar y Map - 2022 (Art and Design on the MAP)
MAP - Myfyrwyr, Arloesi, Perfformio (Students, Innovation, Performance) A virtual festival for Welsh-medium Art and Design students. The aim of the 'Celf ar y Map’ is to offer a unique opportunity for Welsh-medium Art and Design students to come together in one place to share and discuss their work and to benefit from the experience of artists and others who work in the industry. The festival was held online again this year, with three sessions during the months of February and May. Week 1: Presentations by artists Luned Rhys Parri and Meinir Mathias Week 2: Presentation by graphic designer Guto Evans Week 3: Launch of the virtual art exhibition ‘Golwg ar Gelf’
Qualitative Research Skills
The aims of these workshops is to: Introduce different types of qualitative methods Outline what needs to be considered before, during and after qualitative research is undertaken. Consider the ethical issues associated with qualitative research Outline how to analyse and present qualitative data. Content: Workshop 1 explores the different types of qualitative methods and creative methods. Workshop 2 looks at what needs to be considered when trying to access our research participants and before conducting the research. Workshop 3 focuses on what needs to be considered during and after conducting our research and the ethical issues associated with qualitative research. Workshop 4 looks at how to analyse and present qualitative data. Presenter: Dr Siôn Llewelyn Jones Siôn is a lecturer in the School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University. He has been developing Welsh-medium provision in the School and teaches on a number of modules, including research modules. Siôn has extensive experience of carrying out qualitative research. He has worked on a number of research projects for different organisations, such as the Children’s Commissioner of Wales, Public Health Wales and the Welsh Government. In 2017, he finished his PhD. For his doctoral research, Siôn explored the aspirations of young people attending a Welsh-medium and an English-medium school in the south Wales valleys. In these research projects, he was involved in their planning as well as interviewing participants and carrying out focus groups face to face, online and on the telephone