Over 100 schools at WRU Urdd 7s

THIS month, the largest schools sevens tournament in Wales, the Urdd WRU 7s will be held at Pontcanna and Llandaff playing fields in Cardiff between 8-12...

Wales leads way with Microsoft for schools

WALES will be one of the first countries in the world to fund Microsoft classroom software applications for all maintained schools, thanks to new investment from...

Wales Outdoor Learning Week launched

NATURAL RESOURCES WALES (NRW) is launching the first ever Wales Outdoor Learning Week with the Wales Council for Outdoor Learning.  The campaign, which runs from 1...

Degree could get you to Mars

AN OPPORTUNITY to work on the 2020 European Space Agency (ESA) / Roscosmos mission to Mars has taken an Aberystwyth University student a step closer to...

Local students shine at skills competition

KATIE WAITE and Ben Thomas, from Pembrokeshire and Llanelli, have won a gold medal in the photography and coaching final of a national skills competition. Backed...

Vocational qualifications importance emphasised

THE IMPORTANCE of vocational qualifications to the Welsh economy was emphasised at the launch of this year’s VQ Awards in Wales at the Senedd in Cardiff....

Big leap in part-time students

THERE has been a massive 35% increase in part-time undergraduates from Wales, thanks to the Welsh Government’s radical new student support package. The statistics report on...

WG launches new curriculum

THE BIGGEST shake-up of Wales’ curriculum since the 1980s took another step forward on Monday (Jan 28) as the Welsh Government launched a consultation on transformative...

Lecture explores ‘hundred years of crisis’

THE VICE-CHANCELLOR of the University of Oxford will deliver a public lecture at Aberystwyth University on Thursday 7 February 2019, as part of the Department of...

What made The Meg so big?

HAVE you ever wondered why the Megalodon shark became to be so big? Or wondered why some other sharks are much smaller? In a paper published...

A MASTERS graduate from UWTSD recently won the Student Dissertation category at the prestigious Celebrating Outdoor Learning Awards 2018 ceremony. John Godley received his prize at...

Noteworthy £3m for music education

THE MINISTER for Education, Kirsty Williams, confirmed £3m for improving music services in schools across Wales over the next two years. The fund aims to increase...