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Welsh historian calls for urgent overhaul of GCSE history qualification Emily Price  Welsh history is being sidelined in secondary schools and a complete overhaul of  Wales’ GCSE history qualification is urgently needed, a prominent historian has warned. Dr Huw Griffiths ...

A fair critique here. And one that's been made before but no one in government seems to want to listen. The Curriculum for Wales requires Welah history to be taught at all levels but never specifies what that means in practice. It needs to be far more directive.

Gwleidydda - Plaid yn Cipio Caerffili - BBC Sounds Yr Arglwydd Dafydd Wigley sy'n ymuno i drafod arwyddocad canlyniad is-etholiad Caerffili.

Ymateb cyntaf i ganlyniad Caerffili…

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Reform's defeat is a triumph for Wales Martin Shipton Lindsay Whittle’s triumph in the Caerphilly by-election is a victory not only for Plaid Cymru, but for Wales. Like many others, I had been seduced into believing that the Farage bandwag...

The people of Caerphilly are not nearly as gullible as Nigel Farage thought they were. For him and his abominable party, the by-election loss is a huge setback that they weren’t expecting✍️ Martin Shipton

What if they want to live and work in Wales?

Being an academic is like carrying an armload full of balls. Sometimes you pick up new balls and add to the pile, but most of the time other people are putting balls in your pile. Eventually you start dropping balls and then people get upset with you. But no one can hold all the balls at once.

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New Green Party leader slams Reform’s ‘colonial mindset’ towards Wales New Green Party leader Zack Polanski has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of betraying a “colonial mindset” towards Wales. Speaking ahead of his visit to Cardiff this weekend, Mr Polanski, who se...

New Green Party leader Zack Polanski has accused Reform UK leader Nigel Farage of betraying a ‘colonial mindset’ towards Wales.

"If you're afraid that books might change someone's thinking, you're not afraid of books, you're afraid of thinking." ~Andrea Junker

Big majority backs removal of Duke of York’s titles - new poll Two thirds of people believe the Duke of York should be stripped of his remaining royal titles, according to a new poll. Research by YouGov found that 67% of the public would back the removal of Andre...

Two thirds of people believe the Duke of York should be stripped of his remaining royal titles, according to a new poll

Universities offer cut-price fees, £500 handouts and laptops in bid for students This year's clearing is set to be a 'buyer's market' for UK students as institutions fight to fill their courses and secure their financial viability

Just stupid. The govt's hands-off idleness in Higher Education means that universities don't pick students and enforce their offers - students dictate to unis who they'll take. This is why you don't try to 'govern' with a quasi-market and a joke regulator. (1/2)
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Eisteddfod Wrecsam 2025

Embroidered map of Ireland

🧵 How beautiful is this #embroidered #map sampler of #Ireland by Sarah Curran? Coloured #silk threads on a piece of satin backed with linen #canvas, mounted in a modern frame and glazed, 1801.

🪡 Zoom in to see the detail: catalogue.nli.ie/Record/vtls0....

Raids over alleged bribery and fraud at Greater Manchester university Homes are searched as part of an investigation into finances at the University of Greater Manchester.

Looks like university corporate governance and audit have been doing their usually fine job. Houses raided by the cops! Cool cool cool cool cool fine fine fine fine fine.
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New scheme to fund free school visits to local museums in Wales Emily Price A new scheme funded by the Welsh Government will enable state-maintained schools in Wales to visit local museums for free. The Museum Visits Bursary scheme was launched by the Group for Ed...

A new scheme funded by the Welsh Government will enable state-maintained schools in Wales to visit local museums for free ✍️Emily Price

Decades of mechanistic talk about university degrees as if they were bundles of 'skills' and 'prep' are about to be proved completely wrong (obviously). Want to get a real boost? Do History or English.

‘All they offer is love… ’ 🐔❤️🐓 #SoundOn #EndSpeciesism

The Menai Suspension Bridge will celebrate its bicentenary in 2026. To help with celebrations, please consider supporting the #TelfordCentre, a small museum in Menai Bridge promoting the bridge's unique story @archpbu.bsky.social @bangorhistory.bsky.social: www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/200th-anni...

Is WWE folklore? If so, who are the 'folk' and what is the 'lore'? These are questions my brilliant Folklore MA student is asking for her dissertation. Please share this and, if you watch WWE, please consider filling in her survey. It would be a HUGE help: forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/respon...

We are in the middle of it.

Three open purple-pink poppy blossoms on long stems with four seedheads on stems behind on a cream background

'Wild Poppies' by Colleen Parker, contemporary artist and illustrator #womensart

EXCLUSIVE: Stirling University voluntary severance scheme launched as £8m cuts loom Some staff fear the institution is headed for a crisis akin to Dundee University's.

Thing I hate most about this uni disasterama - in a crowded field - is UK, Scottish and Welsh Ministers BSing all the time that they can't do anything. They could start to change structures and begin the salvage work on Monday morning. They just don't want to.
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Former Wales secretary opposes bid to proscribe Palestine Action A Labour former Northern Ireland and Wales secretary has warned that he would have been “stigmatised as a terrorist today rather than vilified” when he led an anti-Apartheid “militant” campaign. Speak...

Opposing the move to ban Palestine Action, Lord Hain said he was proud to lead a militant campaign of direct action to disrupt all-white, racist South African rugby and cricket tours in 1969 and 1970

😅😅 That makes a change from school at least!!

O naaa. This sounds like a terrible nightmare: I hated sports day and the idea of having to do it again as an adult is petrifying!

I’m in The Times today defending Universities against bad faith narratives:

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Documenting Wales: Luned Rhys Parri returns with most potent work to date Stephen Price Luned Rhys Parri has released a series of new dioramas as part of one of the Wales’ most highly anticipated exhibitions this year, including some of her most political and important work...

Luned Rhys Parri has released a series of new dioramas as part of one of the Wales' most highly anticipated exhibitions this year, including some of her most political and important works to date

Cardiff University academic who objected to cuts robbed of title through 'spite' Martin Shipton A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been “spitefully” denied a status often given to retired professors. James Whitle...

A distinguished archaeologist and academic who publicly opposed Cardiff University’s cuts programme has been ‘spitefully’ denied a status often given to retired professors ✍️ Martin Shipton