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Andrew James Davies

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Professor of Education at Swansea University. Own views. Athro mewn Addysg ym Mhrifysgol Abertawe. Barn bersonol a geir yma.

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As Wales marks a quarter of a century of devolved policymaking in education, this edited volume celebrates the successes of – and grapples critically with the ongoing challenges faced by – Wales’s education system.

As Wales marks a quarter of a century of devolved policymaking in education, this edited volume celebrates the successes of – and grapples critically with the ongoing challenges faced by – Wales’s education system.

As Wales marks a quarter of a century of devolved policymaking in education, 'Twenty-Five Years of Devolved Education in Wales' celebrates the successes of – and grapples critically with the ongoing challenges faced by – Wales’s education system.

📚 www.uwp.co.uk/book/twenty-...

25.11.2025 09:27 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 1
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@cylchgrawnaddysg.bsky.social
How does education shape a nation's identity?

This piece looks at how Curriculum for Wales, grounded in the Welsh idea of cynefin—a deep connection to place and culture—is redefining teaching as a powerful act of national belonging.

journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...

08.08.2025 08:12 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

What does the Curriculum for Wales mean for how we understand community, nation and the world? Some thoughts at the link below ...

28.07.2025 15:10 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
AUTUMN WINTER 2025 
NEW TITLES
GWASG PRIFYSGOL CYMRU
UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS

AUTUMN WINTER 2025 NEW TITLES GWASG PRIFYSGOL CYMRU UNIVERSITY OF WALES PRESS

Our Autumn Winter 2025 catalogue is here! Browse exciting upcoming titles ➡️📚 bit.ly/CatAW25

Featuring books from @drtimrideout.bsky.social @madelinepotter.bsky.social @physcstudy.bsky.social @maireadcasey.bsky.social @nickalito.bsky.social @profgaryb.bsky.social @andrewjamdavies.bsky.social & more!

25.07.2025 13:41 — 👍 17    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 6
Lawnsiad Llyfr
Dr Lucy Trotter X Gwilym Bowen Rhys, mewn trafodaeth gyda Dr Lucy Taylor

Ymunwch â ni am noson yn dathlu llyfr cyntaf Lucy Trotter, The Sound of Welsh Patagonia, gyda cherddoriaeth fyw gan Gwilym Bowen Rhys.

Dydd Iau
10fed Gorffennaf 2025
19:30
Bank Vault, Aberystwyth, SV23 2AT

Lawnsiad Llyfr Dr Lucy Trotter X Gwilym Bowen Rhys, mewn trafodaeth gyda Dr Lucy Taylor Ymunwch â ni am noson yn dathlu llyfr cyntaf Lucy Trotter, The Sound of Welsh Patagonia, gyda cherddoriaeth fyw gan Gwilym Bowen Rhys. Dydd Iau 10fed Gorffennaf 2025 19:30 Bank Vault, Aberystwyth, SV23 2AT

Ymunwch â Lucy Trotter i lansio ei chyfrol newydd, ‘The Sound of Welsh Patagonia’, yn Aberystwyth nos Iau'r 10fed o Orffennaf! 📚

Bydd Lucy mewn sgwrs gyda @lucytaylor12.bsky.social a bydd cerddoriaeth fyw gan Gwilym Bowen Rhys 🎶

Mae'r gyfrol ar gael i'w darllen am ddim yma: doi.org/10.16922/sou...

02.07.2025 11:11 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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📣 NEW ISSUE 📣

Wales Journal of Education • Volume 27 • Issue 1

Read Open Access in Welsh and English

➡️ journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/issue/42...

10.06.2025 10:31 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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📝 NEW BLOG POST

Curriculum making: A brief history and future directions
By Mark Priestley, University of Stirling
@markrpriestley.bsky.social @scrcm.bsky.social

Part of series: 10 years of the BERA Blog #BERABLOG10

Read here: www.bera.ac.uk/blog/curricu...

06.05.2025 15:34 — 👍 5    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Addysg yng Nghymru ers datganoli: Tair Ton Polisi, a’r her fawr o ran gweithredu Ar achlysur 25 mlynedd ers dechrau datganoli i Gymru, mae’r erthygl hon yn archwilio’r tair ton wahanol o bolisi ac ymarfer addysg yng Nghymru sydd wedi’u nodi a’u harchwilio g...

'Addysg yng Nghymru ers datganoli: Tair Ton Polisi, a’r her fawr o ran gweithredu'

gan Andrew James Davies (Prifysgol Abertawe), Alexandra Morgan (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Mark Connolly (Prifysgol Caerdydd), Emmajane Milton (Prifysgol Caerdydd)

Mynediad Agored ➡️ journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...

18.03.2025 15:24 — 👍 3    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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Education in Wales since Devolution: Three Waves of Policy, and the Pressing and Reoccurring Challenge of Implementation On the occasion of 25 years since the advent of devolution to Wales, this article explores the three distinct waves of Welsh education policy and practice which have been identified and explored by th...

'Education in Wales since Devolution: Three Waves of Policy, and the Pressing and Reoccurring Challenge of Implementation'

by Andrew James Davies, Alexandra Morgan, Mark Connolly, and Emmajane Milton

Open Access ➡️ journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/article/...

18.03.2025 15:28 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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The Wales Journal of Education marks 25 years of devolved #education in #Wales with a comprehensive review.
Explore key insights, progress, and challenges in the latest special issue.
Read now journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/issue/41...

#WalesJournalofEducation #Wales #EducationinWales #Education #WJE

13.03.2025 11:55 — 👍 1    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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The Focus on Practice collection provides short, academically rigorous articles that can inform educational practice, with ideas from Wales and around the world.

We encourage contributions from practitioners and researchers at all stages of their career.

Articles: journal.uwp.co.uk/wje/issue/25...

06.03.2025 14:57 — 👍 3    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 0

Really pleased to have edited this with @profgaryb.bsky.social and to see it published. Lots of insightful, evaluative articles by educational research colleagues from all over Wales - all fully open access.

03.03.2025 15:58 — 👍 5    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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NOSON AGORED TAR CYNRADD A TAR UWCHRADD 👩‍🏫

📅 26 Mawrth
⏰ 6.00pm – 7.30pm
📍 Tŷ Tawe, 9 Stryd Christina, Abertawe

Cofrestrwch yma ⬇️
http://bit.ly/4364E6W

#addysg #TAR #Cymraeg

24.02.2025 09:30 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Abstract submission closes 31st January! 🚨

For our BERA 2025 Annual Conference we make a welcome return to Brighton!

🗓️ 9-11 September 2025
📍University of Sussex
#BERA2025

Find out more on how to submit an abstract: bera.ac.uk/conference/b...

15.01.2025 17:20 — 👍 5    🔁 5    💬 0    📌 2
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This week, we marked our 50th anniversary with a celebratory event alongside our AGM and Awards ceremony 🎈🎂 #BERA50

Thank you to all who joined us to celebrate half a century of BERA’s impact on educational research. Here’s to the next 50 years! 🌟

www.bera.ac.uk/news/bera-ce...

28.11.2024 16:04 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Am ddim i athrawon!

Rhagor o wybodaeth:
dysgucymraeg.cymru/dysgu/cwrs/1...

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#athrawon #athrawoncymru

28.11.2024 13:00 — 👍 0    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Recent publication - cross-cutting themes on emotional work of teachers, material practices, interrogation of the taken for granted and embracing diverse perspectives @bethan40.bsky.social

26.11.2024 08:52 — 👍 9    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0
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“Deffrwch!”: Neges trigolion Caerdydd i’r Cyngor tros ysgol uwchradd Gymraeg newydd Bu rhieni a phlant yn protestio tu allan i Neuadd y Ddinas yn gynnar fore heddiw (dydd Iau, Tachwedd 21) yn erbyn “esgusodion” y Cyngor

“Deffrwch!”: Neges trigolion Caerdydd i’r Cyngor tros ysgol uwchradd Gymraeg newydd

Bu rhieni a phlant yn protestio tu allan i Neuadd y Ddinas yn gynnar fore heddiw (dydd Iau, Tachwedd 21) yn erbyn “esgusodion” y Cyngor

✍️ Rhys Owen

21.11.2024 14:25 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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