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Education

From Erasmus to Taith and back again: why a return to Erasmus+ can’t mean the end of Taith

Kirsty Williams, former Welsh Education Minister, Taith Board member, and Chair of the Taith Advisory Board, tells us about Taith, what the programme has achieved, and why it has done so much more for Wales than simply act as a stopgap for Erasmus+.

11th June (9th June)
  • People and Places

Introducing and evaluating the KiVa school-based antibullying programme in Wales

Prof Judy Hutchings shares the findings of a newly published paper looking at the implementation of the KiVa antibullying programme across Welsh schools.

10th March (28th February)
  • People and Places

Welsh Government budget an opportunity to tackle economic inactivity

Ian Ross, CEO of Whitehead-Ross Education, argues why Welsh Government should focus its investment on adult education provision delivered by independent training providers.

10th December (9th December)
  • Politics and Policy
Two girls in black school uniforms working together.

Building a confident Cymru

Cassy Taylor explains the work of designing an inclusive suite of National Qualifications for 14- to 16-year-olds.

23rd July (19th July)
  • Voices
A child playing with chalk outside the Senedd

Laura Anne Jones MS: Labour’s education reforms must be reviewed

Following the publication of a new report on education in Wales from the Institute of Fiscal Studies, Laura Anne Jones MS outlines her concerns about Wales’ widening attainment gap.

3rd April (29th March)
  • Voices
A pile of colourful textbooks seen from the side

What lessons will the Welsh Government learn from the PISA results?

In a challenging landscape for Welsh schools, Finola Wilson warns about rising evidence that pupils’ literacy levels in Wales are falling.

1st December (1st December)
  • Voices
Joshua Miles, the Director for Wales at the Learning and Work Institute, outlines what CTER aspirations should be and the positive affect of lifelong learner.

CTER is sweeter – or, the proof of the pudding is in the eating

Joshua Miles, the Director for Wales at the Learning and Work Institute, outlines what The Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER) aspirations should be and the positive effect of lifelong learners.

3rd November (3rd November)
  • Politics and Policy
Cerith D. Rhys Jones believes the creation of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research offers a real opportunity for Wales to think differently about education.

The future is flexible, the future is open

Cerith D. Rhys Jones believes the creation of the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research offers a real opportunity for Wales to think differently about education.

1st November (1st November)
  • Politics and Policy
Students in a classroom. The picture is used to illustrate the idea of lifelong education to global citizenship.

Global citizenship education: a truly lifelong framework

Cerith Rhys-Jones says that the new body which will oversee all post-16 education across Wales is the perfect vehicle through which to implement a coherent strategy for the lifelong learning of global citizenship in Wales

31st October (20th October)
  • Politics and Policy
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