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Higher education

Black Mountains College bases its pedagogy on education about nature. The picture shows a hand holding a leaf in front of a path, revealing the symmetry between the pointed leaf and the horizon.

The Radical Approach of Black Mountains College

Ben Rawlence and Dr. Natalia Eernstman argue that education on climate adaptation starts with a new story about ourselves.

10th June (10th June)
  • Voices

Tomorrow’s Artists Have Everything to Play for

Professor Helena Gaunt, Principal of Royal Welsh College of Music & Drama, argues musicians must be trained to be ‘makers in society’.

13th December (22nd December)
  • Culture

Universities Deliver Economic Benefits for the Whole of Wales

New research reveals that Welsh universities create 1 in 20 jobs in Wales, alongside significant economic benefits for communities.

5th October (5th October)
  • Politics and Policy

Student Mental Health : A Hidden Pandemic

Tade Evans depicts the harrowing impact of the disruptions caused by the pandemic on mental health for A-Level students in Wales.

27th August
  • Voices

The College of the Future

Yana Williams and Guy Lacey explain the changes necessary to ensure that Welsh colleges can empower greater lifelong learning and expand access for future generations.

19th February (17th February)
  • Politics and Policy

Erasmus is Gone – But What Comes Next?

Huw Irranca-Davies bemoans the UK’s withdrawal from the EU’s student exchange programme and questions its proposed replacement.

14th January (14th January)
  • Politics and Policy

Education Can Lead Our Recovery – But Only If It Is Truly Accessible

Covid-19 threatens the Welsh Government’s poverty-tackling agenda but widening access to further and higher education provides a road to recovery, writes Becky Ricketts.

2nd July (1st July)
  • Politics and Policy

We need to reinvent HE for a post-COVID Wales

Rob Humphreys argues that recovery can’t all be about the economy, and that higher education will have a special role to play

7th May (7th May)
  • Politics and Policy

Degree apprenticeships are part of the flexible education of the future

Diversifying the way we offer learning opportunities will be crucial to adapting to the economy of the future, writes Kieron Rees

7th February (27th February)
  • Politics and Policy
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