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Everyday use ‘crucial’ to future of Welsh language - new report
3+ hour, 3+ min ago (404+ words) A new report has warned that the future of the Welsh language depends on how widely it is used in everyday life, not just in schools. The Welsh Government-commissioned report says more needs to be done to ensure Welsh is…...
School opened in 2005 faces £2m fire safety repair bill
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (381+ words) Twm Owen, Local Democracy Reporter Nearly "2 million is having to be spent on bringing a primary school built just over 20 years ago into line with fire safety standards." The essential health and safety works have been identified by contractors refurbishing…...
Welsh University part of £65.6 million UKRI investment to train nuclear engineers
1+ day, 10+ hour ago (357+ words) A Welsh university will play a key role in a new "65.6 million UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) Doctoral Focal Award in Nuclear Skills, helping to train specialists essential to future clean energy, national security and advanced nuclear technologies. As part…...
New Welsh-medium secondary school building set to be built
3+ day, 12+ hour ago (707+ words) A new Welsh-medium secondary school building is set to be built in Rhondda Cynon Taf (RCT). The plan for a replacement secondary school and sixth form on the site of the existing Ysgol Gyfun Cwm Rhondda near Porth was approved…...
Why science GCSEs matter more than we think in a post‑truth age
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (701+ words) Concerns about living in a "post-truth" society " where evidence struggles to compete with misinformation, ideology and emotion " are now familiar. From vaccine hesitancy to climate change denial, public debates increasingly hinge not on a lack of information, but on how…...
Hundreds of pupils to lose free school transport as safety concerns raised
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (539+ words) Hundreds of secondary school children across a county will have their free school transport taken away at the end of the summer term. Caerphilly County Borough Council abandoned plans last year to raise the minimum qualifying distance for transport from…...
Reform would make education ‘hostile place’ for many children – teaching union
3+ day, 14+ hour ago (557+ words) Reform UK would make education a hostile place for many children, a teaching union has warned, as leaders said divisive messaging on social media is appearing in classrooms. General secretary Daniel Kebede told reporters the NEU has real concern over…...
Welsh university supports cyber security outreach programme
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (399+ words) The University of South Wales (USW) is supporting a project which has received more than "740,000 to help inspire thousands of children across south east Wales to explore cyber security careers. The National Digital Exploitation Centre (NDEC) will use the investment…...
New special school could cost more than £100 million
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (512+ words) Richard Youle, Local Democracy Reporter A new special school potentially costing in excess of "100m is one of eight school projects being drawn up for a Welsh city. The new Ysgol Calon Lan in Swansea would replace two existing special schools,…...
Plans for multi-storey student accommodation block scrapped
5+ day, 4+ hour ago (429+ words) Kieran Molloy, Local Democracy Reporter Plans for a multi-storey student accommodation block in Cardiff have been scrapped following objections from the local community. The applicant intended to build a student development comprising 42 units over six storeys with a shared lounge…...