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Aberystwyth University has announced the creation of five new Welsh-medium lecturing posts that have been funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.  The announcement was made by Professor April McMahon, Vice-Chancellor of Aberystwyth University, at a meeting to launch the University’s branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. The Coleg is a national organisation that plays a key role in planning, maintenance and development of Welsh medium education and scholarly activity in Welsh universities through the activities of the branches. The new posts will be available to view on the Aberystwyth University Human Resources website http://www.aber.ac.uk/en/hr/jobs/vacancies-external/ within 24 hrs.  The new posts are in Education, Agriculture, Geography, Mathematics, and Part-time studies - a multidisciplinary scheme through the medium of Welsh which will offer part time students an opportunity to study towards a degree in a humanities or science subject.  All five le...

The committee responsible for the work of Aberystwyth University’s Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol met for the first time last week. Chaired by Dr Anwen Jones, this is an important development in the process of planning the University’s Welsh medium academic provision. Dr Anwen Jones is the Director of Learning and Teaching at the Department of Theatre, Film and Television Studies at Aberystwyth and she was appointed as Chair of the Aberystwyth branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol in December 2011. Dr Jones has been involved in a number of projects which originate from the early days of establishing the College which include the establishment of the web-journal Gwreddon and establishing the cooperative modules in scripting. She is the author of the the National Theatres in Context Series (GPC 2007) and editor of Wil Sam, Dyn y Theatr (Gwasg Carreg Gwalch, 2009). Dr Jones commented “It is a privilege and an opportunity to lead the branch during an exciting time in ...