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The Institute of Welsh Politics is delighted to welcome Leanne Wood AM, Leader of Plaid Cymru, to deliver its 13th Annual Lecture today, Monday 12th November 2012. The lecture is entitled ‘Cymru ar ei Hennill / A Winning Wales’ and takes place at 7.00 pm in the Main Hall of the Department of International Politics on the Penglais Campus of Aberystwyth University. Leanne Wood was born in the Rhondda where she continues to live today. She was educated at Tonypandy Comprehensive School, the University of Glamorgan and Cardiff University. Before her election to the National Assembly in 2003, Leanne worked as a professional tutor and lectured in social policy at Cardiff University. She also worked as a probation officer and a support worker for Cwm Cynon Women's Aid during 2001 and 2002. She remains involved with Cwm Cynon Women’s Aid through her role as chair of their Board of Trustees. She has been heavily involved in the trade union movement and was, until recently, the chair of t...

The Institute of Welsh Politics is delighted to welcome Rt Hon Carwyn Jones AM, First Minister of Wales to deliver its 12th Annual Lecture on Monday 14th November 2011. The lecture is entitled ‘Next Steps for Devolution: Politics Plus Finance’. Carwyn Jones was born in 1967 and educated at Brynteg Comprehensive School, Bridgend, University of Wales, Aberystwyth and Inns of Court School of Law, London. Prior to his election to the National Assembly for Wales in 1999, he was a barrister in chambers in Swansea specialising in Criminal, Family and Personal Injury Law, and a professional tutor at Cardiff University Law School. He has been a Bridgend County Borough Councillor and was Chair of the County Borough Council Labour Group. He is also a member of Amnesty International, Unison, Unite the Union and the Fabian Society. He has been a Labour Party member since 1987 and played an active role in the 1997 ‘Yes for Wales’ referendum campaign. Carwyn Jones was appointed as a Deputy Secretary ...

The 2010 Institute of Welsh Politics Annual Lecture, due to be given by the Secretary of State for Wales, the Rt Hon Cheryl Gillan MP, on Thursday 18th November 2010, has unfortunately had to be postponed. Professor Roger Scully, Director of the Institute of Welsh Politics, said: “We had very much looked forward to welcoming the Secretary of State for Wales to give the Annual Lecture. While we are disappointed that the she has had to postpone her visit on this occasion we very much hope that it might be possible to reschedule the lecture at some point in the near future.” See earlier post - http://sirgarblog.blogspot.com/2010/11/cheryl-gillan-to-give-aberystwyth.html