Six new Welsh medium lecturers for 'Aber'
The appointment of six new Welsh medium lecturers has been announced by Aberystwyth University. The appointments have been made under the sponsorship of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. They are: Sara Penrhyn Jones (Theatre, Film and Television Studies); Huw Williams (International Politics); Rhun Emlyn (History and Welsh History); Huw Morgan (Institute of Mathematics and Physics); Rhys Dafydd Jones (Institute of Geography and Earth Science); Hefin Williams (Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences, IBERS). Over the next five year the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol will fund over 100 new lecturing posts, providing more opportunities for students to study through the medium of Welsh at University. Professor April McMahon, Aberystwyth University’s Vice-Chancellor said “Aberystwyth University is pleased to be able to take this opportunity to play a major part in the development of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol and to be able to appoint new lecturers to enhance the Welsh-mediu...