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The Institute of Welsh Politics at Aberystwyth University is delighted to announce that Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chriost, from Cardiff University will present its next public seminar on Tuesday 21 April 2015. Entitiled ‘Comisiynydd y Gymraeg: rheoleiddio, rhyddid a risg’, the seminar will analyse the Welsh Language Commissioner’s work and takes place at 6pm in the Department of International Politics. Professor Diarmait Mac Giolla Chríost is a member of the Research Unit on Language, Policy and Planning in the School of Welsh at Cardiff University. He is a native of Ireland and an authority on linguistic minorities and language planning. He has research interests in certain other specific fields, including the nature of the relationship between language and conflict, from a comparative, European perspective, and, also, language in city contexts. He has a number of publications in the Social Sciences, Human Geography and the Sociology of Language. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geog...

More than 50 officers from forces across Wales descended on Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, recently to learn more about becoming a WECTU Surveillance Officer. WECTU is the Wales Extremism and Counter Terrorism Unit and is a collaboration of officers from South Wales, Gwent, Dyfed Powys and North Wales police. Surveillance is just one of the tactics that are used in this arena to combat Counter Terrorism and Domestic Extremism. Delivered by Surveillance Team members DI Huw Thomas, DC Andrew Goodburn, DC Andrea Marler and Emma Rees, attendees who may be considering a career within Surveillance had the unique opportunity to gain a realistic view of the demands of the role, and to ask questions and learn from the operational officers who have over 90 years of combined experience. The sessions were particularly aimed at female and BME officers who are currently under represented within the department. Detective Chief Inspector Jacquie Johnson said: “I was so pleased with the attitude ...

Legal eagles Red Kite Law will be staging a free employment law update seminar at Parc y Scarlets, Llanelli, on July 29. Full details from the Red Kite Law team: When: 4.30 – 6.30pm, 29th July 2014 Where: Parc y Scarlets We are delighted to invite you to our free employment law update seminar. The seminar will be run by our fully qualified Employment Solicitors. It will provide an update of Employment Law for 2014/2015, covering the key topics, and is essential for all business owners, managers and HR officers. The seminar is free and includes a complimentary handout. We will cover: Flexible working: the extension of the right to request flexible to all employees from June 2014 Holiday pay: should overtime and commission be included in holiday pay following recent cases? Shared parental leave: new system for parents to share leave for babies born after 5 April 2015 Managing absence: new assessment and advisory service TUPE: changes to the obligations for small employers Di...

A total of 50 leading experts will gather for a seminar hosted by Aberystwyth University in Cardiff today to explore a particular aspect of the changes in the way Wales is being governed since devolution. The inter-disciplinary seminar is being organized by the University's Institute of Welsh Politics and the Department of Law & Criminology at the Pierhead building in Cardiff Bay. It will bring together Commissioners, Ombudsmen, key decision-makers, Civil Servants and leading academics from Wales and beyond to examine the role of these key figures in Welsh public life. Professor John Williams, Head of the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth University and one of the convenors said: “Commissioners and Ombudsmen are a prominent feature of Welsh governance and indicate how Wales has developed its distinctive path of governance and policy-learning since devolution. The Children's Commissioner, the Older People's Commissioner for Wales, the Welsh Language Commis...

The welcome mat will be out for West Wales solicitors attending a seminar at Clay Shaw Butler on Thursday (October 18). The continued professional development seminar for solicitors will take place in the boardroom at Clay Shaw Butler's HQ in Lammas Street, Carmarthen. Paul Jones, Senior Associate Adviser with CPM21, will be in the chair for the event, which will focus on compliance issues following recent Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) changes. CPM21 specialise in 21st century professional management for lawyers -  http://www.cpm21.co.uk/ There's more info on the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) on their website -  http://www.sra.org.uk/home/home.page

A 'Women in public life' seminar is being hosted by the Welsh Assembly's Presiding Officer, Rosemary Butler AM, at the National Waterfront Museum, Oystermouth Road, Swansea on Friday, 28 September. Programme - 12.30 Registration and lunch 12.50 Official welcome by Rosemary Butler AM, Presiding Officer of the National Assembly for Wales. Introduce some the key themes from the ‘Who runs Wales’ report produced by the Equality and Human Rights Commission focusing on the barriers to increasing women’s representation in public life. 13.00 Welcome by Elin Rhys, Managing Director of Telesgop multimedia production company and panel discussion chair. 13.05 Meet the panellists Each panel member will speak briefly about the barriers they have faced in their careers and what they feel should be done to help break down these barriers. Panel: Elizabeth Aitken , Assistant Chief Officer / Director of Resources / Treasurer of the Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service Racha...