A pilot project developed by the University of South Wales, in collaboration with Welsh Women’s Aid and Rhondda Cynon Taff Domestic Abuse Services, explores the value of creative engagement with the university for domestic violence and abuse survivors residing in local refuges.
Stepping Up: How Covid-19 Tested the Resilience of Welsh Places
Since 2018, the IWA has convened a consortium of experts and, together, we have been developing the Understanding Welsh Places
Port Talbot’s blast furnaces have fallen cold: the major challenges of the European steel industry
Across Europe, steelmakers face falling demand, global competition and the challenges of decarbonisation. Whilst Port Talbot will be switching to less energy-intensive electric arc furnaces, Sanjoy Sen looks at the alternative technologies that are emerging.
How a Welsh digital strategy for cultural visitors could unlock benefit for all
Roger Lewis suggests one way forward for Wales’ creative endeavour in today’s darkness.
The Queen is Dead: A Problem for Rhyl’s Regenerative Vision
Beth McAulay investigates the reasons behind the stalling of Rhyl’s Queens Market redevelopment.
Save Our Surgeries, before it’s too late
BMA Cymru Wales calls for an urgent rescue package for GP practices to prevent further closures in Wales.
The Welsh justice system of the future: Beyond Mega Prisons?
Following her eco-dystopian reflection on the prisons of the future, Heledd Melangell explores whether transformative models and the restorative laws of Hywel Dda could inform our approach to the Welsh justice system and prisons by the year 2100.
The craft of co-production: six lessons from the development of the Ely and Caerau community plan
Martin Kitchener and Panayiota Georgiou reflect on the lessons learnt from the development of the Ely and Caerau Community Plan.
Celebrating and nurturing the co-operative economy in Wales
Bethan Webber, CEO of Cwmpas, praises the contributions of the co-operative movement in Wales.
LONG READ: What Unites Us
Having settled in Wales, Claus Apel celebrates his adoptive community’s welcoming spirit, a year on from a rally against refugees in Llantwit Major that was met with a counterprotest.
Finding nature, community and identity in Mid Wales
Maeve Moran interviews individuals from Mid Wales – Wales’ most sparsely populated region – who have worked to connect people with nature and their wider community.