Spring 2010
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Editorial
A Scar on Our Soul
Opinion
Wales and Europe Beyond 2013
Graham Meadows has some ideas for Welsh policymakers on influencing the future direction of cohesion policy
News
ClickOnWales IWA Awards – Merfyn Jones takes over IWA North Wales Branch
Gareth Jones 1933 – 2009
John Osmond on a man who wielded great policy influence across the parties
Outlook
Roadmap for Our Souls
Paul Jeremy
Subtleties in Translation
Judith Kaufman
Gender Imbalance
John Dixon
Small Country: Big History
Trevor Herbert
Holtham Meets Calman
Iain McLean
Child Poverty
Missing Out on the Essentials
John Osmond finds that education offers the best means for stemming the rising numbers of Welsh children living in severe poverty
Finding the Tipping Point
Sarah Lloyd-Jones reports on the Glyncoch initiative to tackle low education achievement
Effective Parenting
Judy Hutchings says Wales should build on its record of early intervention to tackle children at risk
Out of Sight Out of Mind
Anita Myfanwy makes the case for moving child poverty and social exclusion in rural Wales higher up the policy agenda
Tackling Severe Child Poverty
Trudy Aspinwall sets out some priorities for the Welsh Government
Politics and Policy
Future of the Red-Green Alliance
(i) Jonathan Edwards: Fault Lines in Welsh Politics
(ii) Mark Drakeford: Labour Faces the Future
The Power of Purchase
Kevin Morgan argues that a chronic procurement skills deficit is a hidden crisis in the Welsh public sector
Provincial Stagnation or European Powerhouse
John Winterson Richards suggests Wales faces a far more radical choice than we might imagine
Economy
Wales Needs a Delivery Plan
Geraint Talfan Davies discovers a gulf between business and government at the IWA’s inaugural National Economy Conference
Wage Rates and Profitability Explain Lagging Economy
Eurfyl ap Gwilym questions whether Wales is being held back by an over-large public sector
Opaque Funding Streams
Stevie Upton calls for greater transparency and more evaluation of the Welsh Government’s economic policies
Improving What We Already Do
John Ball says we need to understand the true meaning of innovation
Merthyr’s Progress
Rhys David measures the gap between vision and reality in the contemporary development of the first town of the industrial revolution
International
Saving 13,000 Lives
Angela Gorman describes the work of her Welsh charity which prevents women dying during childbirth in the developing world
Trading Chwarae Teg
Ann Hemingway and Elen Jones celebrate the second anniversary of Wales’ declaration as the first Fair Trade Nation
Science
To Cull or Not to Cull
David Hedges reports on the controversy over tackling TB in badgers in Pembrokeshire
Science Shops Wales
Steven Harris advocates a bottom up approach to supporting participation in the knowledge economy
Education
Future of Our Universities
Merfyn Jones argues that investment in higher education shoud remain a national priority
The Case for Self-Regulation
Gareth Elwyn Jones argues that the profession would do away with the General Teaching Council for Wales at its peril
Environment
Beauty and Blaenau Ffestiniog
Peter Ogden applauds the bid by the town at the heart of Snowdonia to become part of the National Park that surrounds it
Planning for Behaviour Change
Chris Mills explains how Environment Agency Wales is gearing up for climate change
Making Waste Pay its Way
Malcolm Chilton says non-recyclable waste should be used to generate sustainable electricity to help secure our future energy needs
Culture
Improvising a Tradition
John McGrath explains how newly launched National Theatre Wales is part of a nation-building project
‘Ravishing Blind Harmony’
Rhian Davies provides a curtain-raiser for this summer’s Gregynog music festival
Hurricane from Llangennech
Dylan Iorwerth remembers the late Hywel Teifi Edwards
Last Word
Time to Overcome Tribal Loyalties
Peter Stead