…the sector. Precarity, with an overreliance on funding, demanding working conditions and temporary contracts, still affects a large portion of its freelance workforce. Sustainability rears its head as another challenge…
Food Systems Change: Wales’ Fork in the Road
…grow Welsh commodity imports (including food products such as beef, palm and cocoa) came from countries at a high or very high risk of deforestation, habitat loss and social exploitation….
The Cultural Spectre of Denbigh Asylum
…with the North Wales Growth Deal anticipated to supplement council funding by £7m, redevelopment of the site as residential and business units has already commenced. Comparable plans were proposed in…
Issue 71: Ffos-y-Fran
…for free can email us at [email protected]. If you would like to join the IWA, and receive your members copy of the welsh agenda as soon as it is published,…
CTER is sweeter – or, the proof of the pudding is in the eating
After several years of serious thinking and practical policy making, the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER) will soon take over the financial and regulatory reins and drive our…
Shaping the future of vocational education and training
…distinct needs of learners within the sector and the different ways that colleges serve their local communities. The Commission must properly address the issue of wasteful competition for learners (both…
The future is flexible, the future is open
When the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER) comes into existence next spring, it will be the second largest public body in Wales, second only to the NHS in…
Wales on Our TV Screens and Beyond: A Homage to Russel T Davies
…The inescapable Welshness of Davies’ writing, is something for which he’s probably as well known as for his championing of the LGBTQ+ community, with occasional overlaps. One of the parallels…
Review: Rhinoseros, Theatr Genedlaethol Cymru
…through the audience. Director Steffan Donnelly, set and costume designer Cai Dyfan, and composer Dyfan Jones excellently combine a small amount of space and ambient sound to create the illusion….