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Following the excellent response to one of the main developments of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, a preliminary list of successful applicants for the new undergraduate scholarship scheme, will be announced following the first meeting of the Board of Directors.

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s staffing scheme is enabling the University of Glamorgan and UWIC to offer brand new Welsh-medium provision with the establishment of a new collaborative partnership.

As part of its new staffing scheme, the Coleg is inviting applications for a new academic post based in either Aberystwyth, Bangor or Swansea.

A project that will lead to the publication of an authoritative reference book on Welsh Music (Cydymaith i Gerddoriaeth Cymru) was launched on Bangor University’s stall during the recent National Eisteddfod. It’s envisaged that the volume will include references to all types of Welsh music.

Prize-winning Welsh-medium Teaching Resources – which have already been awarded the Welsh Government Welsh Language in Healthcare (Education and Training) Award – were officially launched by Bangor University at the recent National Eisteddfod in Wrexham.

The School of Biosciences, University of Wales Instititute Cardiff, wishes to appoint a Welsh-medium Lecturer in Biosciences. This post will be funded through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol's Academic Staffing Scheme.

The opportunities to study Drama through the medium of Welsh at the University of Glamorgan have been strengthened following a recent appointment supported by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Academic Staffing Scheme.

As part of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Mathematics and Physics Development Plan, Aberystwyth University has appointed Dr Huw Morgan as a Welsh medium Physics lecturer, whilst Dr Mathew Pugh has been appointed as a Welsh medium Mathematics lecturer at Cardiff University.

Lecturers recently appointed through the Coleg’s Academic Staffing Scheme have met for the first time at the Llwyfan in Carmarthen, to discuss and share ideas for the forthcoming academic year. 25 appointments have been made in universities across Wales.

On the first day of Cardiff University’s freshers' fair over 100 new students joined the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. During this week the Coleg will be on hand at freshers’ fairs across Wales welcoming new students as they arrive at university for the first time.

Y Cyfnod Sylfaen: Athroniaeth, Ymchwil ac Ymarfer is the first book published in the Welsh language focussing on the Foundation Phase for 3 – 7 year olds in Wales.

Cardiff School of Sport (UWIC) hopes to appoint a Principal Lecturer in Socio-cultural studies. This post is funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol through its Academic Staffing Scheme.

The School of Creative and Cultural Industries, University of Glamorgan, wishes to appoint a Senior Lecturer in Drama to work within the Drama Department on the Atrium campus in Cardiff. This post will be funded through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol's Academic Staffing Scheme.

A strong representation of teachers from schools across Wales gathered at Aberystwyth University on Friday 1 July for a teachers’ seminar. The aim of the seminar was to bridge the teaching of mathematics and physics between secondary schools and the higher education sector whilst focusing on the Welsh medium element.

The School of Mathematics at Cardiff University wishes to appoint a Welsh-medium Mathematics lecturer. This post will be funded through the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol's Academic Staffing Scheme.

One of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Research Scholarship holders has recently visited Harvard University in the United States. Owain Wyn Jones, who is based at Bangor University, received an invitation to present a paper during the university’s annual Celtic Colloquium.

A special conference was held this weekend in the Atrium, at Glamorgan University’s Creative Industries campus, in order to bring together university students to enhance their knowledge of the world of Drama and enrich their studying experience.

Two new members have been appointed to the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s Board of Directors, Professor Iwan Davies and Ieuan Wyn were elected during the Coleg's Annual Meeting held on 28 February.

Students from three institutions came together in Swansea over the weekend to enhance their field studies skills as part of the “Methodoleg Maes” module (Field Methodology). The module is offered to students studying Geography and environmental subjects at Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor universities.

Two Science students won the main literary competitions in this year’s Inter-Collegiate Eisteddfod which was held in Bangor. Gruffudd Antur, a Physics student was the winner of the Chair and Psychology student Elliw Haf Pritchard won the Crown. Both are students at Aberystwyth University.

Two Swansea University academics have scooped highly prestigious awards designed to recognise and facilitate the work of outstanding young research scholars, or practitioners of proven achievement, who have made and are continuing to make original and significant contributions to knowledge in their field of research expertise.

Aberystwyth University has announced the creation of five new Welsh-medium lecturing posts that have been funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.

The first student meeting was held by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol in Cardiff on the 16th of March.

One of Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol’s research scholarships holders has won a highly acclaimed research grant worth €5,000 from the European Hydration Institute (EHI). Julian Owen, a Coleg-funded PhD student at Bangor University, is currently researching the subject of Human Physiology (Sport, Health and Exercise Sciences).

Welsh education has lost one of its major benefactors following the death of Gwilym Humphreys, the first headteacher of Ysgol Gyfun Rhydfelen, former Director of Education in Gwynedd, and chair of the University of Wales's Welsh-medium Teaching Board between 1996 and 2003.

Honorary Fellow and alumnus Cefin Roberts and TV personality and graduate Rhydian Bowen Phillips joined the celebrations to launch the University of Wales Trinity Saint David’s branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, on 25 April 2012.