Mr Wyn Thomas

Name:

Mr Wyn Thomas

Position:

Pro Vice-Chancellor (Welsh Medium and Civic Engagement)

Email:

w.thomas@bangor.ac.uk

Location:

Bangor University

Phone:

01248 382182

Mr Wyn Thomas is Pro Vice-Chancellor with responsibility for Welsh Medium and Civic Engagement.

Originally from Aberystwyth, Mr Wyn Thomas graduated from Bangor University, and has worked at the University’s School of Music since 1979.

His main role is to develop and lead the University’s strategies for furthering the Welsh language, bilingualism, and Welsh medium study, as well as to develop the University’s relationship with external organisations and the community. In this respect, he is taking an active part in the development of the PONTIO project.

As well as his lecturing and research roles, Mr Thomas was previously head of Teaching & Learning at the College of Arts, Education & Humanities between 2007-10 and latterly also responsible for teaching through the medium of Welsh. He has been leading a joint project on developing Welsh-medium teaching in Music across Welsh universities in advance of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. He has been instrumental in developing and enhancing the range of Welsh medium Music courses at Bangor University, many of which have included cutting-edge subjects.

As well as producing scholarly research on traditional Welsh music, Wyn Thomas has achieved great successes in knowledge transfer; specifically in enabling local and small to medium sized companies to access expertise at the School of Music to benefit their businesses. Notably, he set up the first Partnership Scheme in Britain linking a commercial company with an arts department. As well as assisting the company, this went on to receive a ‘Department of Trade & Industry’ Award for the standard and output of that research.