Activities

Over the past year, the School of Welsh-Medium Studies has:

• worked closely with the marketing unit to promote recruitment and to organise a Schools Contact Programme to share information with schools about our Welsh-medium courses
• taken part in Open Days and the One-Day Conference for Sixth Forms,
• advised PAG, the Committee for Welsh-Medium Studies, about developments and spending priorities
• taken part in discussions about promoting Welsh-medium and bilingual teaching, quality issues, recruitment, Welcome Week, and student matters
• assisted in reviewing the day-to-day working of UWB's Language Plan through the Language Plan Review Group
• updated an e-mail group and list of Welsh-speaking lecturers and support staff
• maintained the SWMS website
• continued to seek the views of members of the School about future development opportunities
• assisted in dialogue with ELWa/HEFCW regarding Welsh medium provision.
• worked with the Welsh-Medium Development Officer of the Federal University of Wales to develop new Welsh-medium provision
• welcomed new Welsh-speaking students during Welcome Week at a Cheese and Wine reception
• co-ordinated information about the numbers of students at Bangor studying through the medium of Welsh
• continued discussions with the Academic Office ways of gathering more detailed and useful information about Welsh-speaking students at Bangor
• held discussions with the Welsh Students Union, UMCB and opened a shared office in Neuadd JMJ
• worked with UMCB to get better facilities for students at Neuadd JMJ