It was a cold and crisp November morning when our flight touched down in Dublin. Our first Tri-Nations Middle Leadership Symposium was to be held in Maynooth, a short drive away. It was a great opportunity for a couple of days of collaborative work with like-minded people, sharing our knowledge and experience about effective middle […]
Empowering Future Tech Valleys Engineers: A Successful Residential Course at the University of South Wales Treforest Funded by the Welsh Government’s Tech Valleys programme, a three-day residential course was held at the University of South Wales, Treforest for students from Blaenau Gwent and Merthyr to learn about university life on their door-step and the exciting […]
There are many similarities with Wales – I was privileged to recently visit the Basque Country which provided a revealing insight into how a country reversed the decline of its native language through policy and funding. Cymraeg 2050 sets its target at one million Welsh speakers by 2050. Based on socio-linguistic data, the 1982 Act […]
In the book Cleverlands, Lucy Crehan writes about her experience of visiting five high performing education systems. Her travels take her to Finland, Singapore, Japan, China and Canada. It is widely acknowledged that those countries perform well on the international stage, as measured by PISA and have many strengths. So for Lucy to comment that […]
Like many of my fellow Associates there wasn’t just one reason why I applied to be an associate of the Leadership Academy. However, when asked to put my thoughts down for this blog about how my work with the Leadership Academy is impacting on my practice back at school a single theme immediately stood out […]
The summer holidays are here and we have some exciting, family, budget-friendly things to do in Neath Port Talbot. For instance, the free-of-charge Aqua Splash on Port Talbot’s popular Aberavon Beach has just been dubbed by a mother who took her children there as ‘the best water park in Britain’ – her accolade being trumpeted […]
Recovering from cancer is not just about healing your body, it is about healing your mind. Find out more below about our upcoming Managing Fears about Future Health – Therapy Groups. Velindre University NHS Trust Click here for the original article Friday 28th July 2023
The event, hosted by the county council at its Tŵr Brycheiniog building, was used to discuss: The benefits of growing more fruit and vegetables to serve local markets. Working across organisations to match food supply and demand. Using the council’s farm estate to trial vegetable growing schemes and nature-friendly farming methods. The barriers to new […]
We’re committed to the World Health Organization (WHO)’s goal to eradicate Hepatitis B and Hepatitis C as a threat to the people in Gwent by 2030. We would like to thank the @HepatitisCTrust for donating a tree, which our Director for Public Health Tracy Daszkiewicz planted at the Royal Gwent Hospital to cement our commitment […]
The A484 Bronwydd Road, near Foel Fach Quarry on the road between Pentre Morgan and Cynwyl Elfed has been closed since approximately 20:30hrs last night (28/07/2023). The road has been closed due to a large tree having fallen on the road bringing down BT cables with it. The Council is working with contractors to remove […]