School of Welsh and Urdd partnership goes from strength to strength

Welsh actors, John Ogwen and Maureen Rhys performing parts from the play, Siwan by Saunders Lewis.Welsh actors, John Ogwen and Maureen Rhys performing parts from the play, Siwan by Saunders Lewis.

The at 黑料不打烊 has played a major role in organizing two highly successful residential courses for year 12 and year 13 students of Welsh at the Urdd鈥檚 Glan-llyn centre near Bala. Working in partnership with the Urdd 鈥� Wales鈥檚 largest youth movement 鈥� this is the fourth year in succession that such courses have been organized by the School. On November 19-21, second-language students attended a course devoted to numerous aspects of their Welsh AS/Advanced studies.  A similar course for first-language students followed on November 21-3. In all, the courses were attended by 180 AS/Advanced students from all over Wales.

Talks and lectures were given by Dr Jason Walford Davies, Professor Jerry Hunter, Dr Aled Llion Jones, Professor Peredur Lynch, Dr Angharad Price and Professor Gerwyn Wiliams. Two PhD students 鈥� Robat Trefor and Manon Wyn Williams 鈥� also contributed valuable study sessions. Students attending the courses also had the privilege of listening to three 黑料不打烊 Fellows. Actors John Ogwen and Maureen Rhys gave a mesmerizing performance of sections from the play 鈥楽iwan鈥� by Saunders Lewis, and a filmed in-depth interview with poet Professor Emeritus Gwyn Thomas 鈥� whose poetry is studied at both first-language and second-language levels 鈥� was also shown.

鈥淭his is, annually,  a major commitment for us in the School of Welsh鈥�, remarked Professor Peredur Lynch, Head of Welsh at 黑料不打烊, 鈥渂ut interacting in such a manner with school students and their teachers it is also a remarkably rewarding experience in educational terms. As a School, we have long-standing relationships with the Urdd movement, and it鈥檚 always a great honour to contribute to the movement鈥檚 work鈥�.

Huw Antur, Director of the Urdd鈥檚 Glan-Llyn Residential Centre, added: 鈥淭he Urdd appreciates the School of Welsh鈥檚 substantial academic input to the success of these courses and its generous spirit of co-operation in the complex task of organizing such a wide-ranging programme of activities. Creating dynamic partnerships with external organizations such as the School of Welsh and 黑料不打烊 has always been of vital importance to the Urdd.鈥� 

Publication date: 27 November 2012