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The first Wlpan course was run by the Extramural Department of the University of Aberystwyth over 6 weeks in the early summer of 1973, having been organised by Chris Rees. [3] The Wlpan course emphasises the spoken language, and different versions of the course are used in different parts of Wales in order to reflect regional differences in ...
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (meaning: Welsh National College), known in both Welsh and English simply as Coleg, [1] was established in 2011 by the Welsh Government to work with universities in Wales to develop Welsh-language courses and resources for students; it also provides and advances Welsh medium courses, scholarship and research in Welsh universities.
Cardiff University. There are currently eight universities operating in Wales, all of which receive funding from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW). [1] [2] Although university status in Wales only requires taught degree awarding powers (since 2004), [3] most Welsh universities have the power to award both taught and research degrees (research degrees at Wrexham University ...
The Basque Summer University (in Basque and officially: Udako Euskal Unibertsitatea, UEU) is a university institution created in 1973, which works to promote extensive use of Basque language at the university level. It promotes courses, book publications, Internet services, congresses, professional meetings and postgraduate degrees at ...
Some further education colleges in Wales offer higher education courses such as degrees and diplomas, usually in conjunction with a nearby university. Welsh colleges are funded primarily by the Welsh Government, with subsidised tuition fees paid by individual students or their sponsors.
It has a bilingual language policy and offers the opportunity to study most subjects through the medium of Welsh. Since 1 April 2012, it has been a constituent college of Grŵp Llandrillo Menai. Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor has three main campuses at Dolgellau in Meirionnydd, Pwllheli in Dwyfor and Glynllifon (for agricultural courses) near Caernarfon.
At all Welsh universities and the Open University, students have the right to submit assessed work and sit exams in Welsh even if the course was taught in English (usually the only exception is where the course requires demonstrating proficiency in another language).
Cardiff Metropolitan University (Welsh: Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd), formerly the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff (UWIC; Welsh: Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd, APCC) and commonly referred to as Cardiff Met, is a university located in the city of Cardiff. The university offers degree courses in a variety of disciplines.