Poet Llio Elain Maddocks reads a poem from her work - "Can I just call you Clio? Like the Renault?” Stwff ma hogia 'di ddeud wrtha fi, vol.8 - to celebrate International Mother Language Day 2021. © Llio Elain Maddocks 2021

A new poem 'Mamiaith' by poet Rhys Iorwerth, commissioned for International Mother Language Day 2021. © Rhys Iorwerth 2021

This resource was created for Level 3 Medical Science students but the information is relevant to any student studying biology at level 3 such as Health and Care or A level. The content is also useful for lecturers and students of studies with an element of animal science. This resource looks at the movement of substances in and out of the animal's cell membrane. It also deals with the mechanism of movement of the substances, and in particular looking at active transport. There are activities within the presentation to check your learning. This resource was adapted by Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Thank you to Coleg Sir Gâr for sharing the original content.

A report  by Dr Seimon Brooks, Associate Professor at Swansea University's School of Management.  Following Academi Hywel Teifi's Swansea University grant from the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, Dr Simon Brooks was commissioned to produce a report on taxation policies and planning for second homes in Wales and Cornwall. However, due to the growing interest in the hot topic, the researcher was asked by the Welsh Government to extend the research and scrutinize some broader issues relating to second homes as well as to make policy recommendations.

This is a resource that introduces the components of a balanced diet. It is aimed at staff and students of Health and Social Care.The presentation will look at the concept of a balanced diet and the activities check learning asthe user progresses through. It discusses the role differing nutrients play in the diet. It will also deal with the Basal Metabolic Rate, the Body Mass Index and helps the learner to create a nutrition plan for individuals. This resource was adapted by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Thank you to Pembrokeshire College for sharing the original material.

This resource is aimed at Childcare  lecturers and students. It includes a presentation and activities to check your knowledge. The presentation looks at bilingualism and its importance in the Care Sector in Wales. It also looks at the laws that have had an impact on how we all use Welsh today. The content is relevant to Childcare Level 2 Core (Learning Outcomes 9.1 - 9.9). This resource was adapted by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Thank you to Pembrokeshire College for sharing the original material.

A conference held on 17 March 2021 for undergraduate and postgraduate History students but also anyone with an interest in people and history. The conference will follow the theme of 'Women and the World' with interesting presentations on the lives of women in the Middle Ages; murder at a convent in Quebec; Welsh women and the French Revolution; and a portrait of women in the First World War. The conference will be held online, please register below: You can watch the conference recordings by clicking below:

An online conference for undergraduate and postgraduate students, or anyone with an interest in the field, held on 4 March 2021. The Conference discussed various aspects of Law in Wales today. Lord Lloyd-Jones, of the United Kingdom’s Supreme Court opened the event and a presentation with a question and answer session will be given by Jeremy Miles MP, Counsel General for Wales. In addition to this, there was a vocational panel by two professional lawyers and also a discussion where the views of students on teaching Law and Criminology through the medium of Welsh at our universities were sought. Click below to view recordings from the conference:

‘Celf a Dylunio ar y Map’ aims to offer Welsh-medium Art and Design students an unique opportunity to come together in one place to share and discuss their work, and to benefit from the experience of artists and others working in the industry. This year for the first time ‘Celf a Dylunio ar y Map’ took place online over three live sessions during March. Current and prospective students had the opportunity to take part in masterclasses, live activities and an opportunities to create and show their work.   Week 1: Presentations and virtual tours of Welsh Museums. Week 2: Presentations by artists Cefyn Burgess and Valériane Leblond Week 3: Presentations by Gareth TW Rees and Eddie Ladd   Attendees were able to respond to the various presentations by following a weekly briefing and sharing their work on Instagram using the following hashtags: Week 1: #datblyguMAP21 #cadMAP21 Week  2: #datganMAP21 #cadMAP21 Week  3: #creuMAP21 #cadMAP21 Click below to access recording of the sessions.

This is a workshop to get you started on using the Mentimeter website confidently in your teaching as a way of engaging with your students. www.mentimeter.com This workshop will benefit anyone who wants to develop and build on online teaching methods, innovative learning, online delivery and student engagement.  Trainer background:   This session is led by Dyddgu Hywel. Dyddgu studied BSc (Hons) Design and Technology Secondary Education leading to Qualified Teacher Status' at Bangor University, she graduated with first class honors.  Her early career started as a Design and Technology A Level lecturer at Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, before being appointed as a Design and Technology teacher at Rhydywaun Comprehensive School.  She’s now been working at Cardiff Metropolitan University for the last seven years, working as a senior lecturer in the School of Education, with her expertise in innovative teaching, student engagement and technology enhanced learning. 

The digital school was created by Meredudd Jones, a teacher from Ysgol Maes y Gwendraeth. It includes a range of supporting videos and tutorials that help teachers and pupils develop their digital skills to use technology to present their lessons and work. Although the videos have been created primarily for secondary school staff and pupils, they would also be suitible for lecturers in Further Education Colleges who use the same technology within their colleges. The videos includes support on how to use different elements of packages such as: Google classroom Adobe Creative Cloud Express (ne name for Adobe Spark) Microsoft Teams Scratch and Python Thank you to Meredudd Jones for allowing us to share these videos on the Porth Adnoddau.

This video of Helen Dobson who works as a Social Worker is part of the #WeCareWales campaign. Helen was a supply teacher in primary schools for thirty years, but one day she decided that she wanted to do more to make a difference, so she did her MSc in Social Care and became a Social Worker. Further details are available on the WeCare.Wales website.