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When an opposition fails to oppose
Feb 04, 2012Stuart Weir argues that Labour is losing sight of its social democratic vocation in its hesitancy on the benefit cap
upcoming-events
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Enhancing vocational education for 14 to 16 year olds
In association with WJEC & Welsh Government
This conference will address questions critical to the development of Welsh vocational provision. Is there/should there be a distinctive vocational educational system in Wales? How effective is the current system? What is the scope for improving it? With a major Review of Qualifications for 14 to 19-year-olds now underway, there is no better time to debate the future of vocational education in Wales.
WJEC, Western Avenue, Cardiff 9.15am - 4.00pm
21st Feb -
Wales’s Obesity Epidemic
This conference will examine Wales’s obesity epidemic and suggest policies that should be put in place to address it. in association with, Academy Health Wales, Cardiff Metropolitan University, National Heart Forum
Cardiff Metropolitan University, Cardiff Road, Llandaff, Cardiff 9.15am - 4.00pm
22nd Feb -
Getting Wales Moving - 3rd Welsh National Economy Conference
This year this important event in the Welsh business calendar will explore innovative plans to tap private funds to improve our infrastructure as well as the work of the new industrial sector panels set up by the Welsh Government.
Parc Hotel, Park Place, Cardiff 9.00am - 4.15pm
9th Mar
bookshelf
Accelerating History – the 1979, 1997 and 2011 referendums in Wales
This paper examines the impact on Welsh politics of the referendums held in 1979, 1997, and 2011.
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Making a difference at Key Stage 3: Learning from five successful schools
This book profiles five Welsh schools that maintain their pupils' progression throughout Key Stage 3.
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Theatrical visions
- John Osmond explores how National Theatre Wales has dealt with the metropolitan and the provincial in its first year
- Mike Joseph offers a personal memoir of an influencial industrialist
- Gerald Holtham finds the Silk Commission has a wider canvas than first envisaged
- Alison Parken highlights the pitfalls of sidelining the contribution women can make to the knowledge economy
- Roger Scully assesses the impact of the May Assembly election on the fortunes of the four main parties
- Prys Morgan looks back at a 19th Century figure who gave Welsh Nonconformity its national personality