Wales’ top debaters fought for a place in the final of our digital 2021 Wales Schools Debating Championships . It has been proven that debating empowers students to look critically at evidence presented to them, as well as helping them to confidently speak about their perspectives. On Friday 12th February, […]
News & Views
Wales and the Spanish Civil War – Memoriam to the work of Hywel Francis
WCIA’s ‘Temple of Peace’ team and supporters Wales-wide are saddened to learn of the passing of prominent Welsh Internationalist, historian and former MP for Aberavon Dr Hywel Francis on February 14th 2021, aged 74, at Morriston Hospital. Wales Online ‘Tributes pour in for former Welsh MP Hywel Francis‘ South Wales […]
Blog: Connecting Classrooms in lockdown
This blog is about the Successful Partnerships and core skills courses in Wales, delivered as part of the Connecting Classrooms through Global Learning programme funded by the British Council and UK Aid. The programme supports schools in the UK to work in partnership with schools around the world and offers […]
‘We can all care about climate change, but the government has to act’ – Changemakers & their future world
Students from across Wales shared their views on how Wales and the world can recover from the pandemic in an online Model Parliament. In this first of its kind event, students from Ysgol Gyfun Plasmawr in Cardiff, Westbourne School in Penarth, Ysgol Bryngwyn in Llanelli and Ysgol Y Pant Comprehensive […]
Volunteer Blog: Josephine on the Power of Community Action
WCIA Volunteer Josephine Ayling is based in Bangor, and over the COVID Lockdown has been supporting WCIA’s team remotely with exploring the ‘Peace Heritage’ story of CND Cymru – the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament. When I first contacted WCIA about volunteering to help with the ‘Heddwch’ magazine digitisation project, my […]
Placement Blog: Sean looks back at ‘Welsh Efforts on the World’s Journey’ to end Nuclear Threat.
Sean McGovern is a student with Cardiff University’s Department of International Relations, currently undertaking a 3 month placement with WCIA’s ‘Peace Heritage’ programme. Here he shares his reflections on his first project task – digitisation of CND Cymru’s ‘Campaign Wales’ Archives from the early 1980s. As one of the team […]
Young People in Wales discussed in CWVYS online hustings
On Thursday January 28th , young people and youth work representatives grilled party candidates at an online election hustings hosted by the Council of Wales of Voluntary Youth Services (CWYVS) The candidates present at the husting were Leena Farhat – Liberal Democrat; Amanda Jenner – Welsh Conservative; Kevin Pascoe – […]
Educating for International Understanding & Human Rights
Education for International Understanding, Human Rights & Peace The loss of access to European funding, particularly Erasmus+ and European Solidarity Corps funding, and the cut in UK Aid is an impending disaster for education for international understanding, human rights and peace. In a world facing climate disaster, racked by conflict […]