Our first digital conference taster will bring together schools, policy makers and government officials to focus on the role global learning will have in tackling racial equality in the new curriculum for Wales 2022. The new curriculum has the international context flowing through all Areas of Learning and Experience, and global citizenship understanding, […]
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International Day of Sign Languages
This year has brought its fair share of changes, however, despite the unforeseen changes, this year also marks a very special day is celebrated for over 70 million deaf and hard of hearing people around the globe. Considering its multilingualism, the United Nations decided in 2017 to establish September 23rd […]
Volunteer blog: What is migration?
What is migration? What is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear the word “immigrant”? Migration is such a broad word, that sometimes it can lose all meaning. We tend to group migrants together, but the truth is that behind them there are thousands of […]
Volunteer blog: The beginning / Y dechrau
This post could be one of those philosophical and witty pieces, after which people deduce that what’s about to unravel in front of their very eyes is golden material. Although on second thoughts, those catchy headlines, often utilized in multiple academic and journalistic fields, do not necessarily represent other than […]
Launch of Wales’ ‘Academi Heddwch’ from World Peace Day 2020
Academi Heddwch has been launched from World Peace Day 2020, heralding the start of a new decade in collaboration between universities and civil society Wales-wide, on peace building world-wide. […]
‘Shaping Peace Together’: Wales marks World Peace Day 2020 with new decade of Internationalism Projects
September 21st marks UN International Day of Peace – first celebrated in 1981, and observed by nations and civil societies worldwide. The theme for 2020, ‘Shaping Peace Together‘, is especially critical as the world faces the challenges of the COVID pandemic. As well as participating in a global initiatives to […]
‘I never expected that I might one day be working here’ – Cardiff volunteer starts volunteer placement during COVID-19
A former Cardiff University student has begun a 12 month volunteer placement in Stuttgart Germany, during a global pandemic. Adam Peace Lossl has spent the last 2 weeks in a work-camp in Kell am See near Trier, where he worked with others to help renovate a rural training centre for […]
Wales’ Freedom from Hunger Campaign and 1970s-80s Welsh Internationalism – A Tribute to Glyn O Phillips
Tribute to lifelong Welsh internationalist, scientist and ex-WCIA Trustee Professor Glyn O Phillips, who recently passed away at 92. Craig Owen reflects on his achievements and contribution to global cooperation. […]