Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol | Welsh National College

ORGANISATION

The Coleg’s main aim is to increase, develop and broaden the range of Welsh medium study opportunities at universities in Wales. In addition to funding high quality modules and resources for the Welsh medium sector, the Coleg funds lectureships, strategic projects and undergraduate and postgraduate scholarships. The Coleg places the Welsh language, Welsh culture and scholarship in Welsh at the heart of its operations while planning, developing and implementing sustainable academic provision for the future.

The Coleg’s Academic Plan is based on four key themes, namely innovative learning of the highest quality, sustainability, employability and society, and partnership with students. The academic plan forms the basis for all academic work undertaken by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol in partnership with the higher education sector in Wales.

Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol has an elected representative in NPLD’s Steering Committee.

COUNTRY

Wales

TYPE OF ORGANISATION

Associate Member

WEBSITE

http://www.colegcymraeg.ac.uk/cy/

INFORMATION ABOUT THE LANGUAGE

Welsh

NAME OF THE LANGUAGE

ENW’R IAITH

Welsh

Cymraeg

TOTAL NUMBER OF SPEAKERS

CYFANSWM NIFER Y SIARADWYR

562,000 (Census 2011)

REGULATED BY

RHEOLEIDDIR GAN

Welsh Language Measure 2011 and the Welsh language Commissioner.

Mesur yr Iaith Gymraeg 2011 a Chomisiynydd yr Iaith Gymraeg.

GEOGRAPHICAL AREA

ARDAL DDAEARYDDOL

Wales

Cymru

LANGUAGE FAMILY

TEULU IEITHYDDOL

Celtic

Celtaidd

STATUS OF THE LANGUAGE

STATWS YR IAITH

Official status in Wales

Statws swyddogol yng Nghymru

STATUS AT THE UNIVERSITY

STATWS YNY BRIFYSGOL

Universities are Autonomous bodies. They have to comply with the Welsh Language Standards.

Mae prifysgolion yn sefydliadau hunan-reolaethol. Mae’n rhaid iddynt gydymffurfio â Safonau’r Iaith Gymraeg.

FIELDS OF USE

ÀMBITS D’ÚS

Public administration (although only 2 councils have Welsh as their official working langauges) must offer a biling service, media (S4C, Radio Cymru, no daily newspaper but community papers and magazines and an online service), education (22.47% currently in Welsh Medium or bilingual education), leisure – project but no real national policy.

Er mae dau gyngor yn unig sydd â’r Gymraeg yn iaith gwaith iddynt, mae’n rhaid i weinyddiad cyhoeddus gynnig gwasanaeth dwyieithog: cyfryngau (S4C, Radio Cymru, dim papur dyddiol ond papurau bro a chylchgronau a gwasanaeth ar-lein); addysg (22.47% mewn addysg Gymraeg neu ddwyieithog); hamdden,- prosiect ond dim polisi cenedlaethol gwrioneddol.