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Eisteddfod and other events

Launching the Mary Anning at the Cardiff Urdd Eisteddfod in 2019

Academi Hywel Teifi represents and promotes the University on national platforms

Urdd Eisteddfod

Swansea University is the sponsor of the GwyddonLe

The Gwyddonle Science pavilion at the Urdd Eisteddfod in Cardiff

National Eisteddfod of Wales

Swansea University presence at the National Eisteddfod

Image from the Babell Lên (Literary Pavillion) at the 2019 Conwy National Eisteddfod

Tafwyl

Annual festival celebrating the Welsh Language, Arts and Culture

Image of Cardiff Castle with the word Tafwyl in front
Graduates on the Bay Campus
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The Hay Festival

Athro Alan Llwyd

Swansea University host a series of events at the Hay Festival, and for the first time in 2018 Academi Hywel Teifi ensured that Welsh-medium events were beig held as part of the University series.

Academi Hywel Teifi sessions showcased Swansea University's Welsh-medium scholars - at a festival that attracts visitors from around the world. The Academi was delighted that the University's exciting partnership with the Hay Festival meant that the festival attendees could receive a Welsh experience during their visit, hearing aspects of history, literature and science being discussed in the Welsh language.

Tafwyl

Athro Tudur Hallam, Aneurin Karadog

Established in 2006, Tafwyl is an annual festival celebrating the Welsh language, arts and culture which usually culminates with a number of open-air events in the grounds of Cardiff Castle. Academi Hywel Teifi has been contributing to Tafwyl's literature pavilion program since 2015 and the Academi has been the sponsor of the literature pavilion since 2016.

The partnership continued in 2020 as the popular festival moved online due to the coronavirus pandemic. All the Tafwyl Digidol (Digital Tafwyl) events were livestreamed on Saturday 20 June, with Academi Hywel Teifi contributing sessions in the festival's virtual ‘Llais’ (voice) area.

View the Academi sessions at Tafwyl Digidol 2020 here

Urdd Eisteddfod

Ysbyty Tedi, Coleg Meddygaeth

Swansea University formed a partnership with Urdd Gobaith Cymru in 2011 to support and develop the GwyddonLe, which is the science tent at the Urdd. Academi Hywel Teifi's staff annually organise the committee of Science specialists from the University to plan the interactive activities for young visitors of all ages.

Activities include outreach activities prior to the Eisteddfod week in the form of school visits, workshops and competitions. The Morgan Institute Challenge has been part of the GwyddonLe activities since 2018. It is an opportunity for pupils to demonstrate their reasoning and argumentation skills as well as receive feedback from leading figures who will be judging the competition.

Through the GwyddonLe the Academi ensures that the University's Welsh-medium staff andpostgraduate students can bring science alive to the tens of thousands of young people who visit the Field providing a platform for the Universities specialties and scientific projects. The Academi has ensured that the GwyddonLe has continually progressed and developed in terms of space, facilities and output, working in partnership with national organisations such as S4C.

Watch GwyddonLe T 2020 fideos and download resources here

National Eisteddfod

Athro M Wynn Thomas, Huw Edwards a Dr Gwenno Ffrancon

Academi Hywel Teifi was launched during the National Eisteddfod at Ebbw Vale in 2010 by Huw Edwards in the presence of Leighton Andrews AM, Education Minister and Heritage Minister Alun Ffred Jones AM, attracting extensive publicity. The Hywel Teifi Memorial Lecture was established at that Eisteddfod and has now become a highlight for the Swansea University program at the Eisteddfod. Academi Hywel Teifi is responsible for organising, co-ordinating and promoting the program, as well as developing and experimenting with the methods of maintaining the University's presence on the Field.

Swansea University has sponsored the 'Babell Lên' (Literature Tent), one of the Festival's most popular destinations, since the 2019 National Eisteddfod at Conwy.

Although the National Eisteddfod in 2020 had to be postponed due to the pandemic, Academi Hywel Teifi was delighted to be able to contribute various sessions to AmGen Festival's online offer where 500,000 people joined in the online fun during the week.

Watch the Academi's contributions to the AmGen Festival here