Winner of the Hywel Teifi Memorial Scholarship 2025
The Hywel Teifi Memorial Scholarship is awarded every two years to support the studies of Welsh-medium postgraduate students. The scholarship is open to any student who wants to complete research in a field related to Hywel Teifi's contribution to Welsh learning and culture. 2025 sees the scholarship awarded for the third time by Academi Hywel Teifi, and at the Annual Meeting of the Swansea Branch of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, held in early December, Chair of the Academi, Sir Roderick Evans, announced that Daisy Bendle is the successful candidate.
Daisy comes from east Swansea and attended Morriston Comprehensive School where she studied Welsh as a second language. She continued on this path completing her degree in Swansea University's Welsh Department, graduating in the summer of 2025.
Coming from a second language background, Daisy is very interested in the place of the Welsh language within Higher Education. The intention of her research is to discuss the opportunities and challenges facing staff and students in terms of their use of the Welsh language within this context. Daisy will consider recent reports and relevant research within the field looking at the relationship between Higher Education and the Welsh language.
Daisy said: "It is a privilege to receive the Hywel Teifi Memorial Scholarship this year. I am so grateful for the support and really appreciate the opportunity. My research focuses on the use of the Welsh language in Higher Education with the intention of finding new strategies and ideas in order to promote the use of the Welsh language in Higher Education. Professor Hywel Teifi Edwards was an inspiration, and he had such a positive impact on teaching a new generation of Welsh speakers during his time at Swansea University. Receiving a scholarship in his name, I will continue to promote the Welsh language within Higher Education and research. I am looking forward to starting the research with the support of this Scholarship."