Wales has a varied geography with strong contrasts. In the south, flat coastal plains gives way to valleys, then to ranges of hills and mountains in mid and north Wales.

Low take-up has been blamed for the decision not to run a number of key stage five courses at a comprehensive school in ...

THE authors have taken pains to collect and arrange their material for this geography of Wales, the first of its kind to be published. They have interpreted their subject liberally and succeeded ...

“Our ambition has always been a free encyclopedia for every single person on the planet in their own language,” Jimmy Wales, the founder of Wikipedia, told me in May, at the Human Rights ...

SIXTH form courses, including A-Level geography, have been “paused” at a Monmouthshire comprehensive school and won’t be ...

Following the failed Graham Henry experiment in 2001, there was not much enthusiasm for another overseas Lions coach as the ...

An initiative led by the University of Glamorgan has seen the launch of the South East Wales Geography Network (SEWGN), which will bring together geography teachers and pupils from across the region.

Embracing Wales’ refreshed focus on hands-on, enquiry-based geography, the charity has developed a series of dedicated ...

The geography of Wales made it more likely that ancient DNA would be retained. Because of its westerly position and mountainous nature, ...

A TEACHER at a North Wales school will reveal his secret life later this week. By day Hywel Williams teaches Welsh and geography at Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy in Llanrwst. But in his spare time Hywel ...

AN MP has blasted the Government’s “totally inadequate” response to issues raised over TV coverage in North East Wales. Clwyd South MP Susan Elan Jones had flagged up the problems with the ...

A Geography of Wales. By A. E. L. Hudson Pp. xii + 164. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1902.) THIS book is intended chiefly for use in Welsh schools, and the general idea borne in mind in its ...