Becoming a Welsh medium teacher with Dr Sioned Dafydd

Wales has an increasingly popular Welsh medium sector and, in secondary at least, an increasing problem finding enough teachers to staff the classrooms! With a government policy to reach a million Welsh speakers by 2050, it’s clear that the target won’t be met without thinking beyond those people whose families have spoken Welsh at home for generations. 

Sporting a fresh new title of Dr, our friend and colleague Sioned Dafydd joins us in the studio to talk about her doctoral research, which seeks to understand the identities and attitudes of those people becoming Welsh medium teachers. How can we best support those who are on the fence about whether they can make the grade, to see themselves as Welsh medium teachers of the future? 

If you think you might be one of those Welsh medium teachers, and have questions about what’s possible, do get in touch with us here at Cardiff Met. We welcome people whose language spoken at home was not Welsh, and those who have come back from a spell over the border doing a degree in English. You might be surprised at what you can do!

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Recorded in studio B2.15 at Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Cyncoed Campus on 3rd September 2026