Hywel Glyn Lewis
MA Bilingualism and Multilingualism Programme Manager
Background
Dr Hywel Glyn Lewis graduated from the University College of Wales, Aberystwyth with a Joint-Honours degree in Music and Welsh before initially training as a secondary teacher. He pursued a teaching career for nineteen years, sixteen as a head of department, being extensively involved in bilingual education before becoming deputy headteacher of a bilingual secondary school and gaining qualifications in Educational Management and Human Resource Management.
He was awarded the postgraduate doctoral degree of PhD by Aberystwyth University in 2000 for his research into bilingual education policies in Wales and the correlation between the varying linguistic backgrounds of pupils in bilingual secondary schools and their academic achievement. He was appointed Director of the MA programme in Bilingualism and Multilingualism at Trinity College Carmarthen in 2004, later to become the University of Wales Trinity Saint David (UWTSD) where he has been in post for twenty-one years.
Specialist Subjects
- Dr Lewis has been involved in bilingual education throughout his career having taught bilingually and subsequently been the deputy headteacher of a bilingual secondary school.
- Following his appointment as director of the MA Bilingualism and Multilingualism programme at the University of Wales Trinity Saint David,
- he has also contributed to the development of bilingual education in Wales and internationally by delivering academic papers at a wide range of international conferences;
- including, for example, a First Nations Anishinaabemowin conference in Michigan, USA; a Macedonian conference in Thesaloniki, Greece, and tutored students at Adam Mickiewicz University, Poland.
- He has also been invited by organisations in other countries abroad, such as Abkhazia and Sorbia, Germany to assist with language planning and the development of bilingual education.
Professional and/or Research Experience
Prior to taking up his appointment as manager of the MA Bilingualism and Multilingualism programme at UWTSD, Dr Lewis was also employed in a consultative capacity as a research assistant by Dysg (a research agency which later became incorporated into the Welsh Government) to undertake projects in the development of bilingual education at different levels of the system throughout Wales. He has also been employed by Estyn, the Schools Inspectorate in Wales, to undertake secondary school inspections. Dr Lewis has also lectured internationally and has been invited to act in a consultative capacity in promoting bilingual education in other countries such as Abkhazia and Sorbia, Germany (see above).
As well as being a Director of Studies in the supervision of postgraduate doctoral studies, Dr Lewis has also acted as both an external and internal examiner in the assessment of doctoral university research.
As well as being a Director of Studies in the supervision of postgraduate doctoral studies, Dr Lewis has also acted as both an external and internal examiner in the assessment of doctoral university research.
Qualifications
- PhD following research in bilingual education (Aberystwyth University)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Human Resource Strategies ((Open University)
- Advanced Diploma in Educational Management (Open University)
- Postgraduate Certificate in Education (PGCE) (University College of Wales, Aberystwyth)
- B.A. Joint-Honours (University College of Wales, Aberystwyth)
Languages Spoken
Dr Lewis is a fully proficient speaker of both Welsh and English and is currently a progressive speaker of Spanish.
Professional Membership or Roles
The Steering Committee of the Network to Promote Language Diversity (NPLD)
Honorary Member of the Foundation of Endangered Languages (FEL)
Deputy Chairman of Cymdeithas Addysg Ewrop y Rhanbarthau (CAER) (The Education Society of European Regions)
Academic Teaching
Professional Publications
- “Astudiaeth o Dwf Addysg Ddwyieithog yng Nghymru hyd at 1988.” Unpublished Ph.D thesis: University of Wales, Aberystwyth (1999).
- “Adroddiad ymchwil i ddarparpariaeth addysg cyfrwng-Cymraeg ôl-16 mewn ysgolion a cholegau addysg bellach yng Nghonsortia Cymunedol Torfaen, Caerdydd, Rhondda Cynon Tâf, Caerfyrddin, Ceredigion a Phenfro.” (Report on research into the provision of Welsh-medium education in schools and colleges of further education in the Community Consortia of Torfaen, Cardiff, Rhondda Cynon Taf, Carmarthen, Ceredigion and Pembrokeshire (Joint report with E. Saville) (Dysg, 2001).
- “Post-16 Welsh-medium education: a study of existing networks within and across educational sectors and agencies.” (Dysg, 2002).
- “Adroddiad ar agweddau myfyrwyr ôl-16 at Addysg Uwch Cyfrwng Cymraeg.”
- (Report on the attitudes of post-16 pupils to Welsh-medium Higher Education) (Dysg, 2006).
- “Factors causing possible additional costs in the future delivery of bilingual / Welsh-medium education post-16.” (Dysg, 2003).
- “Swansea CCET bid for funding from the Common Investment Fund (CIF) for Welsh-medium / bilingual development.” (Dysg, 2006).
- “Current initiatives in furthering the development of Welsh-medium education and the linguistic aims of the Welsh Assembly Government.” Gaelscoileanna Symposium publication following the Connemara, Ireland conference, April, 2007.
- “Rhannu” Project (Dysg / APADGOS, 2007)
- Proceedings of the FEL XIV Conference, Carmarthen: September 2010: “Reversing Language Shift- How to Re-Awaken a Language Tradition.” (H.G. Lewis & N. Ostler (eds), 2010).
- “The irony of methodological and administrative difficulties in the delivery of effective Welsh-medium education in traditional Welsh-speaking areas.” (Cambria, 2011).
- “The Cognitive Benefits of Bilingual Education” (Cambria, 2013).
- “Language attrition in the Welsh context: evidence of attempted murder or suicide?” New Perspectives of Modern Wales. Cambridge: Cambridge Scholars Publishing (2019).
- Dr Lewis has been occasionally interviewed by the BBC on matters involving the development of bilingual education.
Additional Information
Having initially graduated in Welsh and Music, Dr Lewis has also continued to be active in the field of Music throughout his career, having been awarded qualifications in conducting by music colleges in London (L.G.S.M. and L.T.C.L.) and appointed as the conductor of the National Eisteddfod of Wales Choir on two occasions.
Available to Supervise Doctoral Students
Yes