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Statement by the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language: The Welsh Language Technology Action Plan
… the things that a language needs to thrive in the digital age. For example, with our grant, Bangor University’s Welsh language transcriber turns spoken Welsh into typed text. This helps Welsh-speaking users who have specific needs … translation has benefited from our website BydTermCymru. Here we share translation memories freely. With support from our grant, Bangor University has created specialist machine translation engines, one for health and care, and the other for legislation. The university …
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Questions to the Minister for Rural Affairs and North Wales, and Trefnydd
… first time ever, it's possible to apply for an undergraduate course at the new medical school at Bangor University, which is excellent news, and will lead, in due time, to improvements in health services in north Wales … which is also to be welcomed, and the next natural development is to train dentists locally too, and Bangor University would be an ideal location for a new school of dentistry for Wales. Will you support this campaign …
, Legislation Committee
General Scrutiny session with the Counsel General and the Cabinet Minister for Government Effectiveness and the Constitution
For the record, you mentioned Cardiff and Aberystwyth, don't forget Bangor University also studies—[Laughter …
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Questions to the First Minister
… severe financial pressure. The sector recorded an underlying deficit of more than £79 million according to Medr, while Bangor University alone reported a deficit of nearly £19 million, alongside redundancies. And the number of Welsh students studying …
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Questions to the First Minister
How to follow that? A declaration of interest: my wife works for Bangor University, Llywydd …
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Welsh Conservatives Debate: Business rates
… commitment to exploring and developing options around the land value tax. We've seen research, of course, from Bangor University showing that a land value tax can be a more equitable system, and as the reforms you previously … And, of course, critically, it helps Government finances by bringing in revenue efficiently and quickly. The assessment by Bangor University concluded that land values in Wales provide a large enough tax base to ensure that a land value …
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Short Debate: Mapping Welsh seas: An investment in our green and blue future
… know the Prince Madog, she's a beautiful vessel and a highly specialised one. She arrived at Bangor University in 2001, replacing the original Prince Madog that had been operational since 1967. Throughout all that time, this unique … here because of the investment made through successive EU-funded SEACAMS projects. SEACAMS provided a direct way for Bangor University to maintain and continuously enhance the pool of scientific instrumentation used on the vessel. That includes the multibeam …
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Short Debate: Mapping Welsh seas: An investment in our green and blue future
… expect you to deliver again this time. Now, at that point, I was making the case for making Bangor University's research ship, the Prince Madog, which is located in Menai Bridge in my constituency, a national marine … jobs locally, an important research tool for Wales, an important tool to attract students to study oceanography at Bangor University, in that department in Menai Bridge that is so widely respected internationally. I'm pleased that the Minister …
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Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: A Fairer Council Tax
… much value out of these things as we possibly can. The Welsh Government has published the research by Bangor University, and that assesses the feasibility of a land value tax as a possible replacement for council tax and … put in place following the work of reform, which is current. So, within the scope of the research, Bangor University was able to construct a preliminary statistical model to estimate a set of land values. We have never …
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Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: A Fairer Council Tax
… terms of different options for reform. We engaged experts in the field through the Institute for Fiscal Studies, Bangor University, Cardiff University and others, and looked at a number of ways in which we could take this agenda … definitely some benefits through a property-based system. We also looked at a potential land value tax, and Bangor University undertook some research for us on that. We're committed to continuing to look at that idea, not …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Regenerating Town Centres: Evidence session
… was interested by your reference to Bangor University. As a parent, three of my children went to Bangor University. One of them, although she lived near the centre of town where the main university building is located, her …
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Questions to the First Minister
… However, I am excited and pleased to learn that, in Anglesey, there is a consortium being led by Bangor University and the private sector, with the support of the Welsh Government, with a pilot programme to augment and … digital network to enable the rapid deployment of 5G infrastructure. This will primarily target rural areas, using both Bangor University's innovation and existing technology, through their digital signal processing centre. First Minister, will you join …
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Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Non-Domestic Rates Reform
… work, and a request for further information. Well, I did publish a very, very detailed report provided by Bangor University in March of 2020. I appreciate the Member wasn't in the Senedd at that point, but … revenue for local services in the fairest way possible whilst obviously looking for other advantageous outcomes where possible. Bangor University did conclude that a local LVT could raise sufficient revenues to replace the current local taxes, and the …
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Statement by the Minister for Finance and Local Government: Reforming Council Tax in Wales
… and the WLGA obviously is a key partner in that. In terms of the land value tax, the Bangor University study did present us with the first ever detailed consideration of a local land value tax in Wales … value tax. There does need to be some further work now. I think what we had in the Bangor University study was really an initial feasibility report, due to the scope of it, but I think that …
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Statement by the Trefnydd, Chief Whip and Cabinet Minister for Culture and Sport: Priorities for Culture and Sport
… cross-portfolio basis—. If you look at the report made for the Arts Council of Wales by Bangor University and also by Edge Hill University—I'm very happy to share a copy of this—it does show …
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Group 2: Targets for Teachers and Assessors of BSL (Amendment 2)
… some of you have heard me say this before—at the Lend Me Your Ears annual conference at Bangor University, held up until the pandemic annually for deaf people in north Wales and families with deaf members …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… and mental health. In initial teacher education, we've strengthened the accreditation criteria in relation to ALN, and Bangor University are currently piloting a primary post-graduate certificate in education with neurodiversity specialism. But, as part of the …
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Legislative Consent Motion: The Medical Training (Prioritisation) Bill
… Friday, I visited the excellent cancer research unit at Bangor University, and they spoke so positively about the new medical school in north Wales where they've been training doctors up. So, I've just got a short …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… risk. This shows that Reform is not fit to govern and Reform doesn't understand my constituency. Bangor University is one of the major employers in the area, providing employment to hundreds, to local electricians and lecturers who …
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Questions to the First Minister
… and that's why I'm pleased, for example, that we are seeing more of those qualify in Bangor University for the first time last September. I want to see more of those. I want to see recognition …