Scholarship and fellowship schemes
An important part of the National Development Plan is increasing Welsh medium teaching in the short term and the potential supply of Welsh medium teaching staff for the future.
HEFCW provides funding for postgraduate scholarship and teaching fellowship schemes. Higher education institutions apply through the Centre for Welsh Medium Higher Education which administers the schemes.
Under the postgraduate scholarship scheme, students studying for a research degree undertake some Welsh medium teaching and develop provision. The teaching fellowships give students who have completed their research degrees an opportunity for Welsh medium teaching experience.
Up to ten postgraduate scholarships and six teaching fellowships are available each year. As a condition of the funding, higher education institutions are expected to create a permanent post for which the scholarship or fellowship holder can apply at the end of the funding period.
