Leighton Andrews AM

Numeracy levels at the BBC

I am very concerned about numeracy at the BBC. Click on the document to find out why.

Download BBC Numeracy

Language Game

Here's a game for Welsh Learners from the Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University:

Carwyn opens The Factory

Paparazzi await the Murdochs

 

I was in Westminster when the Murdochs were giving evidence. Nice to see the paparazzi supply their own ladders....

Daily Politics

Film Club

 Pupils from Treorchy Comp's Film Club joined Film Club Chair, the director Beeban Kidron, at the Senedd today to publicise the work of the organisation.

New Media and Democracy

The video of my speech in the Chamber on New Media and Democracy last Wednesday has now been uploaded to Rhondda TV.

A clear message to ITV

The National Assembly sent a clear message to ITV on its plans to scrap signing today after my colleague Ann Jones had a debate on the issue. The debate was interpreted by a BSL interpreter whose image was shown on screens throughout the Assembly building, including the Chamber.

Digital Inclusion

Digital inclusion is a process not an event. We are all learning more about interactive opportunities as we go along.

I'd given up on Twitter as having any point to it, but at the EU Digital Inclusion event in Vienna in December some people tried to persuade me that there were uses for Twitter - so I have added it as a way of updating Facebook from the mobile.

Let's see if it makes any difference...

No merger of Post and Mail...but what about Mail and Echo?

I see Trinity Mirror has ruled out a merger of the Daily post and the Western Mail - which doesn't surprise me, different papers and different audiences.

But what about the Western Mail and the Echo?