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<p class="gmail-wpml-ls-statics-post_translations gmail-wpml-ls">This post is also available in:
<span class="gmail-wpml-ls-slot-post_translations gmail-wpml-ls-item gmail-wpml-ls-item-cy gmail-wpml-ls-first-item gmail-wpml-ls-last-item gmail-wpml-ls-item-legacy-post-translations"><a href="https://wales247.co.uk/undeb-myfyrwyr-cymraeg-caerdydd-iw-sefydlu-yn-swyddogol-yn-yr-eisteddfod-genedlaethol/?lang=cy" class="gmail-wpml-ls-link"><img class="gmail-wpml-ls-flag gmail-lazyloaded" src="https://wales247.co.uk/wp-content/plugins/sitepress-multilingual-cms/res/flags/cy.png" alt="cy" title="Cymraeg"><span class="gmail-wpml-ls-native">Cymraeg</span><span class="gmail-wpml-ls-display"><span class="gmail-wpml-ls-bracket"> (</span>Welsh<span class="gmail-wpml-ls-bracket">)</span></span></a></span></p><p><strong>In
a special event in the Cardiff University Tent at 17:30 on Friday 10
August, Undeb Myfyrwyr Cymraeg Caerdydd (Cardiff’s Welsh Speakers
Students Union) will be officially established by Cardiff University’s
Welsh speaking students. Meri Huws, the Welsh Language Commissioner,
will join as a guest speaker.</strong></p>
<p>In April 2017, it was announced that a union of students would be
established within Cardiff University Students’ Union that would be
responsible for representing Cardiff University’s Welsh speaking
students. The name of this union would be Undeb Myfyrwyr Cymraeg
Caerdydd (UMCC). This announcement came after a campaign was led by the
Welsh speaking students of the University, and after 87% of the union’s
Student Senate voted in favour of the establishment of UMCC. This
announcement was welcomed by Welsh-speaking students if Cardiff
University, who saw the establishment of UMCC as the start of a new
chapter for the Welsh language within the Union and the University in
the capital city of Wales.</p>
<p>UMCC is a body that represents Welsh speakers in every aspect of
their lives in the University – be it academically, socially,
linguistically, politically, or with welfare matters within the Union
and the University. In addition, UMCC is a body represents every
Welsh-speaking student. Whether a fluent speaker or a learner. Whether a
student in Cathays Campus or Heath Park. Whether someone who wishes to
speak Welsh every day, or use it every now and again. UMCC represents
and includes everyone.</p>
<p>In addition to representing the University’s students from day to day
during their time at Cardiff University, UMCC has numerous goals it
aims to achieve over the coming years. Some of these include:</p>
<ul><li>Bridging the gap between Welsh speaking students and the Union
and University, and ensuring they do not feel isolated from the main
body of students in the University.</li>
<li>Ensuring that the University’s Welsh speakers receive their rights
without asking and without exception, including their rights in light of
the the Welsh Language Standards Regulations which are in the process
of being placed on the University, and within the Union in light of
Cardiff University Students’ Union’s Welsh Language Policy, that was
launched in 2016.</li>
<li>Ensuring there is a strong, lively and diverse community of Welsh
speakers within the University, and that anyone who has an interest in
the Welsh language and its culture can feel a part of that community.</li>
<li>Creating a proactive and productive relationship between the
community of Welsh speakers and the Union and University, to ensure that
students and the University can proceed on the path to linguistic
equality hand in hand with each other.</li>
<li>Campaigning for linguistic equality here in the capital city, and
working tirelessly to ensure that Cardiff University’s Welsh speaking
students can live through the medium of Welsh.</li>
</ul><div style="clear:both;margin-top:0em;margin-bottom:1em"><a href="https://wales247.co.uk/national-trust-wales-reveals-their-line-up-for-the-eisteddfod-in-cardiff/" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" class="gmail-IRPP_button"><div class="gmail-centered-text-area"><div class="gmail-ctaButton" style="float:left">READ</div><div class="gmail-centered-text" style="float:left"><div class="gmail-IRPP_button-content"><div class="gmail-postTitle">National Trust Wales reveals their line-up for the Eisteddfod in Cardiff</div></div></div></div><div class="gmail-postImageUrl" style="background-image:url("https://wales247.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/cardiff-aerial-2-300x224.png")"></div></a></div><p>Since
announcing that UMCC would be established, UMCC’s committee has been
working behind closed doors to establish UMCC, and to ensure that it is a
body that will be able to represent the capital city’s Welsh speaking
students effectively. By now, UMCC is ready to be an important and
influential presence within the Union and University, and is ready to
contribute positively to the lives of Welsh speaking students in Cardiff
University.</p>
<p>To highlight, emphasize and promote this, they will have an official
launch for UMCC on Friday 10 August at 17:30, in Cardiff University’s
tent at the National Eisteddfod, in Cardiff Bay. The launch will be led
by Osian Morgan, who led the campaign to establish UMCC during the
2016/17 academic year, and who was UMCC’s first president during the
2017/18 academic year. In addition, UMCC’s President-Elect, who will
preside over UMCC during the next academic year, will take advantage of
this opportunity to say a few words on his/her vision for the year that
is to come (Elections for this role are being held over the coming
week). To finish the event, Meri Huws, the Welsh Language Commissioner,
will join as a guest speaker, to talk about the Welsh Language within
Welsh Universities, and about the Welsh Language Standards in
particular.</p>
<p>UMCC President, Osian Morgan, stated:</p>
<blockquote><p>“We are extremely excited to launch UMCC during the
National Eisteddfod this year. This is a perfect opportunity for us to
promote the exciting developments being made to the Welsh language
within the University. With the Eisteddfod visiting the capital city
this year, it’s very appropriate that it’s during this Eisteddfod that
we will celebrate this positive development to Cardiff University’s
Welsh speakers.</p>
<p>“Launching UMCC will not only be a way for us to promote the fact
that we are now fully ready to start campaigning for the Welsh language
and its speakers in Cardiff University, but it will also be a way for us
to celebrate this important step towards linguistic equality in the
University of the capital city of Wales.”</p></blockquote></div><div style="overflow:hidden;color:rgb(0,0,0);text-align:left;text-decoration:none;border:medium none"><br>Read more: <a style="color:rgb(0,51,153)" href="https://wales247.co.uk/undeb-myfyrwyr-cymraeg-caerdydd-to-be-officially-established-in-the-national-eisteddfod/#ixzz5NbKVs9r2">https://wales247.co.uk/undeb-myfyrwyr-cymraeg-caerdydd-to-be-officially-established-in-the-national-eisteddfod/#ixzz5NbKVs9r2</a><br></div>
<br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature">=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+=+<br><br> Harold F. Schiffman<br><br>Professor Emeritus of <br> Dravidian Linguistics and Culture <br>Dept. of South Asia Studies <br>University of Pennsylvania<br>Philadelphia, PA 19104-6305<br><br>Phone: (215) 898-7475<br>Fax: (215) 573-2138 <br><br>Email: <a href="mailto:haroldfs@gmail.com" target="_blank">haroldfs@gmail.com</a><br><a href="http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/" target="_blank">http://ccat.sas.upenn.edu/~haroldfs/</a> <br><br>-------------------------------------------------</div>
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