By Katie Bodinger HIGHER education institutions in Wales are working together to bridge a shortage of secondary teachers in certain subjects.

THREE musical compositions by noted composers Ralph Vaughan Williams and Sir Henry Walford Davies will receive their world premiere performances at this summer's 75th anniversary Gwyl Gregynog Festival.

By Abbie Wightwick One of Wales' leading education experts has launched a scathing attack on the standards of students going to university and the degrees they obtain.

Lecturer Dr Daphne Evans has been appointed chair of Pembrokeshire Advocacy, a charity for people with learning disabilities. Dr Evans is a senior lecturer in the School of Education Studies and Social Inclusion at Trinity College in Carmarthen.

By Abbie Wightwick University lecturers could be made to take teaching qualifications under a scheme for post- 16 trainers in Wales. Consultation is under way on whether to introduce a compulsory teacher-training qualification for all FE lecturers in Wales.