Welsh language research
We work across a wide range of Welsh language policy areas, including research on language use and strategic planning for Welsh language development.
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(Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru, 2025)
Arad Research was commissioned by Cymdeithas Cyfieithwyr Cymru to assess the size, value and profile of the Welsh translation sector in Wales. The research combined surveys, interviews and desk-based analysis to examine the structure of the profession, workforce trends, recruitment and retention challenges, working practices, and the role of technology within the sector.
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(National Centre for Learning Welsh, 2024)
Arad Research was commissioned by the National Centre for Learning Welsh to assess the Centre's wider contribution to increasing the use of Welsh. The research focused on the Centre's strategic partnerships, its support for workforce development across key sectors, and its contribution to wider Welsh Government language policy objectives, including Cymraeg 2050.
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(Cardiff University 2023)
This research project sought to gather the views of Welsh learners and tutors on a new resource designed to aid the learning of Welsh. The resource was a series of MRI scans, available on a new website called "Watch Your Welsh".
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Welsh Government (2019-21)
Between 2019 and 2021, Arad undertook an evaluation of More Than Just Words, the follow-on strategic framework for Welsh language services in health, social services and social care, 2016-19. The aim of the evaluation was to assess how, and to what extent More Than Just Words had achieved its intended aim to promote and support the use of the Welsh language in health, social services and social care in Wales. It also aimed to identify barriers and facilitators to implementing the strategy’s objectives. The evaluation reviewed the extent to which each of the strategy’s seven key objectives had been met (i.e., National and local leadership; and national policy; Mapping, auditing, data collection and research; Service planning, commissioning, Contracting and workforce planning; Promotion and engagement; Professional education; Welsh in the workplace; Regulation and inspection).
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(National Centre for Learning Welsh, 2017-18)
Arad evaluated the Work Welsh scheme, which provides opportunities to employees to learn Welsh or further develop their Welsh in order to meet the business needs of their employer. The programme involves a series of support services for employers (particularly within the public sector) and employees, including online, intensive and residential courses. The evaluation involved developing an evaluation framework and gathering feedback from a large range of learners and employers to inform the on-going development of the scheme.