Leighton Andrews
@leightonandrews.bsky.social
Prof Cardiff Uni. Ex Education Minister then Public Service Minister in Welsh Government. Ex-Chair, Cardiff City FC Community Foundation.
Books:Ministerial Leadership; Facebook, the Media and Democracy.
Cymro/Welsh.
Substack: ukania.substack.com
Books:Ministerial Leadership; Facebook, the Media and Democracy.
Cymro/Welsh.
Substack: ukania.substack.com
New from me www.ukania.substack.com
November 13, 2025 at 10:08 AM
New from me www.ukania.substack.com
Remembering Sarge, eight years on.
November 7, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Remembering Sarge, eight years on.
An historical note from me….
September 5, 2025 at 5:59 AM
An historical note from me….
Perpetual story of at least the last 60 years, but great for teaching.
September 2, 2025 at 6:46 AM
Perpetual story of at least the last 60 years, but great for teaching.
Just read a wonderful quote from James C. Scott on Bourdieu
August 15, 2025 at 8:49 AM
Just read a wonderful quote from James C. Scott on Bourdieu
New post from me on ukania.substack.com
July 5, 2025 at 7:07 AM
New post from me on ukania.substack.com
July 1, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Just finished this - brilliant, wonderful, lyrical, profound and an unfolding thriller of detection as well;one of the best novels I have read this year and one I will be coming back to; and it's also about #Wales #Cymru - the stories we tell ourselves, and our changing and climate-threatened world.
June 27, 2025 at 2:56 AM
Just finished this - brilliant, wonderful, lyrical, profound and an unfolding thriller of detection as well;one of the best novels I have read this year and one I will be coming back to; and it's also about #Wales #Cymru - the stories we tell ourselves, and our changing and climate-threatened world.
Working on a post about the Welsh Government in 2008
June 16, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Working on a post about the Welsh Government in 2008
Competition Authorities should be looking at this. As I argued in my book on Facebook, one of its strengths is its integrated advertising apparatus.
June 3, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Competition Authorities should be looking at this. As I argued in my book on Facebook, one of its strengths is its integrated advertising apparatus.
Cardiff University backs down on Music and Modern Languages
May 27, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Cardiff University backs down on Music and Modern Languages
I have a Substack article on why I wouldn't hire an LLM as a researcher. www.ukania.substack.com
May 27, 2025 at 11:07 AM
I have a Substack article on why I wouldn't hire an LLM as a researcher. www.ukania.substack.com
Twenty years ago today, this young man @davidtaylor.com
came to work for me in the Assembly. Now he’s a grown-up with two children and he’s married to an MP!
came to work for me in the Assembly. Now he’s a grown-up with two children and he’s married to an MP!
May 16, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Twenty years ago today, this young man @davidtaylor.com
came to work for me in the Assembly. Now he’s a grown-up with two children and he’s married to an MP!
came to work for me in the Assembly. Now he’s a grown-up with two children and he’s married to an MP!
Wonderful to be at the production of La Traviata by the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kyiv, at the New Theatre, Cardiff. Very emotional when they sang the Ukrainian anthem at the end #slavaukraini
May 12, 2025 at 9:36 PM
Wonderful to be at the production of La Traviata by the Ukrainian Opera and Ballet Theatre, Kyiv, at the New Theatre, Cardiff. Very emotional when they sang the Ukrainian anthem at the end #slavaukraini
Hopefully my final post on the Cardiff University situation.
May 8, 2025 at 8:07 AM
Hopefully my final post on the Cardiff University situation.
Interesting idea.
April 11, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Interesting idea.
Our alternative to Cardiff University’s plans will be out later
April 3, 2025 at 6:00 AM
Our alternative to Cardiff University’s plans will be out later
Just finished this. Absolutely joyous.
March 31, 2025 at 7:30 AM
Just finished this. Absolutely joyous.
Thinking of lots of football chants relevant to the present struggle at Cardiff University.
March 22, 2025 at 10:42 AM
Thinking of lots of football chants relevant to the present struggle at Cardiff University.
