Mererid Hopwood

1964

Cardiff, Wales, United Kingdom

She was a Lecturer in German at the University of Wales, Swansea, as well as being a Creative Writing tutor in the Welsh Department since 2002. She has been a Spanish teacher in Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin Carmarthen until January 2010, and now Doctor Hopwood is currently a Lecturer in Trinity University of Carmarthen. She is also an S4C presenter. In 2012 she was awarded the Glyndwr Award by Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth. In August 2009, Hopwood was nominated as a candidate for the position of Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod, following the death of Dic Jones. lieutenant was the first time a woman had been nominated. In November she decided to withdraw from the contest, leaving T. James Jones to fill the vacancy.

Mererid Hopwood

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Education

Originally from Cardiff, Hopwood graduated with first-class honours in Spanish and German from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth.

Career

She was a Lecturer in German at the University of Wales, Swansea, as well as being a Creative Writing tutor in the Welsh Department since 2002. She has been a Spanish teacher in Ysgol Gyfun Gymraeg Bro Myrddin Carmarthen until January 2010, and now Doctor Hopwood is currently a Lecturer in Trinity University of Carmarthen. She is also an S4C presenter.

In 2012 she was awarded the Glyndwr Award by Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth.

In August 2009, Hopwood was nominated as a candidate for the position of Archdruid of the National Eisteddfod, following the death of Dic Jones. lieutenant was the first time a woman had been nominated.

In November she decided to withdraw from the contest, leaving T. James Jones to fill the vacancy.