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Glyndwr Cennydd Jones (born March 1969) is a chief executive officer, education professional, writer on constitutional matters, and former political candidate.

Glyndwr Cennydd Jones is presently Director of a UK-wide industry body for institutions delivering training, education and assessment in the arts, a position he has held since September 2012. [1] [2] He previously had a senior role at an international awarding organisation [3] for over 11 years and was awarded Honorary Membership of Trinity College London in 2010 [4] for outstanding services in the field of academic quality assurance and government accreditation globally. He is also the main author of the booklet Graded Exams: The Definitive Guide. [5]

Glyndwr is a Fellow of the Institute of Welsh Affairs, [6] a writer [7] on constitutional matters and an advocate [8] [9] for a UK-wide constitutional convention. He released joint publications with Lord David Owen and Lord Elystan Morgan in 2017 [10] and 2018 [11] respectively, and a booklet of constitutional reflections [12] [13] [14] in March 2022, which includes a preface [15] by Carwyn Jones, the former First Minister of Wales for almost 10 years.

Glyndwr is the son of Gwynoro Jones, [16] [17] the former Labour and SDP politician, and stood twice for Plaid Cymru in the constituency of Merthyr Tydfil and Rhymney during the period of the party's Welsh Assembly coalition with Labour—specifically in the National Assembly for Wales Election 2007 [18] and the Westminster General Election 2010 [19] —after which he has pursued his professional career. He is an advocate for greater cross-party collaboration.

Jones had proposed a future constitutional model of confederal-federalism for these isles rather than that of the UK unitary state. [20]

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  3. ↑ "Trinity College London website" . Retrieved 18 February 2017.
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  5. ↑ Graded Exams - The Definitive Guide
  6. ↑ "Fellows".
  7. ↑ Constitutional Continuum - A catalogue of pieces by Glyndwr Cennydd Jones
  8. ↑ "EVENT: A Federal Future for the UK?". 7 October 2022.
  9. ↑ "The Swiss decentralisation experience & Wales' constitutional perspectives". 29 June 2022.
  10. ↑ "Towards Federalism and Beyond..." (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  11. ↑ "Brexit, Devolution and the Changing Union: 2018" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  12. ↑ "A LEAGUE-UNION OF THE ISLES" (PDF). Retrieved 21 August 2023.
  13. ↑ "Constitutional reflections and renewal".
  14. ↑ "A Strategic Compromise". 29 March 2022.
  15. ↑ "A League-Union of the Isles - Book Recommendation". 28 March 2022.
  16. ↑ "Politician is keeping up the family tradition". walesonline.co.uk. 14 December 2006. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  17. ↑ "Once the biggest foe of Gwynfor, ex-Labour MP aids poll bid by Plaid son". walesonline.co.uk. 8 February 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2016.
  18. ↑ "BBC NEWS | Election 2007 | Welsh Assembly | Election Result: Merthyr Tydfil".
  19. ↑ "Glyndwr Cennydd Jones chosen as Plaid's Parliamentary candidate for Merthyr Tydfil". 17 December 2009.
  20. ↑ "Review: Whose Wales? argues that it was Labour - not Plaid Cymru - who drove Welsh devolution". Nation.Cymru. 1 September 2021. Retrieved 20 February 2023.
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