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The week-long festival brought together thousands of young people, families, and schools from across Wales to celebrate creativity, culture, and community.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite the rain, thousands of visitors flocked to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.ac.uk\/academi-hywel-teifi\/celebrate\/events\/urdd\/gwyddonle-2025\/\">GwyddonLe Science Tent<\/a>, where we were based alongside other amazing exhibits from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swansea.ac.uk\/\">Swansea University<\/a> and beyond. Our offering was packed with interactive challenges and informative stage shows themed around the history of technology within the coal mining industry, a showcase of our recent collaboration with the <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/\">National Museum of Wales<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/museum.wales\/bigpit\/\">Big Pit<\/a>.\u00a0 Our activities were designed to spark curiosity and showcase the fun side of technology. 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