, Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
Yes. This is a petition from a former Assembly Member, as we then were, and it opened following Cardiff University's consultation on reductions in a number of areas, including its music department. There are three petitions currently … out regarding Cardiff University proposals. There are, of course, other universities in Wales with proposals on reductions. There are just under 1,000 signatures from Wales, so it doesn't meet the debate threshold. However, with the ongoing …
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, Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
… the response before we close it? Okay. So, if we move on to 4.2, P-06-1516, 'Enable Cardiff University to keep the Nursing degree course'. 'Cardiff University’s intention to cut the nursing degree programme … and the NHS. The loss in staff will have a significant impact on current students' studies. In 2023 Cardiff University's nursing programme ranked 1st in Wales and 5th in the UK. Cutting the course is not the …
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, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Craffu ôl-ddeddfwriaethol ar Ddeddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau’r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015: Sesiwn dystiolaeth 1—panel academaidd
… welcome our panel of academic experts on this matter. On the screen, we have Professor Calvin Jones from Cardiff University. And Dr Caer Smyth, also from Cardiff University, Dr Suzanna Nesom from the University of York, and … Eleanor MacKillop, who's from the Wales Centre for Public Policy at Cardiff University. Welcome, all of you. I'm going to start off the questions, really, to ask you about where we are after us having been …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
Can I just add briefly? I was at Cardiff University when it went bust in 1987. We don’t have a God-given right to exist; we do have to live within our means. And this has been … Wales, and I think you know that this is a deep structural problem. If this was just Cardiff University going through this, I think that there is a conversation. But Edinburgh University are trying to take out …
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, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Anabledd a chyflogaeth: sesiwn dystiolaeth 7
… working with Dr Elisa Vigna and Andrea Meek at the National Centre for Mental Health at Cardiff University. They decided to give me the title of honorary associate for Cardiff University. Bear in mind I have got … project manager, and the bridge between academia and academics, working with Dr Vigna and Andrea Meek in Cardiff University. So, that was my journey through Engage to Change, and, like I said, we hit those targets. So, now …
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, Petitions Committee
Deisebau newydd
… yes, we thank the petitioner and we'll close the petition. Petition 4.3, P-06-1517, 'Help Cardiff University to keep their Modern Languages degree courses'. So, again: 'Cardiff University's Executive Board proposes to cut all Modern …
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, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Ymchwiliad Cymraeg i bawb? - Sesiwn dystiolaeth gyda'r Gweinidog
… what we are trying to create in Wales. So, we do have specific investments in Canolfan Bedwyr, in Cardiff University, in those very high level and very particular higher education courses. You can do an MSc in Bangor … language technologies. You can do one in Cardiff University in natural language processing and in artificial intelligence. So, at one end of the spectrum, you need to be creating the skills. I myself believe, it's slightly …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
May I come in? Just in terms of our Unison members in Cardiff University, with that announcement, the professional support staff, although we're not being consulted at the moment about effects on them, and there are … the moment', it's just created so much stress and anxiety for people. So, yes, UCU and Cardiff University, that's been the headline, but it's affecting the whole organisation. So, I just think it's important …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
… you of any privileges in any way. I will come to you at some point, don't worry. Cardiff University has been a hot topic for all of us. We have been made aware of discussions that took … your reflections on these discussions that took place? Did they indicate that the right approach was taken by Cardiff University, or could they have done better …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
… job. My job isn't to worry about the welfare of the others, it's to protect Cardiff University. Now, we all see the benefits of the sector and we see the benefits for Wales. So, the chairs … the CMA, maybe you need to issue a derogation to allow those conversations to happen. To take my Cardiff University hat off, for three universities to be offering the same subject in one city at a time …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
… shape the restructuring proposals? And, going back to the first point, what does success look like for Cardiff University? What does success look like for the city of Cardiff and for Wales and the economy? So, you know … there's an investment zone where I'd have thought that Cardiff University would have lots of interest …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
One more, if that's okay, Chair. In recent statements, Cardiff University has acknowledged the effect of the consultation that it's had on student well-being and anxiety amongst staff. It's something that's prevalent, and … just meant having these difficult conversations earlier', particularly in relation to the changes that are taking place at Cardiff University. So, how have you assessed student and—more importantly now, in my question—staff well-being, and what …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
… our conversation that we had, I did ask the question of what financial implications will that have on Cardiff University in the form of spending, and I recall that you said, 'No spend will be happening on our … are there going to be any transitional one-off costs or recurrent costs that will be inflicted on Cardiff University as a consequence of opening the campus …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Materion sy'n wynebu'r Sector Addysg Uwch - sesiwn dystiolaeth
… brief update. You've met my colleague Mr Pat Younge, who, in addition to being chair of Cardiff University council, is an alumnus of university college Cardiff. You know, from the evidence that Medr and my fellow vice … Now, despite this challenging context, we remain very positive and optimistic about our university. We know how important Cardiff University is to our city, to Wales and beyond. This is the context in which we launched the Academic …
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, Health and Social Care Committee
Gwasanaethau offthalmoleg yng Nghymru - sesiwn dystiolaeth - panel 7
… training programme, very recently they have benefitted from the investment that has been made from Welsh Government in Cardiff University in the simulation facilities, and HEIW provides funding to Cardiff University to ensure that our trainees can attend …
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, Economy, Energy and Connectivity Committee
Ymchwiliad i'r Ganolfan Ragoriaeth Fyd-eang ar gyfer Rheilffyrdd (GCRE): Panel 1
… had to build the centre of excellence at GCRE was also developed in conjunction with Swansea and Cardiff universities. So, it would have been Birmingham, Swansea and Cardiff particularly, but others as well. I think it could certainly …
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, Culture, Communications, Welsh Language, Sport, and International Relations Committee
Strategaeth Ryngwladol Llywodraeth Cymru - Tystiolaeth Lafar - Panel 2
… highlight the way that we are set up. So, we are set up like a subsidiary company of Cardiff University, and therefore we are, in that sense, an independent entity from Welsh Government, and we have a board … directors that we report to. On that board, we have both members from Cardiff University, because they’re accountable for the successful running of the company, and independent directors, just to manage the potential conflict of interest …
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, Health and Social Care Committee
Gwasanaethau Offthalmoleg yng Nghymru: sesiynau tystiolaeth – Panel 1
… been involved with myself. I am a clinical academic; I have a research and training post within Cardiff University, so it is something that I have done and am involved with. We are expanding our clinical trials within … develop, or we’ve had funding for, the centre for vision services research within Wales. It’s within Cardiff University, but it’s going to, hopefully, have a global impact. So, actually, our research basis in terms …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Llwybrau at addysg a hyfforddiant ôl-16—sesiwn dystiolaeth 5
… example from a parent, I'm a single mum in Merthyr Tydfil, my son just graduated from Cardiff University, with a choice of academic route and Cardiff offered that, so that was really, really pleasing. But my gosh … route you want to take, like my son wanted to go into climate change and geography, et cetera, Cardiff University was the best choice for him. For my daughter, it's different; she's going down the apprenticeship …
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, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Medr: Sesiwn graffu flynyddol
Okay. We're all fully aware that Cardiff University is going through a 90-day consultation at present, and I appreciate what you've just said about being a regulator. Will you have any influence on that particular … assessment made at the end of the 90-day period, or are you just going to let Cardiff University get on with …
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