24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
So, from your responses there, it seems to me that the criteria isn't clear for how such a centre would work. Where would the women who are sent there be from? Would it be a local thing? Would it be Wales-wide? Would it be for women from across the border…
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Does anyone else want to come in on that? Yes—Emily.
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Okay—I just wanted to check. I wanted to ask more specific questions about the residential women's centre in Swansea, and to hear your views on the planned provision of such a centre. What value do you place on a model such as this one as an alternative to…
24 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair. I'll be asking the questions in Welsh, so I hope the translation is working for everyone. Yes. Okay? Andrea, can you hear the translation?
19 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
Diolch, Weinidog. Welsh universities are, of course, vital to the economy, generating over £5 billion and almost 50,000 jobs. I'd like to draw attention to some concerns raised regarding the draft strategy. In the STEM cross-party group meeting last month, it…
19 October 2022 , Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Economy
4. Will the Minister provide an update on the innovation strategy for Wales? OQ58571
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Diolch, Gadeirydd. Diolch.
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Thank you. They were brilliant answers, so thank you very much. I just wanted to ask you very quickly also about the use of virtual tools to deliver pastoral support in universities and some NHS services also during the pandemic. What have you heard from…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Thank you. And then, moving on to some of the more specific factors relating to—academic factors, for example, assessments, exams and so on, and you've spoken about them as pinch-points already. Are there any practical steps that higher education providers…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 5
Thank you, Chair. We've discussed these things a little already, the fact that the cost-of-living pressures are likely to affect students in higher education. We know that they're not eligible, for example, for a number of the support packages that have been…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Diolch yn fawr. Diolch, Gadeirydd
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Just very briefly, if I may, Chair, in terms of thinking about the university setting specifically, Dr Forty, I believe, in your evidence to us, you talked a little bit about a concern with regards to the staff-to-student ratios and that those had changed in…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
The Royal College of Psychiatrists noted in evidence that there had been an increased use of these new virtual tools with regard to engagement and that the use of those tools had been accelerated, perhaps, during the pandemic in education and healthcare…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Speaking about the pandemic, Dr Dienes, your research has looked at the impact of stress on mental and physical health. Are there any lessons that we can learn from the pandemic that would now be relevant in terms of alleviating the stress caused by the…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Thank you. I wanted to just talk about the factors that influence student mental health. Clearly, we have discussed a number of them already. What I would like to know is your views on what the major factors are in terms of the impact on student mental health…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 4
Diolch, Gadeirydd. I'm going to speak in Welsh, so if you don't understand, you need to put your headphones on.
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
That's it. Diolch, Gadeirydd.
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
Thank you. Just to go, really quickly, back to what you touched on in terms of digital exclusion, during the pandemic, of course, the use of virtual tools increased and also phone calls were held to replace face-to-face interaction. So, what are the…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
Just to go back really quickly to the point about protecting people from poverty, of course, a number of the measures that have been introduced by the Government are ones that relate to means-tested benefits. A number of students may not be eligible for them…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
Thank you. I just wanted to talk a bit more about the environmental pressures, for example the pandemic and of course the cost-of-living crisis now that's going to worsen perhaps some of those circumstances we discussed in the previous answer. What can the…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 3
Thank you, Chair. Good morning. I'd like to talk a bit about factors influencing student mental health. I'd like to know what your opinion is about what the main factors are that affect student mental health. We've already talked a bit about stigma and the…
19 October 2022 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
I wish to declare that my husband is employed by Swansea University.
18 October 2022 , Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Thank you for your statement, Minister. One of Taith’s stated aims, as you mentioned, is to improve access to international opportunities and the mobility it offers to all learners and students, including those with disabilities, additional learning needs…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. Yes, I was mentioning the units that are supposed to look at the data, in truth—to look at the need, as you mentioned earlier. You also mentioned, Yasmin—and I think Jo also mentioned—the need for a greater focus or maybe you're concerned that…
17 October 2022 , Equality and Social Justice Committee
Gender-based violence and abuse: evidence session with national advisers for violence against women, gender-based violence, domestic abuse and sexual violence
Thank you. On that, I'm sure you're aware of the organisation of the units of equality and evidence, and race and disability. Have you had any input in terms of their key responsibilities?
