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Short Debate: Ensuring Wales has a thriving university sector
… mind what it was for. A more modest additional sum of £126 million was raised subsequently via bond. Cardiff University's consolidated debt now stands at £321 million, according to its most recent accounts. Many Members have pointed … Professor Marklof, who is president of the London Mathematical Society, and Professor Terry Lyons of Oxford, Bristol and Cardiff universities. Between them, they have marshalled an open letter to the university, which has been signed by nearly …
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Topical Questions
… their lives, and I'm sure you can appreciate, for those that have made applications for both Cardiff University and also the University of South Wales, that uncertainty about whether a course will exist or not is also … because many in the region that I represent choose to live at home, and travel to both the Cardiff University and the University of South Wales? So, how can we make it as easy as possible, if these …
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Topical Questions
Thank you, Minister, for that reply. Sadly, my electoral region has seen two major announcements now—one from Cardiff University and now from the University of South Wales. These are big numbers that we are talking about, and … they highlight the pressures that the higher education sector is under. After meeting with Cardiff University the other day, they pointed out that, obviously, they couldn't speak to other universities because of Competition and Markets Authority rules …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… Taith is delivered by the International Learning Exchange Programme Ltd, and that's a wholly owned subsidiary of Cardiff University. And because of that clear separation between the two and the Welsh Government's grant award letter being … ILEP Ltd, we are confident that the delivery of Taith will be unaffected by the wider situation involving Cardiff University. The current grant to deliver Taith ends in March 2027, and my officials are in the process …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… helps our young people to experience new cultures and perspectives that they wouldn't otherwise have had. Now, Cardiff University was tasked with the delivery of Taith, which I understand runs to 2026. So, with the recent announcement … Cardiff University that schools involved in delivering Taith are being affected by the planned cuts, I am concerned about its future. Could the Minister confirm that Taith will continue to run as planned until 2026, whether it will …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Routes into post-16 education and training—evidence session 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 …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Medr: Annual scrutiny session
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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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… and in-depth discussions I've had over the past weeks with academics in the sector, particularly in Cardiff University and the things that they've said to me about the disastrous path chosen by the leadership … Cardiff University …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… fact that the news coming out of the higher education sector isn't just concerning, it's grim. Cardiff University is not just the biggest university in Wales but a long-standing national institution now facing an uncertain … Welsh nationhood is a fact. And yet, here we are watching them erode. In the case of Cardiff University, it's a particularly sore point not just because it was my university, but that very university, like many …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… nurses at present. There can be no doubt, therefore, that the closure of the nursing school at Cardiff University, one of the most prestigious schools in the UK, will make things worse. And what is the Government … Government has strategies, targets and, indeed, legislation in place that are dependent on producing sufficient numbers of nurses. Cardiff University is, therefore, a core partner in delivering on these pledges. Yesterday, we discussed nurses from Kerala. You can …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… Union rally, I move this motion in the name of Heledd Fychan. Last week, the bombshell announcement from Cardiff University that 400 jobs were at risk, with several degree courses facing the chop, was yet another bitter blow … looms large in our minds and in the context of this debate, we must remember, of course, that Cardiff University are not the only institution treading these troubled waters. The latest information we have, based on university financial …
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Topical Questions
… like to thank Julie Morgan for that question. We are aware of Cardiff University's recent announcement on plans to consult with staff and trade unions on compulsory job losses, and the potential closure of course provision … for staff. If I can turn, then, also to the issue of nursing that you raised there, Julie. Cardiff University has played an important role in our ambition for a sustainable NHS workforce for the future, and …
, Constitution, Justice and External Affairs Committee
Inter-institutional Relations Agreement: evidence session
… part of our inter-institutional relations agreement inquiry. Can I welcome to the meeting Dr Hedydd Phylip from Cardiff University and Dr Elin Royles from Aberystwyth University? I understand that this is the first time you've come …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… unbelievable that somebody could write in, pointing out their own evidence of what they've come across—. Even Cardiff University has been accused by the parents—and they've said I can raise it here today … that could have been prevented, and lessons have to be learnt, and I would just reach out to Cardiff University, using this forum: please respond to this family, work with them to ensure that no other university …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 7
… associate of the Engage to Change research and evaluation team at the National Centre for Mental Health at Cardiff University—we very much welcome you—and also Angela Kenvyn, project manager at Learning Disability Wales. Joining us online … Elisa Vigna, research fellow at the National Centre for Mental Health at Cardiff University. Welcome, all three of you, and thank you very much for the very useful paper that you have submitted. I will start the session …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Family Drug and Alcohol Courts
… for it. It cost £450,000. In November 2023, it closed, but not because it failed. Researchers at Cardiff University looked at it and found that it worked here, that parents were getting better, that children's lives …
, Early Years, Children, Young People and Education Committee
Welsh Government Scrutiny Session
… also is the ability to recruit teachers in RE. You'll be aware, of course, that places like Cardiff University have rolled back on some of their RE or Theology teacher-training courses as well, so I guess …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 2
… disability and employment, and I'm very pleased to welcome Professor Melanie Jones and Professor Victoria Wass, from Cardiff University—and thank you very much indeed for your written paper; very useful—as well as Ruth Nortey, also … from Cardiff University, here in the room as well, and Dr Mark Bryan from Sheffield University, who's joining us online. Thanks, all of you, for making the time to be with us today. I wondered if Jane …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
… facility for a graduate course in dentistry. At the moment, we fund around 74 places per annum at Cardiff University, and funding is available for the same number of foundation training places for postgraduate students. Members will … focus at the moment is to ensure that more students from Wales do get places at Cardiff University. I met with the school of dentistry recently, and they talked about the initiatives that they have to support students …
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Member Debate under Standing Order 11.21(iv): Dentistry training
… and an even greater failure to train new dentists. As we've already heard from Siân Gwenllian, only Cardiff University offers a dentistry course in Wales at the moment, and, as she mentioned, only eight people from Wales … across the border or elsewhere. Those students are not staying in Wales, so we are missing out. Cardiff University is doing an excellent job in training the dentists here, and thank goodness for that, but it is clear …