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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
Thank you very much, Presiding Officer. The news of Cardiff University last week was deeply concerning, with 400 jobs hanging in the balance and a range of courses, including nursing, poised to be chopped. Whilst these, of course … catastrophic for students, future generations, our economy and our country as a whole. Really important departments of Cardiff University, including nursing, are actively being considered for scrapping. Let's not forget that Cardiff University's nursing course has …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
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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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… decisions already being made by Welsh universities. On a few occasions here in this Chamber, I have mentioned Cardiff University's decision to invest in a campus in Kazakhstan. For the benefit of everyone, this is the situation … ground: for staff who went out there to teach, there was potentially an appalling lack of organisation between Cardiff University and the Astana campus, with staff outlining poor working conditions and a lack of payment for relocation expenses …
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Business Statement and Announcement
And also for your long-standing commitment and support for Cardiff University and its staff, and engaging with the difficult announcements and decisions that have been made by Cardiff University, appreciating the tough decisions universities and colleges are … having to make during these challenging times. But as you say, we understand that Cardiff University is not proposing any compulsory redundancies as part of its review of professional services staff, and that there will be a role …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… and I believe that they are doing that. But there is a feeling among those directly affected in Cardiff University by these decisions that Cardiff University is absolutely focused on pursuing elite-level status by increasing competition for … path towards industrial action that will be painful for staff and students, it will undoubtedly damage Cardiff University's reputation, but I stand—I stand—with my fellow UCU members if that is what it takes to get …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… have the opportunity to debate this issue today. Since I had a topical question last week on Cardiff University, I've had the opportunity to meet with the UCU and other trade union representatives. I've met many … the Senedd steps yesterday. I think the level of trauma that is felt by everyone attached to Cardiff University—and as shown in the reaction from all parties here in this Chamber—shows how deeply we feel about …
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Topical Questions
… like to, first of all, declare an interest as my son-in-law works for Cardiff University. I think I’ve been—and I think we’ve all been—in a state of shock following the announcement from … Cardiff University yesterday that it’s proposing to cut 400 jobs, leading to the closures of the departments of ancient history, modern languages and translation, music, nursing and religious theology. These are fundamental, essential courses that will just …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… board what you said. I appreciate that universities are independent institutions. However, we all are aware that Cardiff University has gone through a lot of struggles recently, and the Welsh Government has been involved in trying to help … much as they can. I'm sure you can appreciate that, at the same time redundancies at Cardiff University were being proposed, as well as threats to shut its nursing department as well as other departments too, the …
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
… 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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Questions to the First Minister
… the moment, unfortunately. The stimulus for this question was Caerdydd Students for Palestine. They’ve been protesting at Cardiff University campus for peace in Palestine since last year. When Cardiff University called the police, a police spokesperson said … that the situation was a peaceful protest that required no further intervention. However, Cardiff University then hired a law firm that secured a civil injunction that is currently plastered across the university campus, warning, amongst other things, that …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015: Evidence session 1—academic panel
… 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 …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - evidence session
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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Short Debate: Ensuring Wales has a thriving university sector
Since the end of January, Cardiff University has been engulfed in an existential crisis that could threaten its future as the largest and best resourced university in Wales. Cardiff University has played a huge role in the work … rely on people of other nations speaking English? I accept that no change is not an option. Cardiff University is currently subsidising its day-to-day operations from its reserves to the tune of £31 million a year …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
… future workforce planning demands across the NHS. Coming on to the closure of the nursing courses potentially at Cardiff University, we do recognise that the higher education institutions are having to make difficult decisions around the future, and … the same level through alternative providers in the same region. The final decision, of course, rests with Cardiff University, who I hope will very much listen in a social partnership way as they're consulting on this. And …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… role in the university sector in Wales. But let me just say about the current handling by Cardiff University that I've just read that the director of nursing at Aneurin Bevan University Health Board said today that … rhetoric, no decisions are final and this is out to consultation. They've already been e-mailed by Cardiff University to say there'll no more undergraduate or postgraduate nursing courses from Cardiff University. Now, that is shabby …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Programme of International NHS Recruitment
… important point, finally, in relation to the impact on nursing education of the proposal for consultation that Cardiff University, obviously, has announced. I was very disappointed indeed to see that proposal being published, as Members in this Chamber … allow a situation where those nursing numbers can be reallocated. Those discussions are happening at the moment. Obviously, Cardiff University hasn't yet taken a final decision, so there is a limit in that sense, in a final …
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Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care: Programme of International NHS Recruitment
… must prioritise domestic recruitment and training to ensure a self-sufficient NHS in Wales. The proposed closure of Cardiff University's nursing programme is particularly alarming. As the top nursing college in Wales, and ranked fifth in the … Cardiff University plays a pivotal role in educating our future healthcare professionals. At a time when we're already facing a shortage of 2,000 nurses, how can the Welsh Government justify allowing such a closure …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 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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Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Wales and Africa
… just want to give you an example of the Phoenix Project again with Cardiff University. Many of you will know Professor Judith Hall who leads that partnership. We were able to give a grant … what they did—. In partnership, the Namibian Ministry of Health and Social Services, the University of Namibia and Cardiff University have co-produced help, promotion and awareness campaigns for 90,000 of the most disadvantaged people, and that …
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Short Debate: The importance of strengthening human rights for the people of Wales
… also will take the opportunity to say that, on Thursday, I met with 30 law students from Cardiff University who are actually taking an option on immigration legal advice, learning about how they could take this forward … Discrimination against Women coming to Cardiff in March 2026. It is hosted by Cardiff Council and supported by Cardiff University and the Wales Governance Centre. Cardiff Council is the first city for CEDAW in Europe, and I think …