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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… support all our FE and HE institutions. And that, of course, will include Gower college and Swansea University. Turning to Gower college, it is, of course, Colleges Week this week. I've just returned from a lovely visit … will provide vehicles for us to look further at our successful apprenticeship programme. Turning to your points on Swansea University, I understand, of course, that Swansea University are looking for reductions of 55 roles and that they hope …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… graduate of Swansea University, and, like all other local Senedd Members, including yourself, am on the university court. I'm asking for an urgent Government statement on the planned redundancies in the computing department of Swansea University … productivity, we need to support university computing departments. Will the Welsh Government meet with the vice-chancellor of Swansea University and offer support for computing at the university and find a way forward so that we can benefit …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
Thank you, Sioned, for that question, and I echo your sentiments about the importance of Swansea University to the regional economy, both in terms of the workforce there and the opportunities that it provides. I agree with you … completely about the widening participation agenda as well. In fact, I'll be visiting Swansea University before the end of this month to see, in action, one of Medr's Reaching Wider programmes, which seeks to do exactly …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… the Minister for Further and Higher Education about how the Government supports the workforce in our universities, including Swansea University in the region that I represent, and I declare an interest, Dirprwy Lywydd, given that my husband … professor and head of the English department at Swansea University. Last week, 204 members of academic staff at Swansea University learned that they were at risk of being made redundant and that the university had plans to reduce …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… Council, which awarded 44 organisations with period dignity grants, making a huge difference to people's lives. On Swansea University, of course we recognise there are challenges facing the sector. Now, the Minister for Further and Higher Education … has announced a new ministerial advisory group, to advise her on the future of the sector. On Swansea University, yes, there are issues relating to the workforce, but of course this is something that is a challenge across …
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Questions to the First Minister
Well, Llywydd, the origin of the ozone approach to cleanliness comes through work carried out at Swansea University, carried out with an innovation grant from the Welsh Government. The work at Swansea University was focused on the efficiency … Gwenllian said, a number of concerns raised as to whether or not the effectiveness of the approach that Swansea University had developed in the ambulance context could simply be translated into school cleaning as well. Because of the …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
City and Growth Deals: Panel 3 - Swansea Bay City Deal
Yes. So, look, obviously, Swansea University are one of the partners in the city deal. They helped author and create the projects that are in the city deal. Our digital innovation strand, which is a golden thread that … the Welsh and the UK Government, and more recent announcements, as you say, which are really welcome, for Swansea University. So, we see nothing in the new UK Government strategy to give us concern, nor in the previous …
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Questions to the First Minister
… that give me cause to be very excited about the future—the work that's being done at Swansea University through life sciences, for example, the leading work that is being done at Swansea University in relation …
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Questions to the First Minister
… led to Veeqo's success in Swansea. We know that we will not be able to replace for Swansea University the £135 million, which is the most conservative estimate of the benefits that they have derived from European … take any advantage from the reduced funding that is available to us. And at the same time, Swansea University particularly has drawn attention to the failure of the UK Government to reach an agreement over participation in the …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… further education is achieving in Swansea for individuals and our economy. I have concerns regarding the restructuring of Swansea University and the proposed loss of skills due to proposed redundancies. Has the Minister discussed with Swansea college what … further support is available for their very successful apprenticeship programme? And, with Swansea University, what can be done to avoid compulsory redundancies and the skills loss that entails …
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Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education
… wish to declare a personal interest. I have a close family member who is currently a student at Swansea University. Provision in the Swansea area is extensive and caters to a wide variety of aspirations, learning styles, and … support needs. Swansea University is the primary HE provider, providing both undergraduate and postgraduate courses. Gower College Swansea is the primary FE provider, delivering a comprehensive selection of A-levels and vocational qualifications …
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Business Statement and Announcement
… particular course, and, of course, there are others that are affected in terms of the issues arising in Swansea University. I understand that the Minister for Further and Higher Education has reached out to the vice-chancellor … can be supported during these difficult times. The Minister has also reached out to campus unions and expects Swansea University to work closely with them. There are, I understand, hopes to reduce numbers in scope through voluntary means …
, Economy, Trade, and Rural Affairs Committee
Inward Investment: Panel 2
From my experience, the collaboration does exist. Look at Swansea University and their semiconductor industry as one example. That works well. Cardiff, all our universities who we work with as well, as a business organisation, we work with … say, yes, I've seen that in action. And one example is, as I've just given, is Swansea University and the semiconductors, and I'm sure there's plenty more out there as well, who we work …
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Plaid Cymru Debate: Higher education
… declare an interest, Llywydd, as my husband is employed by Swansea University and is a member of UCU, and I too used to be on the UCU committee at Swansea University when I worked there …
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Questions to the Counsel General and Minister for Delivery
… brought back into beneficial use. And I can't pass by the opportunity to applaud the work of Swansea University in developing plants that are able to take up various chemicals—not all of them, of course … looked like a moonscape but is now completely covered in vegetation, and that vegetation was partly developed by Swansea University in order to be able to have natural ways, if you like, to assist in the cleansing …
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Welsh Language and Education (Wales) Bill - evidence session 3
Good morning. I'm Gwenno Ffrancon. I am the director of Academi Hywel Teifi at Swansea University, and also deputy pro vice-chancellor for the Welsh language, heritage and culture, and, in terms of engagement with the Bill … was part of the team that responded to the White Paper prepared for this Bill on behalf of Swansea University …
, Climate Change, Environment, and Infrastructure Committee
Halting and reversing the loss of nature by 2030 - evidence session with academics
… welcome you, Dr Victoria Jenkins, who is an associate professor at Hillary Rodham Clinton School of Law at Swansea University; Dr Richard Unsworth, who’s an associate professor of biosciences at Swansea University, and Professor Steve Ormerod, professor …
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Short Debate: Safer skin: The role of schools in preventing skin cancer
… since the committee reported back, and an initially encouraging response from the Welsh Government, a research project at Swansea University has found that several recommendations have not been upheld. That research project, Sunproofed, led by Dr Julie Peconi … the School of Medicine at Swansea University, funded by Health and Care Research Wales, found that only 39 per cent of schools that responded to their survey had a sun safety policy, and that not all schools with …
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Reform UK Debate: Default 20 mph speed limit
… way, it's a good thing. And I will use data to illustrate this. As a lecturer in Swansea University, I'm very used to PowerPoint presentations, and I think it is very strange to discuss data, especially …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Life Sciences Investment Fund
… company called PulmonIR. This was invested by the development bank. It was a spin-out from Swansea University, focused on developing a clinical diagnostic for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. This disease affects more than 330 million people worldwide … Between 2016 and 2018, the development bank invested £195,000 in total, alongside co-investors IP Group and Swansea University Innovation Fund. Following the funding of the manufacture of a prototype in 2018, 18 months of phase …