This post originally appeared on Wonkhe. Many of us working in higher education in the UK find ourselves preoccupied with what the post-18 review of education will or won’t recommend. In Wales we’re also paying close attention to the implementation and impact of our own recent review of higher education funding chaired by Ian Diamond. Initial
This post originally appeared on Wonkhe. In 2016, Ellen Hazelkorn’s review of the oversight of post-compulsory education in Wales was published. At its core it included the recommendations that the Welsh Government develop an overarching vision for the post-compulsory education and training (PCET) system in Wales, and establish a new authority with oversight of the
This post originally appeared on the IWA’s Click on Wales. This National Apprenticeship Week comes at a time when the way apprenticeships are developed and delivered across the UK is changing and diverging. For us in Wales, this year will see the first degree apprentices start their apprenticeships. This is a big step. Much has
This post originally appeared on Universities Wales. Post-16 education in Wales has undergone significant changes over the past ten years with mergers, reconfiguration, regulatory changes, and new legislation for further and higher education. With the publication of the white paper on the reform of post-compulsory education in Wales there will soon be further changes to how post-16
This post was originally published on the IWA’s Click on Wales. What is an apprenticeship? Such an apparently simple question encompasses a complicated and often difficult-to-know landscape, a landscape that is still shifting. Many people will understand that an apprenticeship offers a mix of on the job training, paid employment, and formal study, but what
It shouldn’t be a surprise to anyone that breaks are essential to carers and those that they care for, and that it’s in everyone’s interests to ensure carers get the support they need. We know that problems with the carer contribute to readmission into hospital in 62% of cases where there is a carer. We
This post was originally published by the Learning and Work Institute as part of their Festival of Learning. There are 370,000 carers in Wales. That is 370,000 people, aged from 5 to over 80, providing unpaid care to their friends and family. That is the figure reported in the 2011 census. It’s not perfect, it’s
This post originally appeared on Wonkhe. When the Minister for Education and Skills in Wales, Huw Lewis, assumed the education brief in June 2013, it was against a backdrop of widespread discontent in Welsh HE. Many questioned the efficacy, impact and sustainability of the Welsh Government’s tuition fee policy, its failure to implement a revised