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The Welsh Baccalaureate (Welsh: Bagloriaeth Cymru), or Welsh Bacc, is an educational qualification delivered in secondary schools and colleges across Wales. The Welsh Government says that it gives broader experiences than traditional learning programmes, developing transferable skills useful for education and employment.
All Welsh universities are public universities and funded in part by the Welsh Government through HEFCW, with an allocation of just over £217 million in 2022-23. [10] Welsh universities also charge tuition fees capped at £9,000 per year for UK students, unlike other parts of the UK which have fees capped at £9,250, on undergraduate courses. [11]
It regulates awarding bodies delivering those qualifications taken in schools and colleges, such as GCSEs and A levels, but also vocational qualifications and the Welsh Baccalaureate. The organisation has over 75 staff, in a mix of regulatory, research, policy and development roles. Its offices are based in Imperial Park, Newport. [3]
Some further education colleges in Wales offer higher education courses such as degrees and diplomas, usually in conjunction with a nearby university. Welsh colleges are funded primarily by the Welsh Government , with subsidised tuition fees paid by individual students or their sponsors.
The BBC reported that an admissions officer for Oxford University raised concerns about "a number of factors, including a reluctance by some schools to encourage pupils to leave Wales, particularly Welsh medium schools". The Welsh government commented that the Welsh Baccalaureate would be revised to deal with the issues, and that Murphy's new ...
The Welsh Joint Education Committee was established as a consortium of Welsh Local Education Authorities in 1948, replacing the Central Welsh Board. [1] It is now a registered charity , and a company limited by guarantee , led by a group trustees drawn from the local authorities in Wales and independents from both England and Wales.
For university entrance, the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (UCAS) produces its own tariff for level 3 qualifications and international equivalents, based on grades achieved and the size of the qualification (in four size bands). Universities, colleges and employers are also free to make their own decisions on how they treat ...
The University of Wales (Welsh: Prifysgol Cymru) is a confederal university based in Cardiff, Wales.Founded by royal charter in 1893 as a federal university with three constituent colleges – Aberystwyth, Bangor and Cardiff – the university was the first university established in Wales, one of the four countries in the United Kingdom.