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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 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) was established in May 1992 under the Further and Higher Education Act 1992.HEFCW's responsibilities for initial teacher training (ITT), including the accreditation of ITT providers, are covered under the Education (School Teachers' Qualifications) (Wales) Regulations 2004 and the Education Act 2005.
The Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol (meaning: Welsh National College), known in both Welsh and English simply as Coleg, [1] was established in 2011 by the Welsh Government to work with universities in Wales to develop Welsh-language courses and resources for students; it also provides and advances Welsh medium courses, scholarship and research in Welsh universities.
Medr (Welsh for 'skill' / 'ability'), also known as the Commission for Tertiary Education and Research (CTER; Welsh: Y Comisiwn Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil), is a tertiary educational and Welsh Government sponsored body, overseeing post-16 education and research in Wales.
Scottish and Welsh universities were also entitled to raise their tuition fees; however, Scottish-domiciled students studying in Scotland are entitled to free tuition and the Welsh Assembly pays any tuition fees for Welsh-domiciled students over and above the "old system" cap as uprated by inflation, of £3,810 for academic year 2015/16. [18]
Essential Skills Wales (ESW) is a suite of skills qualifications, available in Wales.Each Essential Skills Wales qualification is equivalent to an E grade at GCE AS-Level (Three Essential Skill Wales qualifications is equivalent to a D grade at GCE A-Level). [1]
Dog-free zones should be introduced to help make the Welsh outdoors “anti-racist”, the Welsh government has been advised. A report by climate action group Climate Cymru BAME has recommended ...
In 2014/15, there were 435 Welsh-medium primary schools with 65,460 pupils, rising from 64,366 in 2013/14, but the number of Welsh-medium primary schools decreased from 444, [23] due primarily to the closure of small rural schools. Universal free school meals were introduced in Wales for children in the first year of primary school in September ...