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P-05-938 Make Welsh universities consider the Welsh Baccalaureate as an A Level
This page gives details of any meetings held which will, or did, discuss the matter, and includes links to the relevant Papers, Agendas and Minutes.
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Meeting: 23/06/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 5)
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5 P-05-938 Make Welsh universities consider the Welsh Baccalaureate as an A Level
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 5
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- 01.04.20 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 5
PDF 265 KB
Minutes:
In light of the Minister for Education’s position that it is for universities to establish the entry requirements for their courses, and noting the work underway respond to recommendations made previously by the Children, Young People and Education Committee, the Committee agreed that there is little further that the Committee could achieve. The Committee agreed to close the petition and thank the petitioner for raising this issue.
Meeting: 25/02/2020 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)
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2 P-05-938 Make Welsh universities consider the Welsh Baccalaureate as an A Level
Supporting documents:
- Cover sheet, item 2
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- Research Brief, item 2
PDF 156 KB
- 14.01.20 Correspondence - Minister for Education to Chair, item 2
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- 16.02.20 Correspondence - Petitioner to Committee, item 2
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Minutes:
The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:
· note the work undertaken by the Children, Young People and Education Committee on the status of the Welsh Baccalaureate; and
· write back to the Minister for Education to ask for detail of how the work to compile a list of universities which accept the Welsh Baccalaureate in their offers is progressing, and ask for a response to the further points raised in the petitioner’s correspondence.