Meetings

Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

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: 17/09/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the President and Vice-Chancellor of Cardiff University, item 4 PDF 246 KB

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to the Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, item 7 PDF 81 KB

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to the Director of the Higher Education Policy Institute from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, item 7 PDF 114 KB

Meeting: 16/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 7)

7 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to Cardiff University from the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee, item 7 PDF 105 KB

Meeting: 03/07/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Additional information from Cardiff University following the meeting on 12 June 2025, item 3 PDF 205 KB

Meeting: 25/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - evidence session

Deio Owen, President, NUS Cymru

Minutes:

3.1 The Committee heard evidence from NUS Cymru.

3.2 NUS Cymru agreed to share with the Committee the outcome on the piece of work they are undertaking into any impact on students’ mental health by the proposals to cut support provision and a note on the details in the Welsh Government learning grant.

Meeting: 25/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - evidence session

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Lynne Hackett, Lead Officer for Higher Education, UNISON Cymru

Dan Beard, Lay Chair, Higher Education Forum, UNISON Cymru

Gareth Lloyd, Wales Official, University and College Union

Jamie Insole, Policy Officer, University and College Union

Supporting documents:

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Paper 1 - UNISON, item 2 PDF 228 KB View as HTML (2/2) 41 KB
Paper 2 - University and College Union, item 2 PDF 224 KB View as HTML (2/3) 32 KB
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Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from UNISON and UCU.

Meeting: 25/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 6)

6 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - consideration of the evidence

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Supporting documents:

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Minutes:

6.1 The Committee considered the evidence it had heard in the previous sessions.

6.2 It agreed the next steps to write to an Higher educational think tank with the information gathered.

Meeting: 25/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 4)

4 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from Chair of Council, Cardiff University, item 4 PDF 169 KB

Meeting: 12/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 5)

Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - consideration of the evidence

Minutes:

5.1 The Committee considered the evidence it has heard in the previous evidence session.

Meeting: 12/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 3)

3 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector

Supporting documents:

Letter to the Chair of the Children, Young People and Education Committee from the Convener of the Education, Children and Young People Committee at the Scottish Parliament, item 3 PDF 373 KB

Meeting: 12/06/2025 - Children, Young People, and Education Committee (Item 2)

2 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - evidence session

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Professor Wendy Larner, President and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff University

Patrick Younge, Chair of Council, Cardiff University

Supporting documents:

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Paper - Cardiff University, item 2 PDF 265 KB

Minutes:

2.1 The Committee heard evidence from Cardiff University.

2.2 Cardiff University agreed to provide Members with the following:

- a note on the University’s governance structure.

- the financial advice note from Moody’s.

- share with the Committee the report on entrepreneurial impact.

- they agreed to seek advice as to whether they could share the costs of due diligence for the establishment of transnational education in Kazakhstan.

2.3 The Committee also agreed to seek views from the wider sector about how higher education institutions can support economic development in a more coherent manner.