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WIDENING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES

WIDENING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES. THE FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION SECTORS IN WALES. 13 Higher Education Institutions Pre 1992 Post 1992 6 HEIs 7 HEIs 24 Further Education Colleges Total HE Enrolments 2001/02 105,149 Full-time 64,661

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WIDENING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES

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  1. WIDENING ACCESS TO HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES

  2. THE FURTHER AND HIGHER EDUCATION SECTORS IN WALES 13 Higher Education Institutions Pre 1992 Post 1992 6 HEIs 7 HEIs 24 Further Education Colleges Total HE Enrolments 2001/02 105,149 Full-time 64,661 Part-time 40,488 NEWI UW, Bangor UW, Aberystwyth UW, Lampeter Trinity College UWCN SIHE UW Swansea University of Glamorgan Cardiff University, UWIC, UWCM, RWCMD Nov 2002

  3. HE PROVISION IN FE COLLEGES • Mostly funded through franchise arrangements with HEI’s • Some directly-funded provision • Predominantly part-time Total Enrolments 2001/02 7,340 Full-time Part-time Franchise Directly-Funded 1,815 5,525 5,973 1,367

  4. DEVOLUTION NATIONAL ASSEMBLY FOR WALES WELSH ASSEMBLY GOVERNMENT Policy Direction and Funding Post-16 Education National Council for Education and Training for Wales (ELWa) Higher Education Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

  5. REACHING HIGHER Higher Education and the Learning Country The Welsh Assembly Government's Strategy for Higher Education to 2010 (Published March 2002) • WIDENING ACCESS TARGET: • The proportion of young people accessing HE from low participation neighbourhoods to increase from around 25-30% to 40-50% by 2010. • MAJOR THEMES • Reconfiguration and Collaboration • Widening Access

  6. WIDENING ACCESS: PARTICULAR ISSUES IN WALES • Communities suffering from post-industrial decline, particularly in the South Wales valleys • An increasingly prosperous capital city, Cardiff, but still with significant areas of deprivation • Deprivation in other cities, such as Swansea and Newport • Substantial rural areas where deprivation and disadvantage can be difficult to identify • Recognising and meeting the needs of Welsh speakers and Welsh-speaking communities

  7. THE WELSH HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR: WIDENING ACCESS PROFILE WELSH HEI’s UK

  8. HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATON RATES All Welsh-domiciled students 2000/01

  9. HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATON RATESBy electoral division South East Wales North West Wales

  10. WIDENING ACCESS FUNDING • Institutional 2002 / 03 • Widening Access Premium £200 per eligible student - £2.3m • Widening Access Strategy funding - £1.57m • Disability Premium £200 per student • Disability Provision Development Funding • Disability Premium and Development Funding - £500K per annum • National Assembly • Assembly Learning Grants - £300 to £1,500 maximum (FE & HE, Full and part-time students) • Financial Contingency Funding 2002/03 - £5m

  11. REACHING HIGHER – REACHING WIDER • £2 million in additional funding made available by the National Assembly for 2002/03 • Initiative announced in July 2002 • Detailed guidance issued September 2002 • "to encourage innovative and possibly large-scale projects which would draw in a number of partners . . . . to contribute to building the continuum of learning and increase access from schools and other providers to HEIs, whilst simultaneously helping to lift the standards and performance with the providers themselves" • Proposals from the sector submitted by the end of October 2002 • Outcomes announced December 2002

  12. REACHING WIDER PARTNERSHIPS 4 Partnerships National Co-ordination

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