higher education funding council for wales widening access to higher education in wales
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Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
WIDENING ACCESS TO
HIGHER EDUCATION IN WALES
Higher Education Funding Council for 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
Part-time 40,488
Cardiff University,UWIC, UWCM, RWCMD
UWCN
NEWIUW, Bangor
UW, Aberystwyth
UW, Lampeter
Trinity College
SIHE
UW Swansea University of Glamorgan
Nov 2002
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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
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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
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
The Welsh Assembly Government's Strategy for Higher Education to 2010
(Published March 2002)
REACHING HIGHER
Higher Education and the Learning Country
MAJOR THEMES
Reconfiguration and Collaboration
Widening Access
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.
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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
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THE WELSH HIGHER EDUCATION SECTOR: WIDENING ACCESS PROFILE
Young FT entrants to first degree courses from state schools/colleges
91% 86%
Young entrants to first degree courses from low participation neighbourhoods
Full–time 15%
Part–time 23%
Full-time 12%
Part-time 16%
Mature UG entrants from low participation neighbourhoods / no previous experience of HE
Full-time 17%
Part-time 13%
Full-time 15%
Part-time 7%
FT first degree – Non –continuation following year of entry (1999 / 2000)
9% 10%
WELSH HEI’s UK
Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
HIGHER EDUCATION
PARTICIPATON RATES
Rhondda Cynon Taff
Vale of Glamorgan
Bridgend
BlaenauGwent
MerthyrTydfil
Torfaen
Monmouthshire
Wrexham
Pembrokeshire
Gwynedd
Swansea
Neath Port
Talbot Caerphilly
Isle of Anglesey
Flintshire
Conwy
Cardiff
Carmarthenshire
Ceredigion
Denbighshire
Newport
Powys
Unitary Standard Participation RatesAll Welsh Domiciled HE Students
120 to 160 (3)105 to 120 (9)95 to 105 (2)80 to 95 (5)
Below 80 (3)
All Welsh-domiciled students 2000/01
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HIGHER EDUCATION PARTICIPATON RATES
By electoral division
South East Wales North West Wales
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WIDENING ACCESS FUNDING
Institutional 2002 / 03
Widening Access Premium £200 per eligible student - £2.3mWidening Access Strategy funding - £1.57mDisability Premium £200 per studentDisability 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
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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
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REACHING WIDER PARTNERSHIPS4 Partnerships
North Wales (Community University of North Wales)
2 HEIs, 8 FECs
West and Mid Wales 3 HEIs, 2 FECs
Swansea/Neath Port Talbot 2 HEIs, 3 FECs
South East Wales
(First Campus)
6 HEIs, 18 FECs
National Co-ordination