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Silver first for healthy HEFCW
Date: 8 December 2009
HEFCW has become the first organisation in Wales to be awarded the Welsh Assembly Government’s small workplace health award at silver level.

Universities come together to tackle climate change
Date: 27 November 2009
A five-year programme to study the impact of climate change on the land, sea and atmosphere has been given the go-ahead by the Welsh Assembly Government.

HEFCW welcomes higher education plan For our Future
Date: 25 November 2009
HEFCW has welcomed the publication by the Welsh Assembly Government of For our Future – The twenty first century higher education plan for Wales
Universities seek to increase donations
Date: 5 November 2009
Universities in Wales have been given a £10 million incentive to increase their fundraising abilities.

Weighing up the future of widening access
Date: 3 November 2009
Social justice and lifelong learning were the main themes of a high level policy discussion between Welsh universities and colleges and officials from the Welsh Assembly Government and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW).

Students stay connected
Date: 12 October 2009
Universities and their students will be celebrating the role of the student voice in developing higher education in Wales at an event in the Senedd on 12 October.

Students in Wales show satisfaction with student experience
Date: 06 August 2009
An annual survey has shown that the overall satisfaction for students studying in Wales remains just above the figure achieved for the UK as a whole.

£2 million investment for skills and employment turnaround
Date: 03 August 2009
Four projects, worth £2.15 million, have been given the go-ahead under the Economic Support Initiative, which will see Wales’s universities help individuals and businesses weather the economic downturn.

Welsh universities show their economic worth
Date: 13 July 2009
New figures for the 2007/08 academic year show that Welsh universities have once again achieved more than their expected share over a range of economic indicators, which include new business start-ups by both HE staff and students.

Welsh universities' commitment to young people from care
Date: 01 July 2009
Eight Welsh universities and one further education college have now achieved a Quality Mark which recognises universities’ commitment to providing support and additional funding for people of all ages with a care background.

Diverse student body in Welsh universities
Date: 04 June 2009
New UK-wide figures show that universities and colleges in Wales have continued to perform well in recruiting students from under-represented groups.

New funding settlement for HE in Wales
Date: 17 March 2009
Higher education institutions in Wales will receive grant allocations of £433.8m in the 2009/10 academic year, the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has announced.
Annex A; Annex B

£2 million challenge for universities
Date: 09 March 2009
A £2 million fund designed to encourage Wales’s universities to help individuals and businesses weather the economic downturn has been launched.

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