Press releases 2011
- Bookings open for Wales’ first national Learning and Teaching conference
- Date: 5 December 2011
- The Higher Education Academy has opened bookings for Wales’ first national Learning and Teaching Conference. The Inaugural Future Directions conference – Graduates For Our Future will run on 26 April 2012 at Glyndŵr University in Wrexham.
- Universities continue their positive impact on the economy
- Date: 15 September 2011
- The tenth annual survey on how universities work with and generate business has shown that they continue to make a significant contribution to the Welsh economy.
- Student satisfaction scores remain high in Welsh universities and colleges and colleges
- Date: 17 August 2011
- Results from the annual National Student Survey have shown that the overall satisfaction for students studying in Wales has remained high, with 83% of respondents satisfied with their course.
- Universities and colleges get go-ahead to charge higher fees
- Date: 11 July 2011
- Thirteen universities and colleges in Wales have had their fee plans approved by HEFCW, and can now increase tuition fee levels for undergraduate courses from the 2012 academic year.
- New information helps students choose their course
- Date: 28 June 2011
- Prospective students will have more information available to them from next year to help them choose the course that’s right for them.
- Funding Council calls for Fee Plans from Universities
- Date: 05 April 2011
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) today invited Universities in Wales to submit plans in respect of higher student fees for the academic year 2012/13.
- Universities rewarded for responding to local needs
- Date: 01 April 2011
- An expansion in aerospace engineering places, a Foundation Degree in computer animation and a Masters degree in high performance computing are just three of the areas that have been confirmed for ‘regional’ funding allocations from HEFCW in the next academic year.
- Welsh universities reach under-represented groups
- Date: 31 March 2011
- The latest UK-wide figures about the make-up of the student population in higher education show that universities and colleges in Wales continue to perform well in widening participation among groups which traditionally have had less experience of higher education.
- Funding for higher education in Wales in the academic year 2011/12
- Date: 31 March 2011
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has announced how £377.1 million of funding for higher education in Wales will be allocated in the academic year (AY) 2011/12.
- Appointment of the first directors of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
- Date: 24 March 2011
- The first directors of the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol, which will work with and through all the Welsh universities to deliver increased opportunities for students to study their courses through the medium of Welsh, have been appointed.
- Future plans to widen access to higher education in Wales
- Date: 28 February 2011
- A major new commitment to supporting universities and colleges in Wales to widen access to higher education (HE) has been published by HEFCW.
- Welsh universities secure funding for postgraduate training centre
- Date: 10 February 2011
- A consortium of Welsh universities has been chosen to host a Doctoral Training Centre (DTC), which will provide support and training for up to 115 postgraduate students a year in Wales.
