Press releases 2012
- Students even better equipped to choose their course
- Date: 27 September 2012
- Students will be able to access a wealth of up-to-date information on universities for the first time and in the same place, thanks to a new website which is being launched today.
- Other documents:
- NSS 2012 Press Data from HEFCE
- Have your say about higher education in Wales
- Date: 03 September 2012
- A consultation has been launched today inviting views on HEFCW’s plans to develop Wales’s higher education system over the next three years.
- Universities impact positively on Welsh economy
- Date: 27 July 2012
- Universities continue to make a significant contribution to the Welsh economy, according to a survey that looks at their success in providing services for businesses and generating business.
- New Chief Executive of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales Announced
- Date: 17 July 2012
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr David Blaney as Chief Executive, in succession to Professor Phil Gummett who is retiring in October.
- Universities' and colleges’ fee plans approved for 2013/14
- Date: 11 July 2012
- Fourteen universities and colleges have had their fee plans approved by HEFCW and can charge their chosen fee levels for undergraduate courses from the 2013/14 academic year.
- Welsh business and higher education lead the way in partnership working
- Date: 19 June 2012
- The first ever partnership agreement, between higher education and the Welsh business community, aimed at ensuring graduates who study in Wales are the most innovative and employable workers in the UK, is launched.
- Reallocating student numbers in higher education
- Date: 05 April 2012
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has published the outcomes of the exercise to reallocate student numbers around the higher education sector in Wales in the 2013/14 academic year.
- Funding for higher education in the academic year 2012/13
- Date: 30 March 2012
- The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has announced how it will allocate £368 million of funding for higher education (HE) in the 2012/13 academic year.
- Event marks new era in working with students
- Date: 27 February 2012
- Further education institutions have now signed up to a commitment to make sure that students on their higher education courses are more involved in influencing their time at college.
- HEFCW announces retirement of chief executive
- Date: 19 January 2012
- The Higher Education Council for Wales (HEFCW) announced today that its chief executive, Professor Phil Gummett, proposes to retire later this year, at a date to be determined, but likely to be between July and October 2012.
- Student number re-allocations address priorities in higher education
- Date: 17 January 2012
- New arrangements for allocating student numbers in Wales from the 2013/14 academic year have been published.
