Current consultations
HEFCW consults with the higher education sector in Wales and, occasionally, with other interested parties in order to get a wide range of views to feed into policies that affect universities.
- W12/06HE: HEFCW’s Child Poverty Strategy
- This circular sets out for consultation HEFCW’s draft Child Poverty Strategy and it seeks to engage Higher Education Institutions, Further Education Institutions and other parties, including those with an interest in equality and diversity issues, in the further development of this Strategy.
- Date: 03 February 2012
- Response by: 09 March 2012
- Secondary documents: None
- W11/46HE: Consultation on: Guidance on good practice in funding of effective, democratic student unions, and student representation
- Circular W11/46HE provides a consultation on best practice in funding effective, democratic student unions, and student representation.
- We are inviting comments on this guidance by 8 February 2012, to inform the publication of the final version in Spring 2012. We addressed the consultation to Heads of higher education institutions in Wales, Principals of directly-funded further education colleges in Wales, Chairs of governors of higher education institutions and directly-funded further education colleges in Wales and Presidents of Student Unions.
- Date: 14 December 2011
- Response by: 08 February 2012
- Secondary Documents:

