2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Lovely. Moving on now to some questions from Sioned Williams. Sioned.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Yes, please. That would be very helpful. Buffy, is that all of your questions?
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Who is taking that question? Amanda. Wait there, you're on mute, Amanda.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Sorry; Louise, Buffy, would like to come in.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. That would be very helpful. We'll look forward to receiving that. Does anybody else want to come in on that point? No. Great. Just moving on now to questions from Buffy Williams. Buffy.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. Maxine or Lynn, would you like to come in on this point? No. You're okay. Okay. Lovely. You answered that question for everybody there, Maria. My final point is around any effect that the United Kingdom Internal Market Act 2020 may have on the…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. This is to all the panel, as well: the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales has set out concerns regarding information-sharing provisions within the Bill; the Minister has argued that these powers already exist. What are your views on these…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. I've got two specific questions I'd like to ask the Open University, following on from the opening question. Do the Open University have any concerns relating to the Bill itself and to what extent are you concerned the Bill may have any unintended…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Thank you. Maria.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Y Bil Addysg Drydyddol ac Ymchwil (Cymru)—sesiwn dystiolaeth 3
Welcome back to the Children, Young People, and Education Committee. We're moving on to item 5, which is our work on an evidence session on the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill. This is our third evidence session. We have a large panel this…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Cynnig o dan Reol Sefydlog 17.42(ix) i benderfynu gwahardd y cyhoedd o’r cyfarfod ar gyfer yr eitem nesaf
We'll now move on to the next item on the agenda, which is to move into private session. So, I propose, in accordance with Standing Order 17.42, that the committee resolves to meet in private for the next item. Are Members content? I can see that all Members…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you. And that's the end of our session. Thank you both very much for joining us today. It was a very interesting session. If there are any further questions we have as a committee, we will write to you. But there’s certainly much for the committee to…
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you, David, and thank you, Buffy. Moving on to some questions now finally from Ken Skates. Ken.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you. Buffy.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Yes, David.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you. We'll now move on to questions from Buffy Williams. Buffy.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you, James. Moving on to some questions now from Siân Gwenllian.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Philip.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you. We've got James Evans now, who has some important questions around communication and public confidence. James.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you; thank you for that. Just to clarify, how will you balance fairness to the cohorts of learners who've undertaken those qualifications pre pandemic, during the pandemic and post pandemic?
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Philip.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Thank you. Thank you for that answer, Philip. Siân Gwenllian.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Diolch yn fawr. You mentioned one lesson perhaps that could be learnt. Are there any other lessons that you could learn and particularly in the way that it will form any contingency planning for anything that happens in 2022 perhaps if exams don't take place?
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
Of course.
2 Rhagfyr 2021 , Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Craffu ar Adroddiad Blynyddol Cymwysterau Cymru ar gyfer 2020-2021
So, as we move on to the first item on our agenda—it's the scrutiny of Qualifications Wales's annual report 2020-21—I'd like to welcome David Jones, chair of Qualifications Wales, and Philip Blaker, chief executive of Qualifications Wales. Welcome, both. It's…