, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much for your time today.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much indeed for that. Thank you very much indeed for your evidence. It's really useful and very positive to hear that so many good things are happening. We'll send you a transcript, about which, if we've recorded anything wrong, you need to let…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Okay. Is there anything further you wanted to add, Vivienne?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
I suppose, finally, I just want to ask you what's the No. 1 ask for reducing the disability employment gap, particularly in the regional places where the gap is highest, like Blaenau Gwent and Neath Port Talbot. How do we ensure that every disabled person has…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Very good. Jane Dodds.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Very good. We'll move on to Mick Antoniw.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Joel James.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Vivienne, did you want to add anything?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you. Back to you, Sioned.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Did you want to comment on that, Vivienne? And then I'll pass it back to Sioned.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
The new curriculum is still in its infancy, but have you noticed any perceptible difference in the attitudes of schools now that there's more emphasis on the value added to the individual rather than the numbers who are going to get five GCSEs including…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Okay. I wanted to come in as well, but I’ll defer to you.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Back to you, Sioned.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Okay. Vivienne, do you want to add anything on that?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Fine, yes. Well, I assume that the line won't go down. Lisa.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Yes.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Okay. Lisa.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
That's all right.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
I'll go to Vivienne first, if that's all right.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Okay. Thank you. Sioned Williams.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you very much for that clarification. Julie Morgan.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you. We'll come back to some detail on that, but finally from me: I just wanted to ask Vivienne about some figures you published recently suggesting a decrease in the last three years of learners in FE institutions who are self-identifying as having a…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Thank you. I mean, Bridgend College is sector leading; a lot of my constituents attend. But as far as the national picture is concerned, Lisa, do you think that all colleges are doing as well as Bridgend?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 5
Welcome back to the Equality and Social Justice Committee session on disability and employment. And I'd now like to welcome Vivienne Buckley, principal of Bridgend College, who is joining us online, and Lisa Mytton, strategic director for the National…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Disability and employment: evidence session 4
Right. We're now going to take a short break before the next two witnesses are in place.
