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Motion under Standing Order 26.91 seeking the Senedd's agreement to introduce a Member Bill—Outdoor Education (Wales) Bill
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Outdoor learning is a fundamental element in terms of the well-being of our children and young people. It's a way of helping them to keep physically healthy and can help with their mental and emotional well-being too. It allows them…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
So, schools in Wales have been establishing mobilities to Belgium, to Bangladesh, to Canada and to Colombia and creating that network at a school level, where, previously, the focus would have been at a higher education level principally. He asked me to…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd—[Interruption.]
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
I thank Alun Davies for that important set of questions. I share with him the ambition to make sure that all parts of our education system and all communities are able to benefit from this very ambitious scheme. One of the most exciting elements in it, I…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Well, I thank the Member for those very important questions. On the first point that she made in terms of investment, I think that, when you look at the pressures on families now, the opportunities that can transform and broaden the horizons of young people…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
The programme's flexible, it won't be wasteful, and it is significantly superior to Turing.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
I am sure that Members will share my enthusiasm for the progress that Taith has made and the success it has already enjoyed in its first year. This will encourage education providers in their local areas to get involved with the programme if they are not…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
I am looking forward to discussing how Taith can help open even more doors in Europe when I visit Brussels to speak to MEPs and others next week. And although Taith carries a brilliant message to our international partners, it is just one part of our…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
We have only just started, and already it is opening doors overseas.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
With its ambitious approach to international projects with a strategic focus, Taith will facilitate learners and educators taking an active role in working with and learning from international partners on issues that affect us all, such as climate change. To…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
I firmly believe that education has a key role to play in our response to those challenges.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
This pathway is designed to provide even more support for projects that have a more strategic focus. For example, the themes for this year’s call are: developments in education; diversity and inclusion; and climate change. Applications close on 1 December, so…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Speaking of the future, I announced on 5 October that Taith’s pathway 2 is now open for applications.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Before I do, I want to recognise the work of the Taith team, delivering the programme in double-quick time; to have learners benefiting from Taith already is a credit to their tireless commitment. A lot of learners and staff will be benefiting from Taith this…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
In March 2021, the Welsh Government announced it would put in place a £65 million replacement for the Erasmus+ programme, and made that commitment part of our programme for government. I am pleased to inform the Chamber today that that promise is rapidly…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Taith—Delivering Wales's innovative international learning exchange programme
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I'm delighted to be able to provide an update to the Senedd today on the progress of putting in place our innovative international educational exchange programme, Taith.
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Short Debate: Education maintenance allowance: A lifeline in the current crisis
Due to the rapid rise in inflation, Dirprwy Lywydd, we know that, overall, our budget will be worth around £4 billion less over this three-year period than previously thought. Effectively, this is a cut to our budget. Without any additional funding from the…
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Short Debate: Education maintenance allowance: A lifeline in the current crisis
Thank you. As a Government, we acknowledge the positive impact that the education maintenance allowance can have on young people. That's why we, during the years of austerity forced on Wales by the coalition Government, have tried to safeguard the allowance…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I don't think that one follows from another. Qualifications Wales is consulting on the role of exams in the future and how qualifications are assessed. I think that it would be wrong of us, having experienced the last two or three years, when there has been a…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
We are continuously working with Qualifications Wales and WJEC to ensure the integrity of all our results. This includes secure, standardised assessments, detailed quality-assured processes and anonymised and monitored marking processes that are applied…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
I couldn't agree more with the Member. Our strategy's called 'High Standards and Aspirations for All', and that's to recognise that every single learner, regardless of their background, is entitled to have a school system that encourages their aspiration and…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Yes. My statement to the Chamber in March and the speech that I gave to the Bevan Foundation in June set out my intention to tackle the impact of poverty on attainment, and I've put in place a range of measures to realise this objective, from introducing…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Absolutely. We are pleased to see young people taking up STEM subjects and will do everything we can to continue doing that. There has been a challenge in terms of the gender gap of young people taking up STEM subjects, but the work that we have been doing…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
It's a good question, and I have continuing discussions with both Qualifications Wales and WJEC in relation to some of the issues that arose over the course of the summer exam series. He will remember, of course, that both Qualifications Wales and WJEC wrote…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and the Welsh Language
Reflecting a transition back to established exam standards, results were awarded broadly at the midway point between 2021 and 2019. Our learners demonstrated immense resilience in their performances and, as a testament to this, a record number of young people…
