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Group 3: Additional Learning Needs (Amendment 6)
Diolch, Llywydd. Amendment 6 adds reference to individuals who have additional learning needs into section 4 of the Bill, which provides for the strategic duty in respect of encouraging participation in tertiary education. Section 4 requires the commission to…
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Group 2: Distance Learning (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69)
Yes.
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Group 2: Distance Learning (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69)
Yes.
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Group 2: Distance Learning (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69)
Yes.
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Group 2: Distance Learning (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69)
Yes.
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Group 2: Distance Learning (Amendments 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 37, 38, 42, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 63, 64, 67, 68, 69)
Diolch Llywydd. I call on Members to support these technical but important amendments that ensure that courses provided by way of distance learning by, or on behalf of, tertiary education providers in Wales are captured by the relevant provisions in the Bill…
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Group 1: Establishment of the Commission and appointment and terms of its members (Amendments 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 119)
Before I speak to the amendments in this group, I'd like to place on record my thanks to the committees and all the Members for their scrutiny of this Bill, and particularly to those Members who've tabled amendments to the Bill today. Whilst it has not been…
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Group 1: Establishment of the Commission and appointment and terms of its members (Amendments 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, 127, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134, 135, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 141, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 151, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 119)
Thank you, Llywydd. I welcome this opportunity to consider the amendments to the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill today.
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Short Debate: A Welsh cultural renaissance post COVID? The plan for music and access for all
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd, and may I thank Rhianon Passmore for bringing forward this important debate on music education? As I noted in my recent oral statement on the national music service and the national plan for music education, your passion and your…
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Motion to vary the order of consideration of Stage 3 amendments to the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Bill
Formally move.
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting an Anti-Racist education system
I thank Jenny Rathbone for that question. I think it's important to say that the ambitions that we have in our plan are ambitions that relate to every school in Wales. Every school in Wales will live in a different community, and the demographic and ethnic…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting an Anti-Racist education system
I thank Helen Fychan for her contribution, and I agree with much of what she said. She started by talking about learners' experiences and those who had experienced racism in school, and many will have direct experience of that in schools. And that's our…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting an Anti-Racist education system
I thank Laura Anne Jones for that very important range of questions, and I agree with much of the thrust of her questioning. I do agree that the role of online bullying and racist bullying and racist harassment is a very important part of this picture, and…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting an Anti-Racist education system
Llywydd, strong foundations are already in place with regions and partnerships to fully embed this important work to support schools' development of the new curriculum, recognising our shared responsibility to fast track this agenda. The DARPL project has…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Supporting an Anti-Racist education system
Thank you, Llywydd. As a Government, we are absolutely clear that we expect allegations and incidents of bullying and racism to be fully investigated, with immediate actions taken to address the matter and prevent further instances from happening. We are…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
Well, I thank Huw Irranca-Davies for the question and for providing a spoiler for the S4C news coverage this evening. [Laughter.] I'm sure the viewing figures will go through the roof as a result of that spoiler. Well, it was a special experience to be at…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
I thank Vikki Howells for those questions. I think that the relationship between Mudiad settings and early years in particular around the deployment and recruitment of teaching assistants who are able to provide their services and the important work that they…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
Well, you're exactly right in that. And as I did with Samuel Kurtz, I would invite the Member, if she has any particular steps to suggest that aren't contained within the plan, I'd be more than happy to listen to them. There are two main points in the…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
I thank Samuel Kurtz for that question. As he said in his contribution, nobody has a monopoly on good ideas. This document is the fruit of the Government's work, working with our stakeholders and our partners across a range of sectors, but if you have further…
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Statement by the Minister for Education and Welsh Language: Welsh in education workforce
Thank you, Dirprwy Lywydd. Our ambition for a million Welsh speakers by 2050 demands changes and actions that are far-reaching. Our new curriculum puts the Welsh language at the heart of learning in Wales, but if we are to create a nation where people speak…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Thank you for that supplementary question. We are very aware of the impact that the pandemic has had on the capacity to assess and support the needs of learners with additional learning needs at all parts of their education journey. Last year, we awarded a…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
Our additional learning needs reforms promote collaborative assessment and planning to facilitate early identification and intervention. Early years ALN lead officers and ALN co-ordinators are helping to ensure that additional learning needs are met, and the…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Minister for Economy and I work very closely on this area, because it's a cross-cutting theme and we're both passionate about it. It's really important, I think, to take full advantage of the opportunities that the new curriculum will bring, with a real…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
That's a really good question and a really good point that the Member makes in his question. The £1.5 million in grant funding that I referred to earlier, some of that is—. For example, we've recently invested in Techniquest to explore delivering programmes…
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Questions to the Minister for Education and Welsh Language
The Welsh Government has provided almost £1.5 million in grant funding this year to support the delivery of science, technology, engineering and mathematics initiatives, with the primary aims of supporting and developing STEM enrichment activities, narrowing…
