, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
Yes, thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
Thank you. You've answered the question that I did have, partly. Is there anything else, then, that providers can do to improve the experience of staff in universities to support them in supporting students' mental health?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
So, is there anything—
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
Ie, diolch.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
So, to go back specifically to staff in student support services rather than the wider staff community, you've mentioned the gaps and the difficulties in recruiting. Is there anything else that's required by those services, by those staff working in support…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
when she was talking about the support that's required by staff for students, pointing clearly to the pressure on them in terms of pay and workload, and how that affects the kind of support they can provide to support student mental health. So, how do…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
'you can't pour from an empty cup',
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
Right, thank you. I've got a couple of questions on the mental health of staff in higher education. We heard from the president of the students union, Orla Tarn. She said,
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 6
Bore da. I'm going to be speaking in Welsh, so if you'd like to put your headsets on. Okay?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest
My husband is employed by Swansea University and is a member of the UCU.
, Plenary
Debate on the Children, Young People and Education Committee’s Report—'Everybody’s affected: Peer on peer sexual harassment among learners'
What was obvious in the evidence that we heard as a committee was that peer-on-peer sexual harassment was so common that it was accepted as normal behaviour. That was certainly the most striking thing for me as well, and that schools are also struggling to…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—Take-up of Benefits Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. It's difficult when you're on Zoom and when you've got COVID. I just want to say to Jenny, who wants to wait, that families can't wait. I would prefer to listen to those with lived experience, rather than Gordon Brown, on what…
, Plenary
Debate on a Member's Legislative Proposal—Take-up of Benefits Bill
Diolch, Dirprwy Lywydd. I was recently asked by a constituent of mine who is struggling to pay her bills, 'What’s the point of Welsh Government if they can't help us?' It's a valid question, because what good is devolution if we are powerless to protect, at…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
Thank you. Following a request for a judicial review from Rhieni dros Addysg Gymraeg, the High Court ruled that the decision of Neath Port Talbot Council to open a huge English-medium school in Pontardawe was unlawful because they failed to assess its impact…
, Plenary
Topical Questions
1. Will the Government make a statement following the High Court ruling on Neath Port Talbot County Borough Council's education plans? TQ670
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
Diolch, Weinidog. Minister, the leader of Neath Port Talbot Council asked me, in a recent letter, to press for sufficient additional resources to enable the council to continue to support its communities through the current crises. He compares the current…
, Plenary
Questions to the Minister for Finance and Local Government
6. Will the Minister make a statement on the funding of local authorities in South Wales West? OQ58621
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Update on Ukraine
Finally, you refer in your statement that you've had no engagement with Lord Harrington's successor, and he was the Minister for refugees in Westminster, and I want to put on record the Plaid Cymru view that this is entirely disgraceful and unforgivable in…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Update on Ukraine
Welsh councils are warning us already that they're going to be facing huge shortfalls in their budgets as a result of the COVID pandemic, market reactions to Westminster chaos, the energy crisis and inflationary pressures because of this cost-of-living…
, Plenary
Statement by the Minister for Social Justice: Update on Ukraine
Thank you for the statement, Minister. It is true that the reports of the war in Ukraine and the intensification in terms of tactics and the inhuman response of Russia are very concerning to those people who have sought shelter in Wales, and likely, of…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
Diolch, Brif Weinidog. The latest research by the Bevan Foundation revealed that the number of people in households with one or two children who are having to cut back on food has nearly doubled since this time last year, with one in 10 families with one…
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
1. Will the First Minister make a statement on Welsh Government measures to tackle child poverty in South Wales West? OQ58632
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Thanks, Chair. I just wanted to ask, we're talking, obviously, about things that need to be done in the here and now, but given the years that we've talked about, where progress hasn't been made, although reports like the Corston report seem to have given and…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Okay. With just asking, then, about what advice—. Obviously, the local communities are going to have concerns about the location of a centre like this, so I was wondering what advice you would want to give, to both Welsh Government and local authorities, that…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Women's experiences in the criminal justice system—evidence session 1
Okay, thanks. Just a little bit more information, although I think I might know the answer. Do we know anything about—? The centre in Swansea was supposed to be the pilot. Do we know anything else? Do we have any other information about the other four centres…
