WALES: Higher education funding rise defended

28 June 2009

Welsh Education Minister Jane Hutt has said £31m extra per year was being put into higher education in Wales after a report urged more investment, reports the BBC. The review, led by Bangor University Vice-chancellor Professor Merfyn Jones, warned that the economic success of Wales could be at risk without extra money.

Jones and his team considered the purpose and role of higher education, in the second part of its report. The first phase, on student debt and widening access, was presented to the education minister last year. The new document, published last Monday, expressed concern about a funding gap in higher education in Wales compared to England and Scotland.

Hutt also announced plans for a 'virtual' university for the south Wales valleys. She also gave the go-ahead for a Federal College to be established to provide more provision through the medium of Welsh.
Full report on the BBC site

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