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Post\-compulsory education and training in Wales encompasses higher education, further education, work\-based learning and adult and community learning.  Funding pressures and other challenges has led to a broadening of the range of services provided by post\- compulsory education and training providers and a blurring of the lines between historic and traditional boundaries.  This has created a situation where post\-compulsory education and training in Wales is delivered by a range of providers in a variety of settings.  


The arrangements for the oversight of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales have developed over time and are set out in a number of different policy documents and statutes.  This has resulted in an assortment of oversight activities undertaken by a variety of bodies including the Welsh Government, HEFCW and Estyn.  As a consequence, there are different arrangements for, different degrees of engagement with, and different levels of effectiveness in the delivery of a number of oversight functions.  

   

Effective regulation and oversight are essential to the good reputation of our education system in Wales.  I have previously indicated that I would commence a review of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) before the end of 2016\.  Looking to the future, and with the commencement of the Higher Education (Wales) Act 2015 and the new regulatory system it will introduce; changes to delivery patterns in further education and ACL; the likelihood of future funding and financing challenges; and in anticipation of the report of the Diamond Review of HE Funding and Student Finance arrangements, now seems an appropriate time to review the scope for a better  alignment of the arrangements for  oversight activity  in and between the institutions involved in the provision of post\-compulsory education and training.


I have therefore engaged the services of Prof Ellen Hazelkorn, Policy Adviser to the Higher Education Authority and Director, Higher Education Research Unit, Dublin Institute of Technology, to conduct a review which will consider the current oversight arrangements and make recommendations for the future regulation and oversight of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales with particular reference to the role of HEFCW.  I have also asked Prof Hazelkorn to indicate whether there may be a need for legislation and new or reformed institutional arrangements to take forward future arrangements proposed in the light of this evaluation. The Terms of Reference for the review are set out below.


Prof Hazelkorn will commence the review in October and report to me in the spring.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 


**Terms of Reference for a Review of the Regulation and Oversight of Post\-compulsory Education and Training in Wales, with special reference to the future role and function of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW)**


1\. To review, analyse and document the current arrangements for the oversight of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales, including:


* Funding of education and training;
* governance;
* quality assurance / standards of education and training; and
* management of risk.


 


2\. To advise on the effectiveness of current arrangements for the oversight of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales judged by reference to other UK nations, relevant international comparators and research evidence.


3\. To make recommendations for the future oversight of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales with particular reference to the role of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.


4\. To indicate whether there may be a need for legislation and new or reformed institutional arrangements to take forward future arrangements proposed in the light of this evaluation.


 


 







Translation:


 
 Mae addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru’n cynnwys addysg uwch, addysg bellach, dysgu seiliedig ar waith, addysg i oedolion a dysgu yn y gymuned. Mae pwysau o ran cyllid a heriau eraill wedi arwain at ddarpariaeth ehangach o wasanaethau gan ddarparwyr addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-16 ac wedi gwneud y ffiniau hanesyddol a thraddodiadol yn llai eglur. Canlyniad hyn yw sefyllfa lle y caiff addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru ei ddarparu gan ddarparwyr amrywiol mewn lleoliadau amrywiol. 

Mae’r trefniadau ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru wedi datblygu dros amser a chânt eu nodi mewn nifer o ddogfennau polisi a statudau. Mae hyn wedi ysgogi amryfal weithgareddau trosolwg gan gyrff amrywiol sy’n cynnwys Llywodraeth Cymru, CCAUC ac Estyn. Golyga hyn fod gwahanol drefniadau ar gyfer gwahanol fathau o ymgysylltu ynghyd â gwahanol lefelau o effeithiolrwydd wrth i nifer o swyddogaethau trosolwg gael eu cyflawni. 

Mae trefniadau effeithiol ar gyfer rheoleiddio a chynnal trosolwg yn gwbl hanfodol i enw da ein system addysg yng Nghymru. Rwyf wedi nodi ynghynt y byddaf yn cychwyn adolygiad o Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) cyn diwedd 2016\. Wrth edrych tua’r dyfodol, ac yn sgil cychwyn Deddf Addysg Uwch (Cymru) 2015 a’r system reoleiddio newydd y bydd yn ei chyflwyno; newidiadau i batrymau cyflenwi o fewn addysg bellach a dysgu oedolion yn y gymuned; heriau tebygol y dyfodol o ran cyllid a chyllido; ac wrth baratoi ar gyfer adroddiad Adolygiad Diamond o’r trefniadau cyllido addysg uwch a chyllid myfyrwyr, bernir ei bod hi’n amser priodol i adolygu’r cwmpas ar gyfer cysoni’n well y trefniadau ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg rhwng ac o fewn y sefydliadau sydd ynghlwm wrth ddarparu addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol 

Rwyf felly wedi trefnu y bydd yr Athro Ellen Hazelkorn, Cynghorydd Polisi i’r Awdurdod Addysg Uwch a Chyfarwyddwr, Uned Ymchwil Addysg Uwch, Sefydliad Technoleg Dulyn, yn cynnal adolygiad a fydd yn ystyried y trefniadau trosolwg presennol ac yn cyflwyno argymhellion ynghylch rheoleiddio a chynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol. Bydd yr adolygiad yn canolbwyntio’n benodol ar swyddogaeth CCAUC. Rwyf hefyd wedi gofyn i’r Athro Hazelkorn nodi a fydd angen deddfwriaeth ynghyd â threfniadau sefydliadol newydd neu ddiwygiedig ar gyfer cyflwyno trefniadau yn y dyfodol a allai ddeillio o’r gwerthusiad hwn. Caiff Cylch Gorchwyl yr adolygiad ei nodi isod. 

Bydd yr Athro Hazelkorn yn cychwyn yr adolygiad ym mis Hydref ac yn adrodd yn ôl yn y gwanwyn. 

  
 Cylch Gorchwyl ar gyfer Adolygiad o Reoleiddio a Chynnal Trosolwg o Addysg a Hyfforddiant ôl\-Orfodol yng Nghymru, gyda chyfeiriad arbennig at rôl a swyddogaeth Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC)

1\. Adolygu, dadansoddi a chofnodi’r trefniadau presennol ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys:  


* cyllido addysg a hyfforddiant;
* llywodraethu;
* sicrhau ansawdd / safonau addysg a hyfforddiant;
* rheoli risg.

2\. Cynghori ynghylch effeithiolrwydd y trefniadau presennol ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru drwy gyfeirio at wledydd eraill y DU, cymaryddion rhyngwladol perthnasol a thystiolaeth o waith ymchwil. 

3\. Cyflwyno argymhellion ynghylch cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol, gan gyfeirio’n benodol at swyddogaeth Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru.

4\. Nodi a fydd angen deddfwriaeth ynghyd â threfniadau sefydliadol newydd neu ddiwygiedig ar gyfer cyflwyno trefniadau yn y dyfodol a allai ddeillio o’r gwerthusiad hwn.