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I wish to update members on issues surrounding the University of Wales.


Members will be aware from my previous Statement on 17 November 2010 that I asked the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) to evaluate the issues of quality management raised by the BBC Week in Week Out programme. I asked HEFCW to provide me with assurance that the University is realistically addressing these issues. My Statement also referred to correspondence with Mr Anthony McLaren, Chief Executive of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) concerning their quality inspections of the University.


I am publishing the subsequent letters that I have received from the Chair of HEFCW and the Chief Executive of QAA and my responses.


It is clear that while the University has made some progress in responding to identified problems, a number of issues still need addressing. In particular, the University continues to validate new centres for taught provision despite widespread concerns about the risks associated with this model. It is also of concern that the QAA have had to initiate an investigation into the management of quality at Turning Point Business School (TPBS) as a consequence of a number of student complaints. It is essential that validation and oversight of overseas provision in higher education maintains the highest of standards. Failure to maintain such standards places the international reputation of Wales’ higher education institutions at risk. 


Given the continued reports of quality problems in the University of Wales’ overseas work, I have asked HEFCW to identify and advise me as to how closely the governing body of the University has oversight of these issues. I have also asked Mr McLaren to ensure that the QAA keeps officials updated of progress in the inspection of the University’s dealings with TPBS.


I will be publishing the Report of the McCormick Review into Higher Education Governance tomorrow. This has concluded that the University has to change radically if it is to make any contribution to Wales and its culture. The Report was clear that such change not only has to address the issues of quality but also tackle questions surrounding the University’s structure and its future role in the landscape of Welsh higher education.


The  proposals for the organisational merger of University Wales Trinity St David, Swansea Metropolitan University and University Wales Institute Cardiff under the banner of the University of Wales is an attempt to resolve these issues. This proposal must fully meet the requirements expressed in the McCormick Review. If it does not, then I expect the University of Wales to work along with HEFCW and my officials to adopt one of the other options identified by that Report.







Translation:


 
Rwyf am i’r Aelodau gael gwybod y diweddaraf am Brifysgol Cymru.

Fel y gŵyr yr Aelodau, nodais yn fy Natganiad blaenorol ar 17 Tachwedd 2010 fy mod wedi gofyn i Gyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) werthuso’r materion yn ymwneud â rheoli ansawdd a godwyd gan raglen Week in Week Out y BBC. Gofynnais i CCAUC roi sicrwydd i mi fod y Brifysgol wrthi’n mynd i’r afael â’r materion hyn mewn modd realistig. Cyfeiriodd fy Natganiad yn ogystal at ohebiaeth â Mr Anthony McLaren, sef Prif Weithredwr yr Asiantaeth Sicrhau Ansawdd (ASA) ynghylch eu harolygiadau ansawdd o’r Brifysgol.  

Rwy’n cyhoeddi’r llythyrau dilynol yr wyf wedi’u derbyn oddi wrth Gadeirydd CCAUC a Phrif Weithredwr ASA ynghyd â’m hymatebion.  

Er bod y Brifysgol wedi cyflawni tipyn o ran ymateb i’r problemau a bennwyd mae’n amlwg nad yw wedi datrys sawl mater. Yn benodol, mae’r Brifysgol yn parhau i ddilysu canolfannau newydd ar gyfer darpariaeth a addysgir er gwaethaf pryderon lu ynghylch y risgiau sydd ynghlwm â model o’r fath. Mae’r ffaith bod ASA wedi lansio ymchwiliad i’r modd y rheolir ansawdd yn Ysgol Fusnes Turning Point yn sgil nifer o gwynion gan fyfyrwyr hefyd yn destun pryder. Mae’n hollbwysig fod y broses o ddilysu a goruchwylio’r ddarpariaeth dramor ym maes addysg uwch yn cynnal y safonau uchaf posibl. Mae methiant i gynnal safonau o’r fath yn peryglu enw da rhyngwladol sefydliadau addysg uwch Cymru.  

Gan fod adroddiadau yn parhau ynghylch problemau ansawdd â gwaith tramor Prifysgol Cymru, rwyf wedi gofyn i CCAUC archwilio pa mor ofalus y mae corff llywodraethu’r Brifysgol yn goruchwylio’r materion hyn a’m cynghori fel y bo’n briodol. Rwyf hefyd wedi gofyn i Mr McLaren sicrhau bod yr ASA yn hysbysu swyddogion ynghylch hynt yr arolwg o ymwneud y Brifysgol ag Ysgol Fusnes Turning Point. 

Byddai’n cyhoeddi Adroddiad Adolygiad McCormick ynghylch Llywodraethu Addysg Uwch yfory. Mae’r Adolygiad hwn wedi dod i’r casgliad bod angen i’r Brifysgol newid yn sylfaenol er mwyn gallu cyfrannu unrhyw beth i Gymru a’i diwylliant. Nododd yr Adroddiad yn glir fod yn rhaid i newid o’r fath fynd i’r afael ag ansawdd a hefyd ymdrin â chwestiynau ynghylch strwythur y Brifysgol a’i rôl yn y dyfodol o fewn addysg uwch yng Nghymru.  

Mae’r cynigion ar gyfer uno sefydliadau Prifysgol Cymru y Drindod Dewi Sant, Prifysgol Fetropolitan Abertawe ac Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru Caerdydd o dan faner Prifysgol Cymru yn ymgais i ddatrys y materion hyn. Mae’n rhaid i’r cynnig hwn fodloni’r holl ofynion a nodir yn Adolygiad McCormick. Os nad ydyw byddaf yn disgwyl i Brifysgol Cymru gydweithio â CCAUC ac â’m swyddogion er mwyn mabwysiadu un o’r opsiynau eraill a bennwyd yn yr Adroddiad hwnnw.