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I am today publishing the report by Lord Murphy of Torfaen on conservatoire and performing arts provision in Wales.  

  

Lord Murphy was asked by the previous Minister for Education and Skills to examine the current arrangements for supporting conservatoire and performing arts provision in higher education in Wales and also to examine the role of the Higher Education Funding Council of Wales (HEFCW) in supporting this provision.  He was asked specifically for recommendations on the future funding of conservatoire and related provision in Wales, and for possible future curriculum developments to be identified.    

  

Lord Murphy consulted widely and received 22 written submissions from key stakeholders.  The main recommendations of his report are that:  

  

• the revenue funding of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama (the College) should be increased from its current base level by some £2\.36m per annum, building up over a period of three years from 2017/18, and HEFCW should give consideration to writing off its interest\-free loan to the College;


• the College's autonomy should be reinstated, its name should be changed to "The Royal Conservatoire of Wales", and its national role further developed;


• the College, subject to the implementation of the recommendations on funding and governance, should plan to introduce contemporary\-dance training at the undergraduate level during the next three years, whilst keeping under review any pressing need for expanded musical theatre provision.  

  

Lord Murphy also suggests that HEFCW might wish, in due course, to establish whether any important features of teaching provision in the creative industries might require, as with the STEM subjects, an expensive\-subject premium to cover the full cost of such provision.  

  

I am immensely grateful to Lord Murphy for having agreed to lead this review and for having produced a report which so clearly sets out how we might support and develop conservatoire provision in Wales.  The creative industries sector is burgeoning in Wales and it is vital that those industries can continue to recruit people with the skills and expertise they need.  Conservatoire and performing arts provision in higher education in Wales must be of the highest quality and it is in keeping with our wider National Mission that we should support excellence wherever it is to be found.  

  

I welcome Lord Murphy’s recommendations.  I have already indicated to HEFCW that reinstatement of the expensive subjects premium funding (which includes funding for conservatoire and related provision) should be a priority for any additional investment in higher education from 2019\-20 onwards made possible by implementation of the Diamond reforms to HE funding and student finance.  In making decisions about future funding allocations, I would expect HEFCW to have regard to Lord Murphy’s recommendations about the base level of revenue funding needed to place the College on a comparable funding base to other competitor institutions.  I have also asked HEFCW to work with the College to explore opportunities for widening its current curriculum offer to include contemporary dance training in future.  

  

Lord Murphy’s other recommendations are addressed to the University of South Wales and the College. I am delighted that the University and the College also welcome Lord Murphy’s report and are committed to working together to take forward the ideas set out there.  The future status of the College and governance relationships between the College and the University are entirely a matter for the two organisations.  However, the Welsh Government and HEFCW will continue to work closely with those organisations and others to ensure that conservatoire and related performing arts provision remains buoyant in Wales and is of the highest quality.  

  

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Heddiw, rwy’n cyhoeddi adroddiad yr Arglwydd Murphy o Dorfaen ar ddarpariaeth conservatoire a’r celfyddydau perfformio yng Nghymru.  
  
Gofynnodd y Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau blaenorol i’r Arglwydd Murphy archwilio’r trefniadau cyfredol ar gyfer cefnogi darpariaeth conservatoire a’r celfyddydau perfformio yng Nghymru ac archwilio rôl Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru (CCAUC) yn cefnogi’r ddarpariaeth hon. Hefyd, gofynnwyd yn benodol iddo lunio argymhellion ynglŷn ag ariannu darpariaeth conservatoire a darpariaeth gysylltiedig yn y dyfodol yng Nghymru, ac i nodi sut y gellid datblygu’r cwricwlwm.  
  
Bu’r Arglwydd Murphy’n ymgynghori’n eang a derbyniodd 22 o gyflwyniadau ysgrifenedig gan randdeiliaid allweddol. Prif argymhellion ei adroddiad yw:  
  
• dylid cynyddu cyllid Coleg Brenhinol Cerdd a Drama Cymru (y Coleg) o’i lefel sylfaenol cyfredol tua £2\.36 miliwn y flwyddyn, dros gyfnod o dair blynedd o 2017/18 ymlaen, a dylai CCAUC ystyried dileu dyled ei fenthyciad di\-log i’r Coleg;

 • dylid adfer ymreolaeth y Coleg, newid ei enw i “Conservatoire Brenhinol Cymru”, a datblygu ei rôl genedlaethol ymhellach;

 • dylai’r Coleg, yn amodol ar weithredu’r argymhellion yn ymwneud â chyllido a llywodraethu, gynllunio i gyflwyno hyfforddiant dawns gyfoes ar gyfer israddedigion dros y tair blynedd nesaf, a pharhau i adolygu unrhyw angen sylweddol am ddarpariaeth theatr gerddorol estynedig.  
  
Mae’r Arglwydd Murphy hefyd yn awgrymu y gallai CCAUC ystyried, maes o lawr, a oes angen premiwm pwnc drud i dalu costau llawn unrhyw nodweddion pwysig o’r ddarpariaeth addysgu yn y diwydiannau creadigol, yn debyg i’r hyn a geir ar gyfer pynciau STEM.  
  
Rwy’n ddiolchgar iawn i’r Arglwydd Murphy am gytuno i arwain yr adolygiad hwn ac am lunio adroddiad sy’n nodi’n glir sut y gallem gefnogi a datblygu darpariaeth conservatoire yng Nghymru. Mae sector y diwydiannau creadigol yn cynyddu yng Nghymru ac mae’n hanfodol bod y diwydiannau hynny’n gallu parhau i recriwtio pobl sy’n meddu ar y sgiliau a’r arbenigedd angenrheidiol. Mae’n rhaid i ddarpariaeth conservatoire a’r celfyddydau perfformio yn addysg uwch Cymru fod o’r safon uchaf ac mae cefnogi rhagoriaeth ble bynnag y bo yn cyd\-fynd â’n Cenhadaeth Genedlaethol ehangach.  
  
Rwy’n croesawu argymhellion yr Arglwydd Murphy. Rwyf eisoes wedi dweud wrth CCAUC y dylai adfer cyllid premiwm ar gyfer pynciau drud (sy’n cynnwys cyllid ar gyfer darpariaeth conservatoire a darpariaeth gysylltiedig) fod yn flaenoriaeth ar gyfer unrhyw fuddsoddiad ychwanegol mewn addysg uwch o 2019\-20 ymlaen a fydd yn bosibl drwy weithredu diwygiadau Diamond i gyllid AU a chyllid myfyrwyr. Wrth wneud penderfyniadau am ddyraniadau cyllid y dyfodol, byddwn yn disgwyl i CCAUC ystyried argymhellion yr Arglwydd Murphy am lefel sylfaenol y cyllid refeniw sydd ei angen i osod y Coleg ar sail gyllido gymaradwy â sefydliadau eraill sy’n cystadlu ag ef. Rwyf hefyd wedi gofyn i CCAUC weithio gyda’r Coleg i ystyried cyfleoedd i ehangu ei gwricwlwm cyfredol i gynnwys hyfforddiant dawns cyfoes yn y dyfodol.  
  
Mae argymhellion eraill yr Arglwydd Murphy wedi’u cyfeirio at Brifysgol De Cymru a’r Coleg. Rwy’n falch bod y Brifysgol a’r Coleg hefyd yn croesawu adroddiad yr Arglwydd Murphy ac yn ymrwymedig i gydweithio i ddatblygu’r syniadau a nodwyd. Mater i’r ddau sefydliad yw statws y Coleg yn y dyfodol a’r cysylltiadau llywodraethu rhwng y Coleg a’r Brifysgol. Fodd bynnag, bydd Llywodraeth Cymru a CCAUC yn parhau i weithio’n agos gyda’r sefydliadau hynny ac eraill i sicrhau bod darpariaeth conservatoire a’r celfyddydau perfformio cysylltiedig yn parhau i fod yn hyfyw yng Nghymru a’i bod o’r safon uchaf.  
  
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