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On 18 November 2013, I announced that I had asked Professor Sir Ian Diamond, current Vice Chancellor of Aberdeen University, to chair a Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales. I also announced that an expert panel would be established to support Sir Ian and given the importance and wide\-ranging scope of the Review that I would be inviting political parties in Wales to nominate individuals to join the Review Panel.


The Review commenced in April 2014\.  On 18 December 2015, I published the Review Panel's interim report, which provides a factual summary of evidence considered by the Panel from April 2014 to September 2015\.  The Review is ongoing and is making good progress. Sir Ian will provide his final report by September 2016\.


In the course of its work, the Review Panel has received a range of evidence relating to skills and the economy, further education and vocational training.  Much of this evidence has highlighted the need for a more joined\-up approach, and enhanced progression routes, between further and higher education.  I believe that it would be helpful if the Review Panel were able to consider more closely these matters as part of its formal remit.  I have, therefore, approved the extension of the Review's terms of reference to include the following:  


 


* to advise and where appropriate make recommendations about:
	+ the financial support for students and the funding of HE provision in institutions engaged in access and foundation level programmes.
	+ the financial support for students and the funding of HE provision in institutions engaged in higher national certificates, higher national diplomas, foundation degrees and degrees where these intermediate or terminal awards are classified as apprenticeships and/or involve a significant component of provision/assessment in workplaces.
	+ the most effective/appropriate form of accreditation, franchise and validation arrangements between higher education and further education institutions.


 


 


 


This will allow the Review Panel to make recommendations that take into account more fully the links between further and higher education.  


The following individuals, with expertise in these matters, have agreed to be co\-opted members of the Further Education Panel (FE Panel) for the Review.


 


* Judith Evans, Chair of Colegau Cymru/College Wales.  Principal and Chief Executive of Coleg y Cymoedd;
* Barry Liles, Principal of Coleg Sir Gâr.  Appointed by the Welsh Government in 2010 as Skills Champion for Wales.  Member of the Strategy Board of the South West Wales Regional Learning Partnership.  Board Member of the Swansea Bay City Region.


 


The FE Panel will act as a sub group to the main Review Panel. The following representatives from the main Review Panel will also attend the FE Panel:


 


* Professor Sir Ian Diamond, (Vice Chancellor of the University of Aberdeen and HE Review Panel Chair);
* Glyn Jones OBE (CEO, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai; Colleges Wales Board Member; HE Review Panel Member);
* Gary Griffiths (Former Head of Early Careers Programmes, Airbus UK; and HE Review Panel Member; and
* Rob Humphreys, CBE (Director for Wales, Open University; Vice Chair of Universities Wales; HE Review Panel Member).


 


The full revised Terms of Reference for the Review are attached at Annex A.  

I encourage those with an interest in matters relating to the extended remit to forward their views to Sir Ian. All correspondence should be directed in the first instance to the HE Review mailbox at: HEReview@wales.gsi.gov.uk.


 


### Annex A


 


#### Review Panel Updated Terms of Reference


The Review Panel will consist of a Chair and panel members that are expert and experienced in their field and have a deep understanding of matters relating to higher education (HE) sector funding and student finance arrangements.


#### Role:


The Panel is required to conduct a wide\-ranging review of HE sector funding and student finance arrangements. It will begin its work in the Spring of 2014 and produce by September 2016 a report for the Minister for Education and Skills that provides clear advice and costed recommendations for the future funding of the HE sector and student finance arrangements in Wales.  


The Panel’s recommendations will need to be deliverable, affordable and sustainable.  


#### Focus:


The Review will focus on issues relating to:


 


* the promotion of social mobility and widening access to higher education;
* the promotion of postgraduate learning opportunities in Wales and for Welsh domiciled students;
* the funding of higher education in the light of continuing constraints on public expenditure;
* full\-time and part\-time tuition fees policy;
* cross\-border HE funding policy and arrangements;
* student finance arrangements (including maintenance support for HE and further education FE students, with an emphasis on supporting learners from the lowest income backgrounds and most deprived communities in Wales);
* funding routes (AME, near cash and non cash);
* the Higher Education Funding Council Wales’ role in the delivery of student finance;
* student debt;
* to advise and where appropriate make recommendations about:
	+ the financial support for students and the funding of HE provision in institutions engaged in access and foundation level programmes.
	+ the financial support for students and the funding of HE provision in institutions engaged in higher national certificates, higher national diplomas, foundation degrees and degrees where these intermediate or terminal awards are classified as apprenticeships and/or involve a significant component of provision/assessment in workplaces.
	+ the most effective/appropriate form of accreditation, franchise and validation arrangements between higher education and further education institutions.


 


 


 


#### Key Considerations:


The review will need to consider medium and longer\-term policy options and funding, including any potential for savings incentive schemes to provide a more sustainable future model of HE funding and to help reduce levels of student debt.


The review will also need to consider:


 


* current legislation and options for reform;
* the financial implications of any proposed models for Welsh Government, HM Treasury, students, HEFCW and the HE sector in Wales;
* operational delivery systems involving HEFCW, the Student Loans Company, Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) and other UK bodies;
* alternative policy approaches being adopted by other UK governments and internationally;
* the cross\-border implications of any policy changes proposed for Wales (including possible legislative competence issues);
* identified skills needs for Wales;
* postgraduate provision and industry sector concerns and/or requirements;
* the extent to which current policy and funding arrangements support widening access, and what more can be done;
* related further education (FE) sector developments, for example HE in FE activity.


 


 


#### Approach:


The Panel will gather and evaluate available data, research and other evidence. The Panel may need to commission research to address gaps in the available evidence base.  Close engagement with stakeholders will be a necessity.  


 


The Panel will have due regard to the Welsh Government’s broad priorities for HE in Wales as set out in the Welsh Government’s Policy Statement on Higher Education June 2013 which can be found in the related links.


 


#### Governance and working style:


Panel members will observe the seven principles of public life (selflessness, integrity, objectivity, accountability, openness, honesty, and leadership).


* Conclusions and recommendations should be evidence\-based, impartial, well\-considered and robust.
* Records of Review Panel meetings and activities will be kept. Discussions will, however, be conducted with a protocol of confidentiality in order to promote genuine debate.


 


 


 


 


 


 


 







Translation:


 
Ar 18 Tachwedd 2013, cyhoeddais fy mod wedi gofyn i’r Athro Syr Ian Diamond, Is\-Ganghellor Prifysgol Aberdeen, i gadeirio Adolygiad o Drefniadau Cyllido Addysg Uwch a Chyllid Myfyrwyr yng Nghymru. Hefyd, cyhoeddais y byddai panel arbenigol yn cael ei sefydlu i gynorthwyo Syr Ian a, gan gadw pwysigrwydd a chwmpas eang yr Adolygiad mewn cof, y baswn yn gwahodd pleidiau gwleidyddol yng Nghymru i enwebu unigolion i ymuno â Phanel yr Adolygiad.

Dechreuwyd ar yr Adolygiad ym mis Ebrill 2014\. Ar 18 Rhagfyr 2015, cyhoeddais adroddiad interim Panel yr Adolygiad. Mae’r adroddiad hwn yn darparu crynodeb ffeithiol o’r dystiolaeth a ystyriwyd gan y Panel rhwng mis Ebrill 2014 a mis Medi 2015\. Mae’r Adolygiad yn mynd rhagddo’n dda a bydd Syr Ian yn darparu ei adroddiad  terfynol erbyn mis Medi 2016\.

Wrth gyflawni ei waith, mae Panel yr Adolygiad wedi derbyn amrywiaeth o dystiolaeth mewn perthynas â sgiliau a’r economi, addysg bellach a hyfforddiant galwedigaethol. Mae llawer o’r dystiolaeth hon wedi pwysleisio’r angen am ffordd fwy cydgysylltiedig o weithio rhwng addysg bellach ac uwch, a gwell llwybrau datblygu rhwng y ddau hefyd. Credaf y byddai’n ddefnyddiol pe gallai Panel yr Adolygiad ystyried y materion hyn yn fanylach fel rhan o’i gylch gwaith. I’r perwyl hwn, rwyf wedi cymeradwyo ymestyn cylch gorchwyl yr Adolygiad i gynnwys y canlynol:

* Cynghori ar y canlynol, a gwneud argymhellion lle bo hynny’n briodol:
+ cymorth ariannol i fyfyrwyr a chyllido darpariaeth addysg uwch mewn sefydliadau sy’n ymwneud â rhaglenni lefel mynediad a sylfaen.
+ cymorth ariannol i fyfyrwyr a chyllido darpariaeth addysg uwch mewn sefydliadau sy’n ymwneud â thystysgrifau cenedlaethol uwch, diplomâu cenedlaethol uwch, graddau sylfaen a graddau y mae eu dyfarniadau canolraddol neu derfynol yn cael eu cyfrif fel prentisiaethau a/neu’n cynnwys elfen sylweddol o ddarpariaeth / asesu mewn gweithleoedd.
+ y ffurf fwyaf effeithiol/priodol ar drefniadau achredu, breinio a dilysu rhwng sefydliadau addysg uwch a sefydliadau addysg bellach.

Bydd hyn yn galluogi Panel yr Adolygiad i wneud argymhellion gan roi sylw llawnach i’r cysylltiadau rhwng addysg bellach ac addysg uwch.  

Mae’r unigolion canlynol, sydd ag arbenigedd yn y materion hyn, wedi cytuno i fod yn aelodau cyfetholedig o Banel Addysg Bellach yr Adolygiad.

* Judith Evans, Cadeirydd Colegau Cymru/Colleges Wales.  Pennaeth a Phrif Weithredwr Coleg y Cymoedd;
* Barry Liles, Pennaeth Coleg Sir Gâr.  Penodwyd yn Hyrwyddwr Sgiliau gan Lywodraeth Cymru yn 2010\.  Aelod o Fwrdd Strategaeth Partneriaeth Dysgu Rhanbarthol De\-Orllewin Cymru. Aelod o Fwrdd Dinas\-Ranbarth Bae Abertawe.

Bydd y Panel Addysg Bellach yn gweithredu fel is\-grŵp i brif Banel yr Adolygiad. Bydd y cynrychiolwyr canlynol o brif Banel yr Adolygiad hefyd ar y Panel Addysg Bellach: 

* Yr Athro Syr Ian Diamond, (Is\-Ganghellor Prifysgol Aberdeen a Chadeirydd Panel yr Adolygiad o Addysg uwch);
* Glyn Jones OBE (Prif Swyddog Gweithredol, Grŵp Llandrillo Menai; Aelod o Fwrdd Colegau Cymru; Aelod o Banel yr Adolygiad o Addysg Uwch);
* Gary Griffiths (Cyn\-Bennaeth Rhaglenni Gyrfaoedd Cynnar, Airbus UK; ac Aelod o Banel yr Adolygiad o Addysg Uwch;
* Rob Humphreys, CBE (Cyfarwyddwr Cymru, y Brifysgol Agored; Is\-Gadeirydd Prifysgolion Cymru; Aelod o Banel yr Adolygiad o Addysg Uwch).

Atodir y Cylch Gorchwyl diwygiedig llawn ar gyfer yr Adolygiad yn Atodiad A.   
Anogaf bobl â diddordeb mewn materion sy’n ymwneud â’r cylch gwaith estynedig i anfon eu sylwadau ymlaen at Syr Ian. Dylid anfon gohebiaeth, yn y lle cyntaf ar flwch post yr Adolygiad o Addysg Uwch: HEReview@cymru.gsi.gov.uk.

   


### Atodiad A

#### Cylch Gorchwyl y Panel Adolygu

Bydd y Panel Adolygu’n cynnwys Cadeirydd ac aelodau, sy’n arbenigwyr profiadol yn eu maes ac sydd â dealltwriaeth drylwyr o faterion yn ymwneud â chyllido addysg uwch a threfniadau cyllid myfyrwyr.

#### Rôl:

Gofynnir i’r Panel gynnal adolygiad cynhwysfawr o’r trefniadau cyllido Addysg Uwch a threfniadau cyllid myfyrwyr. Bydd yn dechrau ar ei waith yn y Gwanwyn 2014, gan baratoi adroddiad ar gyfer y Gweinidog Addysg a Sgiliau erbyn mis Medi 2016\. Disgwylir i’r adroddiad hwnnw gynnwys cyngor clir, ac argymhellion y mae’r gost o’u gweithredu wedi ei hamcangyfrif, ar gyfer cyllido’r sector Addysg Uwch a threfniadau cyllid myfyrwyr yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol.  

Bydd yn rhaid i argymhellion y Panel fod yn ymarferol, yn fforddiadwy ac yn gynaliadwy.  

#### Ffocws:

Bydd yr Adolygiad yn canolbwyntio ar faterion yn ymwneud â’r canlynol:

* hyrwyddo symudedd cymdeithasol a sicrhau bod mwy o bobl yn cael y cyfle i fanteisio ar addysg uwch;
* hyrwyddo cyfleoedd dysgu ôl\-radd yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys ar gyfer myfyrwyr sy’n hanu o Gymru;
* cyllido addysg uwch yng ngoleuni’r cyfyngiadau parhaus ar wariant cyhoeddus;
* polisïau ffioedd dysgu ar gyfer addysg ran\-amser ac addysg amser llawn;
* polisi a threfniadau cyllido Addysg Uwch ar draws ffiniau;
* trefniadau cyllid myfyrwyr (gan gynnwys cymorth cynhaliaeth ar gyfer myfyrwyr Addysg Uwch ac Addysg Bellach, gyda phwyslais ar gynorthwyo dysgwyr o gefndiroedd incwm isel a chymunedau mwyaf difreintiedig Cymru);
* dulliau cyllido (gwariant a reolir yn flynyddol (AME), cyllid sydd bron yn arian parod a chyllid nad yw’n arian parod);
* rôl Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru o ran gweithredu trefniadau cyllid myfyrwyr;
* dyled myfyrwyr;
* cynghori ar y canlynol, a gwneud argymhellion lle bo hynny’n briodol:
+ cymorth ariannol i fyfyrwyr a chyllido darpariaeth addysg uwch mewn sefydliadau sy’n ymwneud â rhaglenni lefel mynediad a sylfaen.
+ cymorth ariannol i fyfyrwyr a chyllido darpariaeth addysg uwch mewn sefydliadau sy’n ymwneud â thystysgrifau cenedlaethol uwch, diplomâu cenedlaethol uwch, graddau sylfaen a graddau y mae eu dyfarniadau canolraddol neu derfynol yn cael eu cyfrif fel prentisiaethau a/neu’n cynnwys elfen sylweddol o ddarpariaeth / asesu mewn gweithleoedd.
+ y ffurf fwyaf effeithiol/priodol ar drefniadau achredu, breinio a dilysu rhwng sefydliadau addysg uwch a sefydliadau addysg bellach.

#### Y Prif Ystyriaethau:

Bydd yn rhaid i’r adolygiad ystyried opsiynau a materion cyllido ar gyfer y tymor canolig a’r tymor hir, gan gynnwys unrhyw botensial ar gyfer gweithredu a hyrwyddo cynlluniau cynilo er mwyn creu model mwy cynaliadwy ar gyfer cyllido Addysg Uwch yn y dyfodol, gan helpu i leihau lefelau dyled myfyrwyr.

Hefyd bydd angen i’r adolygiad ystyried:

* y ddeddfwriaeth bresennol a’r opsiynau ar gyfer ei diwygio;
* goblygiadau ariannol unrhyw fodelau arfaethedig o safbwynt Llywodraeth Cymru, Trysorlys ei Mawrhydi, y myfyrwyr, Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru a’r sector Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru;
* systemau cyflenwi gweithredol sy’n gysylltiedig â Chyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru, y Cwmni Benthyciadau i Fyfyrwyr, yr Asiantaeth Sicrhau Ansawdd a chyrff eraill yn y DU;
* dulliau eraill o weithredu polisi sy’n cael eu defnyddio gan lywodraethau eraill y DU neu lywodraethau tramor;
* y goblygiadau trawsffiniol ar gyfer unrhyw newidiadau polisi a gynigir ar gyfer Cymru (gan gynnwys unrhyw broblemau a allai godi o ran cymhwysedd deddfwriaethol);
* y sgiliau y mae eu hangen yng Nghymru;
* darpariaeth ôl\-radd a phryderon a/neu ofynion y sector diwydiant;
* i ba raddau y mae’r polisi a threfniadau cyllido presennol yn sicrhau bod mwy o bobl yn cael y cyfle i fanteisio ar addysg uwch, ac unrhyw beth arall y gellid ei wneud i wella’r sefyllfa;
* datblygiadau perthnasol yn y sector addysg bellach, er enghraifft Addysg Uwch mewn gweithgarwch Addysg Bellach.

#### Dulliau Gweithredu:

Bydd y Panel yn casglu ac yn gwerthuso’r data a’r ymchwil sydd ar gael, ynghyd ag unrhyw dystiolaeth arall. Mae’n bosibl y bydd angen i’r Panel gomisiynu ymchwil i lenwi’r bylchau yn y dystiolaeth sydd ar gael ar hyn o bryd, a bydd angen iddo weithio’n agos â rhanddeiliaid.  

Bydd yn rhaid i’r Panel roi sylw dyledus i flaenoriaethau pellgyrhaeddol Llywodraeth Cymru o ran Addysg Uwch yng Nghymru, fel y’u nodir yn y Datganiad Polisi ar Addysg Uwch a wnaed gan Lywodraeth Cymru ym mis Mehefin 2013 sydd ar gael yn y dolenni perthnasol.

#### Llywodraethu a ffyrdd o weithio:

#### Disgwylir i aelodau’r Panel gadw at y saith egwyddor ar gyfer bywyd cyhoeddus (anhunanoldeb, uniondeb, gwrthrychedd, atebolrwydd, bod yn agored, gonestrwydd, a dangos arweinyddiaeth).

* Rhaid i unrhyw gasgliadau ac argymhellion fod yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth, yn ddiduedd, ac wedi eu hystyried yn drylwyr ac yn fanwl.
* Cedwir cofnodion o gyfarfodydd a gweithgareddau’r Panel Adolygu. Fodd bynnag, cynhelir trafodaethau o dan brotocol cyfrinachedd er mwyn hwyluso dadlau diffuant ac agored.