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Cyhoeddais gynigion ar 30 Medi i gynnal adolygiad annibynnol o’r ddarpariaeth conservatoire a’r celfyddydau perfformio yng Nghymru.

 Nod yr adolygiad yw sicrhau bod Cymru yn parhau i elwa ar gyrsiau perfformio dwys, o safon sy’n canolbwyntio ar berfformiadau ymarferol a galwedigaethol. Mae darpariaeth o’r fath yn hanfodol i feithrin y sgiliau sydd eu hangen ar y diwydiannau creadigol a bywyd diwylliannol Cymru.

 Rwy’n falch iawn bod yr Arglwydd Murphy o Dorfaen wedi cytuno i arwain yr adolygiad.

 Mae cylch gorchwyl yr adolygiad i’w weld isod. Cyflwynir adroddiad cyn etholiadau’r Cynulliad Cenedlaethol yn 2016\.

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 Mae darparu cyrsiau perfformio dwys, o safon, sy’n canolbwyntio ar berfformiadau ymarferol a galwedigaethol yn hanfodol i feithrin y sgiliau sydd eu hangen ar y diwydiannau creadigol a bywyd diwylliannol Cymru.

 Coleg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru, sy’n eiddo i Brifysgol De Cymru, yw Conservatoire Cenedlaethol Cymru ac mae’n rhan o Grŵp Prifysgol De Cymru. Mae’r Coleg Cerdd a Drama’n cystadlu ag ystod ryngwladol o gonservatoires a cholegau sy’n arbenigo yn y celfyddydau. Mae prifysgolion eraill yng Nghymru yn cynnig cyfuniad o gyrsiau sy’n ymwneud â’r celfyddydau,  cerddoriaeth a pherfformio.

 Bydd yr adolygiad yn archwilio’r trefniadau presennol i hybu conservatoirs a chyrsiau perthnasol sy’n ymwneud â’r celfyddydau perfformio mewn sefydliadau addysg uwch yng Nghymru, gan gynnwys:

 a. rôl Coleg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru fel sefydliad cenedlaethol, sydd â phroffil rhyngwladol, ac sy’n gweithredu mewn ffordd sy’n arwain at fudd y cyhoedd;

   


 b. y posibilrwydd i Goleg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru annog dysgwyr o gefndiroedd llai breintiedig, a grwpiau eraill na chânt eu cynrychioli’n ddigonol, i fanteisio ar addysg uwch;

 c. y modd y gall Coleg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru weithio ar ran a chyda’r gymuned leol a chenedlaethol, i hybu datblygiad economaidd, cymdeithasol a diwylliannol, a chreu cysylltiadau rhwng y Coleg â diwydiannau perthnasol a chael cymorth ganddynt;

 ch. y berthynas rhwng yr hyn y mae Coleg Cerdd a Drama Brenhinol Cymru yn ei ddarparu fel conservatoire a’r hyn y mae sefydliadau addysg uwch eraill Cymru yn ei ddarparu mewn meysydd cysylltiedig.

 Gofynnir i’r adolygiad nodi sut y gellid datblygu’r cwricwlwm yn y dyfodol gan gynnwys sefydlu theatr gerdd i israddedigion a hyfforddiant dawns galwedigaethol/proffesiynol yng Nghymru.

 O gofio mai mater i brifysgolion unigol, fel sefydliadau hunanlywodraethol, yw strwythurau a threfniadau llywodraethu mewnol, bydd yr adolygiad yn gwneud argymhellion ynghylch ariannu conservatoires a chyrsiau cysylltiedig yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol a hynny yn erbyn cefnlen o newidiadau sylweddol ym myd addysg uwch, llywodraethu cenedlaethol a fframweithiau sicrhau ansawdd. Bydd yr adolygiad yn archwilio sut y mae Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru yn rhoi cymorth ariannol i gonservatoires a chyrsiau cysylltiedig, a chaiff ei gynnal ochr yn ochr â’r adolygiad ehangach o drefniadau llywodraethu a rheoleiddio addysg a hyfforddiant ôl 16 sy’n cael ei gynnal gan yr Athro Ellen Hazelkorn.

 Bydd hwn yn adolygiad cynhwysfawr a fydd yn seiliedig ar dystiolaeth. Caiff yr holl randdeiliaid perthnasol eu gwahodd i gyfrannu gan gynnwys darparwyr presennol addysg uwch Cymru, y diwydiannau creadigol a Chyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru.

 #### Amserlen

 Caiff adroddiad yr adolygiad ei gyhoeddi erbyn diwedd mis Ebrill 2016\.







Translation:


 
On 30 September I announced proposals for an independent review of conservatoire and performing arts provision in Wales.


The aim of the review is to ensure that Wales continues to benefit from high quality intensive performing arts courses which focus on practical and vocational performance. Such provision is crucial to the skills needs of the creative industries and to the cultural life of Wales.


I am delighted that Lord Murphy of Torfaen has agreed to lead the review.


The terms of reference for the review are set out below. The review will report in advance of the National Assembly elections in 2016\.


#### Terms of Reference


The provision of high quality intensive performing arts courses which focus on practical and vocational performance is crucial to the skills needs of the creative industries and to the cultural life of Wales.


The Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama, a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of South Wales, is the National Conservatoire of Wales and part of the University of South Wales Group. The Royal Welsh College competes alongside an international peer group of conservatoires and specialist arts colleges. Other universities in Wales provide a mix of arts, music and performance education.


The review will examine the current arrangements for supporting conservatoire and related performing arts provision in higher education in Wales, including:


a. the role of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama as a national institution, with an international profile, operating with a public good consequence


b. the potential for the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama to promote and support wider access to higher education by learners from less advantaged backgrounds and other under\-represented groups


c. the place of the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama working for and with the local and national community to support economic, social and cultural development with links to and support from relevant industries;


d. the relationship between the Royal Welsh College of Music and Drama’s conservatoire level provision and other higher education provision in related fields in Wales.


The review will be asked to identify possibilities for future curriculum development including undergraduate musical theatre and vocational/professional dance training in Wales.


Respecting that internal governance structures and arrangements are matters for individual universities as autonomous institutions; the review will make recommendations on the future funding of conservatoire and related provision in Wales against a backdrop of significant change in higher education funding, national governance and quality assurance frameworks. The review will examine the role of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales in supporting conservatoire and related provision, in parallel with the wider review of the governance and regulation of post 16 education and training in Wales being undertaken by Professor Ellen Hazelkorn.


The review will be evidenced based and inclusive. All relevant stakeholders will be invited to contribute including current providers of higher education in Wales, the creative industries and the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.


#### Timescale


The review will report by the end of April 2016\.