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In July last year I asked Professor Ellen Hazelkorn to undertake a review of the oversight and regulation of post\-compulsory education and training in Wales.  I asked for the review to be carried out in response to the growing diversification and complexity of delivery and in the associated oversight arrangements within the post\-compulsory education sector.  The review was undertaken with special reference to the future role and functions of the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.  A copy of the Terms of Reference for the review is in the attached Annex.  


Professor Hazelkorn has now completed her review and submitted her report to me. I am conscious that her work has attracted much attention and speculation and her report is eagerly anticipated.  I am therefore publishing the report today in order for stakeholders and other interested parties to have the earliest opportunity to consider the report, its analysis, findings and recommendations before the Assembly begins its Easter recess.  I make no comment on the report at this stage; it will be for the new Government installed following the Assembly elections in May to consider and determine its response.


I would like to thank Professor Hazelkorn for her dedication to the task and for undertaking a most comprehensive and thorough piece of work.  I should also like to thank the many organisations and individuals who participated, contributing their valuable time and expertise, enabling a thorough examination of the current situation and assisting in the formulation of her proposals for future oversight arrangements.     


**Annex**


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:


 
Ym mis Gorffennaf y llynedd gofynnais i'r Athro Ellen Hazelkorn gynnal adolygiad o Reoleiddio a Chynnal Trosolwg o Addysg a Hyfforddiant ôl\-Orfodol yng Nghymru. Gofynnais i’r adolygiad gael ei gynnal oherwydd y cynnydd yn amrywiaeth a chymhlethdod y gwaith o gyflawni addysg ôl\-orfodol o fewn y sector ac yn y trefniadau cysylltiedig ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg. Cynhaliwyd yr adolygiad gyda chyfeiriad arbennig at at rôl a swyddogaeth Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru yn y dyfodol. Mae copi o Gylch Gorchwyl yr adolygiad wedi'i gynnwys yn yr Atodiad.    

Mae'r Athro Hazelkorn wedi cwblhau ei hadolygiad erbyn hyn ac wedi cyflwyno ei hadroddiad i mi. Rwy'n ymwybodol bod ei gwaith wedi tynnu cryn sylw ac ysgogi llawer o ddyfalu. Bu aros eiddgar am ei hadroddiad. Rwyf felly'n cyhoeddi'r adroddiad heddiw er mwyn i randdeiliaid a phawb arall sydd â diddordeb gael cyfle i ystyried yr adroddiad, ei ddadansoddiad, a'i gasgliadau ac argymhellion cyn gynted â phosibl, a hynny cyn i'r Cynulliad dorri am y Pasg.  Nid wyf am wneud unrhyw sylw ar yr adroddiad ar hyn o bryd; mater i'r Llywodraeth newydd a sefydlir ar ôl etholiad y Cynulliad fis Mai fydd ystyried yr adroddiad a phenderfynu sut i ymateb iddo. 

Hoffwn ddiolch i'r Athro Hazelkorn am ei hymroddiad i'r dasg ac am gyflawni adroddiad mor gynhwysfawr a thrylwyr.  Hoffwn ddiolch hefyd i'r holl sefydliadau ac unigolion a gymerodd ran. Drwy gyfrannu o'u hamser a’u harbenigedd gwerthfawr fe’i gwnaethant hi'n bosibl archwilio'r sefyllfa bresennol yn drylwyr, heb sôn am helpu i lunio ei hargymhellion hi ar gyfer trefnu cynnal trosolwg yn y dyfodol.     

 

Atodiad

Cylch gorchwyl yr Adolygiad Annibynnol ar 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) yn y dyfodol:

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


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

2\. Cynnig cyngor ar effeithiolrwydd y trefniadau presennol ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfofdol yng Nghymru, gan ei ystyried yng nghyd\-destun gwledydd eraill y DU, cymaryddion rhyngwladol perthnasol a thystiolaeth ymchwil.

3\. Gwneud argymhellion ar gyfer cynnal trosolwg o addysg a hyfforddiant ôl\-orfodol yng Nghymru yn y dyfodol, gyda chyfeiriad arbennig at rôl a swyddogaeth Cyngor Cyllido Addysg Uwch Cymru. 

Nodi p'un a oes angen deddfwriaeth a threfniadau sefydliadol newydd neu ddiwygiedig er mwyn cyflwyno’r trefniadau a gynigwyd ar gyfer y dyfodol yng ngoleuni’r gwerthusiad hwn.