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   Dechreuodd yr Adolygiad o Drefniadau Cyllido Addysg Uwch a Chyllid Myfyrwyr yng Nghymru, o dan gadeiryddiaeth yr Athro Syr Ian Diamond, ym mis Ebrill 2014\. Ers hynny, mae gwaith y Panel, sef adolygu ystod eang o dystiolaeth a data sy’n ymwneud â’r sector addysg uwch a threfniadau cyllido addysg uwch, wedi mynd rhagddo’n dda.  

Cytunwyd y byddai Syr Ian, yn hydref 2015, yn paratoi crynodeb ffeithiol o’r dystiolaeth yr oedd ef a’r Panel Adolygu wedi ei chasglu. Bellach mae Syr Ian wedi llunio’r adroddiad hwnnw, a dyma’r adroddiad rwy’n ei gyhoeddi heddiw. Mae’n crynhoi’r dystiolaeth a gafodd ei hystyried gan y Panel Adolygu rhwng mis Ebrill 2014 a mis Medi 2015\. Mae’n nodi’r prif themâu sy’n codi ynddi, ond nid yw’n cynnig barn ar ei dilysrwydd na’i harwyddocâd. Nid yw ychwaith yn ceisio cynrychioli barn y Panel na chynnig argymhellion. Bydd y pethau hynny’n rhan o’r adroddiad terfynol, a gyhoeddir erbyn mis Medi 2016\.

Ochr yn ochr â’r adroddiad interim, rwy’n cyhoeddi tair dogfen ychwanegol gan y Panel, sy’n darparu tystiolaeth bellach yn ymwneud â’r Adolygiad, sef crynodeb o’r ymatebion i Gais am Dystiolaeth y Panel, a oedd ar agor rhwng mis Tachwedd 2014 a mis Chwefror 2015; adroddiad ar addysg uwch ran\-amser yng Nghymru, a gafodd ei gomisiynu gan y Panel; ac adroddiad ar y grwpiau ffocws a gafodd eu defnyddio i bwyso a mesur barn myfyrwyr a chynrychiolwyr myfyrwyr, cyflogwyr, a gweithwyr proffesiynol sy’n gweithio i ehangu mynediad.

Caiff y datganiad ei gyhoeddi yn ystod y toriad er mwyn rhoi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i aelodau. Os bydd aelodau eisiau i mi wneud datganiad pellach neu ateb cwestiynau ynglŷn â hyn pan fydd y Cynulliad yn dychwelyd, byddwn yn hapus i wneud hynny.  


  
  
 





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The Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales, chaired by Professor Sir Ian Diamond, commenced in April 2014\.  Since then, the Panel has made good progress in reviewing a wide range of evidence and data relating to the HE sector and HE funding.  


It was agreed that in autumn 2015 Sir Ian would produce a factual summary of the evidence he and the Review Panel had collected as part of their work.  Sir Ian has now produced that report, which I am publishing today.  The report summarises the evidence considered by the Review Panel from April 2014 to September 2015\.  It identifies the key themes arising from this evidence, but does not make any judgement about its validity or significance.  Nor does it seek to represent the Review Panel's views or provide any recommendations.  These will be presented in the final report, which will be issued by September 2016\.


Alongside the interim report, I am publishing three additional documents from the Panel which provide further evidence in relation to the Review.  They comprise a summary of responses to the Review Panel's Call for Evidence, which ran from November 2014 to February 2015; a report commissioned by the Panel on part\-time higher education in Wales; a report on the focus groups that were used to gauge opinions from students and student representatives, employers and widening access professionals.


This statement is being issued during recess in order to keep members informed.  Should members wish me to make a further statement or to answer questions on this when the Assembly returns I would be happy to do so.