A report by a committee of the National Assembly for Wales said that the Welsh Government should agree a timescale for all schools to meet the 'fit for purpose' standard.
Source: Capital Investment in Schools, Public Accounts Committee/National Assembly for Wales
Links: Report | WAG press release
Date: 2010-Dec
The Welsh Assembly Government announced that Welsh-domiciled students would not have to pay the extra higher education fees proposed by the United Kingdom government, as the cost would be met by the Welsh Assembly Government.
Source: Press release 30 November 2010, Welsh Assembly Government
Links: WAG press release | BBC report | Times Higher Education report
Date: 2010-Nov
An article examined the factors influencing post-16 learners in Wales and their choice of higher education institutions.
Source: Gwenda Rhian Jones, 'Factors influencing choice of higher education in Wales', Contemporary Wales, Volume 23 Number 1
Links: Abstract
Date: 2010-Sep
An audit report in Wales said that there had been improvements to the schools estate: but that the quality of planning and the capacity to deliver school capital investment programmes effectively had been inadequate in some local authorities.
Source: Capital Investment in Schools, Wales Audit Office
Links: Report | WAO press release | BBC report
>Date: 2010-Jul
A qualitative study examined the experience of, and perspectives on, disengagement from learning by young people in Wales.
Source: Sarah Lloyd-Jones, Rhodri Bowen, Duncan Holtom, Tina Griffin and Jodie Sims, A Qualitative Research Study to Explore Young People's Disengagement from Learning, Welsh Assembly Government
Links: Report
Date: 2010-Jul
