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Welsh Labour should 'stick to its guns' in Supporting Students

Mon 26 Sep 2011

NUS Wales

NUS Wales believes that the UK Labour Party needs to be more ambitious in dealing with higher education funding and that Welsh Labour needs to keep to its election commitment to support Welsh students with the cost of fees, wherever they choose to study in the UK.

 
Campaign in the spotlight: Glyndwr's hate crime scheme

Thu 01 Sep 2011

A new scheme has been launched allowing students at Glyndwr University in Wrexham to report crime on campus without going directly to the police.

 
*UPDATED* Concern for Welsh A-Level students as youth unemployment and uni places crunch hits hard

Thu 18 Aug 2011

A Level results are being released today in Wales against a back drop of new unemployment figures which show 1 in 5 16-to-24 year old without a job.

 
Bad news for Aberystwyth students

Tue 10 May 2011

As Aberystwyth University prepares to charge £9,000 NUS Wales President Katie Dalton reacts...

 
Aberystwyth's "University Challenge"

Tue 05 Apr 2011

University Challenge has been the first major document that the Guild has produced to shape Academic Policy throughout the institution and has so far been well received. The document ties in with the Annual Submission to the University and will hopefully contribute to the building of the Student Written Submission on the institutional review.

 
NUS Wales - Influencing Tuition fee policy

Mon 28 Mar 2011

On Wednesday 16th March, the National Assembly passed two sets of regulations relating to tuition fees: The Student Fees (Amounts) (Wales) Regulations 2011 and The Student Fees (Approved Plans) (Wales) Regulations 2011.

These regulations essentially set a basic tuition fee level of £4,000 and a higher tuition fee level of £9,000, as well as describing the broad objectives that institutions will have to meet in their tuition fee plans. The Minister for CELL made a statement to the Assembly and

 
Inconsistencies in student representation must be addressed

Wed 23 Mar 2011

NUS Wales has called on the Minister for Children, Education and Lifelong Learning to address the inconsistencies in proposals for student representation in further and higher education governance structures.

Two reports on the governance of further and higher education were released today

 
Full time undergraduate tuition fees in Wales

Thu 17 Mar 2011

The Westminster Government has decided to increase tuition fees in England because they are cutting the teaching budget for English universities by 80%. This means that there will be a cut in the Assembly’s budget for higher education here in Wales. As a result, Welsh universities put significant pressure on the Welsh Assembly Government to increase tuition fees in Wales, in order to fill the gap left by the budget cuts.

 
 
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Hi I'm Luke Young, NUS Wales President for 2011/12. The NUS Wales section provides you with the latest updates affecting students, universities and students' unions in Wales.

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