MEDEV in Wales
Dr Aidan Byrne, University of Wales, Swansea, has been appointed MEDEV Country Consultant for Wales and can be contacted via email at a...@swansea.ac.uk.
Key government departments for Wales
- The Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills aims to improve children’s services, education and training provision to secure better outcomes for learners, business, and employers.
- The Department for Health and Social Services manages and supports the delivery of health and social care services
- The Department for Public Services and Performance aims to improve public services and includes the Care and Social Services Inspectorate Wales and the Healthcare Inspectorate Wales
- The Department for Social Justice and Local Government has a particular emphasis on local government and on safeguarding and supporting vulnerable people, combating racial exclusion and reducing inequality, and promoting safe and sustainable communities.
Higher Education Organisations in Wales
Higher Education Wales (HEW) represents the higher education sector in Wales and is the national council in Wales of Universities UK. Publications include:
- Higher Education in Wales; Meeting the Needs of Wales (2001)
- Working for Wales (2002)
The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW) promotes internationally excellent higher education in Wales. Activities in relation to learning and teaching include:
- supporting the development of learning and teaching
- promoting teaching quality assurance through the Quality Assurance Agency’s process of institutional review in Wales, funding the UK Teaching Quality Information website and the National Student Survey
- supporting the development of flexible learning opportunities through the Credit and Qualifications Framework for Wales
The Quality Assurance Agency in Wales undertakes Developmental Review (from 2007-8) – replacing a process of Institutional Review
The Higher Education Academy (HE Academy) works in support of the higher education sector in Wales with a Welsh Institutional Liaison Group, and the Senior Adviser for Wales. Work is undertaken in partnership with HEW, HEFCW and the Department for Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills, in addition to visiting individual institutions, to ensure that the Academy meets the needs of the Welsh Higher Education sector.
The ‘Devolution and Divergence: Health and Social Care in the UK’ conference hosted by the Schools of Healthcare Studies and Nursing and Midwifery Studies at Cardiff University, held at Cardiff City Hall (November 30th – December 1st 2009), sought to take stock of the situation that has developed in the 4 countries post Devolution. The conference was sponsored by the HE Academy and four subject centres. Papers and poster presentations are no longer available.
The National Union of Students in Wales (NUS Wales) is an autonomous 'special region' of NUS UK, setting its own policy, electing its own executive committee, and campaigning on the issues that affect students studying in Wales.
Medical schools/departments
This section provides a starting point for prospective undergraduate and postgraduate students wishing to know more about studying medicine at one of Wales's two regional Medical Schools.
Cardiff University
Dental school/department
This section provides a starting point for prospective undergraduates and postgraduates wishing to know more about studying dentistry at Wales's only regional Dental School.
Cardiff University
Further information
Education and Skills in Wales are the responsibility of the Department for Children, Education, Lifelong Learning and Skills (DCELLS), within the Welsh Assembly Government.
Specific information about Higher Education (HE) in Wales is available here. This page provides information on the following topics:
- Student financial support
- Living costs while studying
- Maintenance loan
- Tuition fees
- Tuition fee loan
- Tuition fee grant
- Tuition fee grant and assembly learning grant
- Financial assistnace to support adult learning
- Assembly learning grant for higher education (ALG)
- Financial contingency fund
- Part-time higher education
- Extra help for students with special circumstances
- Disable student allownace
- Childcare support
- Adult dependants grants
- Transport costs
- Further information
Latest news from Wales
- Chair/reader in medical education, Swansea University
- Research Excellence Framework panel criteria published
- HEFCW: Strategic reallocation of student numbers 2013/2014
- Appointment of members to HEFCW's Council
- Guidance on the development of student charters
- Enhancing learning and teaching through technology: refreshing the strategy
- The regional dimension to the planning and delivery of higher education 2011/12
- Congratulations to all the successful national teaching fellows 2011
- Director of Executive Education - University of Cardiff
- Consultation on proposed changes to the teaching funding mechanism for higher education in Wales
Latest events from Wales
There are currently no open events in Wales
Latest fundops from Wales
There are currently no open fundops in Wales
Latest resources from Wales
- Education for sustainable development and global citizenship
- Interprofessional Education in Wales: case studies in health and social care July 2010 (Cyflwyniad i Astudiaethau Achos Addysg Rhyngbroffesiynol Gorffennaf 2010)
- Sustainable Development Charter
- Annual Report, July 2006
- Annual Report, July 2007
- Annual Report, July 2008
- Annual report, July 2009
- Higher Education Funding Council for Wales
- National Foundation of Educational Research
- Wales Office for Research and Development in Health and Social Care
01 Newsletter
01.22 articles
PLATO: llwyfan e-ddysgu unigol ar gyfer meddygon sy’n hyfforddi yng Nghymru (PLATO: a single eLearning platform for doctors in training inWales)
Dr Peter Donnelly, Sub Dean; Paul Kirk, eLearning Unit BusinessManager; Joel Benson, Electronic Resources Officer; Professor Derek Gallen, Dean, Postgraduate Deanery,Wales, Cardiff University.
Profiad Clinigol cynnar drwy LOCS (Early clinical experience through LOCS)
Dr Aidan Byrne, Programme Director, Graduate EntryMedicine; Jane Terret, UndergraduateManager; Jess Griffiths, Learning Technologist; Dr Steve Allen, Reader in Paediatrics, School ofMedicine, Swansea University
Both articles are available in either a separate Welsh pdf or the full newsletter pdf.
