Concise Minutes - Children, Young People and Education Committee

Meeting Venue:

Hybrid - Committee room 2 Senedd and video conference via Zoom
Meeting date: Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Meeting time: 09.29 - 12.28
This meeting can be viewed
on Senedd TV at:
http://senedd.tv/en/15321

Hybrid

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Attendance

Category	Names
Members of the Senedd:	Buffy Williams MS (Chair) Natasha Asghar MS Cefin Campbell MS Carolyn Thomas MS
Witnesses:	James Owen, Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research) Simon Pirotte, Medr (Commission for Tertiary Education and Research)
Committee Staff:	Naomi Stocks (Clerk) Tom Lewis-White (Second Clerk) Sarah Bartlett (Deputy Clerk) Jennifer Cottle (Legal Adviser) Michael Dauncey (Researcher) Sian Thomas (Researcher) Thomas Morris

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1 Introductions, apologies, substitutions and declarations of interest

1.1 The Chair welcomed Members to the meeting of the Children, Young People and Education Committee.

1.2 Vaughan Gething MS and Joel James MS sent their apologies, there were no substitutes.

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2 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - briefing session

2.1 Members received a briefing from Medr.

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3 Papers to note

3.1 The papers were noted.

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4 Motion under Standing Order 17.42(ix) to resolve to exclude the public from the remainder of this meeting

4.1 The motion was agreed.

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5 Issues facing the Higher Education Sector - discussion on the briefing session

5.1 The Committee discussed the briefing session and issues facing the Higher Education sector.

5.2 Members agreed to invite UNISON and the University and College Union (UCU) into a future Committee meeting to give evidence.

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6 Routes into post-16 education and training - consideration of the key issues

6.1 The Committee considered the key issues. The key issues would be considered again at the meeting on 12 June.

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