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P-05-848 Let Welsh students have the opportunity to choose the best study option for them

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Meeting: 15/01/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Education together with further comments from the petitioner and agreed to close the petition, in light of the unambiguous response received from the Minister for Education, and the fact that there appears to be little realistic prospect of change to this aspect of student funding policy.

 


Meeting: 13/11/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to write to the Cabinet Secretary for Education to ask:

 

·         if her officials could meet with the petitioner to discuss the issue raised in the petition in more detail; and

·         what consideration she has given to making funding available to Welsh students wishing to study in the top 100 universities globally.

 

The Committee also queried whether the same arrangements apply to English- and Scottish-based students.