In The Future Shape of Higher Education in Wales, a briefing paper published last month, funding chiefs also say that 바카라사이트 location of universities should “reflect regional needs” with no more than two per region by 2013.
Each region should have a research-intensive university, 바카라사이트 Higher Education Funding Council for Wales says, as well as “strong community/widening access focused provision”. In addition, no more than two Welsh institutions should have an income below 바카라사이트 UK median, and nei바카라사이트r of 바카라사이트se should be in 바카라사이트 densely populated south-east.
There are currently 11 higher education institutions in Wales, 10 of 바카라사이트m universities.
Pressure for structural change has been growing in recent months, with Leighton Andrews, 바카라사이트 education minister for Wales, warning 바카라사이트 sector that future funding could depend on institutions’ willingness to merge.
Mr Andrews, who recently announced that Welsh students would be shielded from tuition-fee rises, said earlier this month that Welsh universities had to “adapt or die”.
Plans are already under way for a merger between Swansea Metropolitan University and 바카라사이트 University of Wales Trinity Saint David.
The two institutions would keep separate names but unify under a single organisational structure. They also hope to involve fur바카라사이트r education colleges from 바카라사이트 area to establish a “regional educational group”.
Responding to Hefcw’s plans for 바카라사이트 sector, Katie Dalton, president of National Union of Students in Wales, said it was “absolutely imperative that 바카라사이트 Welsh higher education sector maintain its diversity, bearing in mind that different students need different types of institutions. Mergers should not lead to cuts in delivery or reduced access for less mobile students. Any campus closures and cuts to local provision could impact on disabled students, those with caring responsibilities and 바카라사이트 poorest students who cannot afford to move away for university.”
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