19 February 2009
Semta response to the consultation on student funding in
Wales
Summary
The Welsh Assembly Government has been consulting on
student finance for Welsh Higher Education. The consultation
considered: remodelling the student finance system; widening
participation; tackling student debt; investing in the higher
education sector. See more information on the consultation
here, and Semta’s full response here.
Semta View
Semta in representing the views of employers across the UK,
expressed concern that the location of learning should have less
influence on funding than the subject studied. We made
representations for STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and
Mathematics) students to benefit from any changes to student
funding. We also recommended that any additional resources
generated by the changes should be used to improve STEM teaching
facilities and support STEM staff, especially in areas key to the
future growth of our sectors, such as nanotechnology and
photonics.
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