Responses and Publications

Consultation Responses and Briefing Papers

• Consultation response form: Response to Welsh Government Consultation on support for doctoral study (pdf.)
• Consultation response form: A reformed Post-Compulsory Education and Training System (October 2017)(.pdf)
• Consultation response form: Student support funding for students ordinarily resident in Wales (Feb 2017) (.pdf)
• Response to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee inquiry ‘A stronger voice for Wales: engaging with Westminster and the devolved institutions.’ (Feb 2017) (.pdf)
• Consultation Response - HEFCW’s draft Higher Education Strategy to 2026 (Nov 2016) (.pdf)
• Response to the Welsh Government consultation on support for postgraduate study and part-time engineering, technology or computer science degrees (May 2016) (.pdf)
• Response to Welsh Government consultation on support for foundation years (May 2016) (.pdf)
• Response to the Finance Committee’s call for information: Welsh Government draft Budget proposals for 2016-17 (January 2016) (.pdf)
• Response to Welsh Government consultation on Refreshing the Financial Inclusion Strategy for Wales 2016 (January 2016) (.pdf)
• Response to the Widening Access Programme of Action Consultation (April 2015) (.pdf)
• Response to the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and Student Finance Arrangements in Wales (March 2015) (.pdf)

Publications

• The Open University Annual Report 2016/17
• Part-time Matters summary – this document highlights the importance of part-time higher education to Wales and recommends seven areas for action to support part-time higher education.
• Part-time Matters full briefing paper – this paper provides more information on part-time HE in Wales and explains our seven areas for action in more detail.
• It’s About Time - a joint research papper by NUS Wales and The Open University in Wales exploring who studies part time, their motivations and their experiences.
• The OU in Wales Facts and Figures 2015/16
• OU in Wales infographic