, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Draft Budget 2023-24—evidence session 1
Thank you, Chair, and thank you, Minister, for joining us this morning. The budget for supporting the new curriculum remains broadly static. Did you consider prioritising this budget for any increases, given Estyn reported in its summary of findings ahead of…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Thank you, Chair. After having a look at this petition, I can see that there have been two other petitions in the fifth Senedd that were submitted on similar areas. I'm not quite sure where we can go now with this petition, given that the Minister has already…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Chair. I'm aware that the petition was shared with the climate change committee and they have now concluded they are going to be doing a piece of work around decarbonisation. So, I think that now this work has started, there's no further, really, we…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Chair. Can I say, firstly, a big 'thank you' to the clerking team who have done so much work on this, and also to committee members who have really pushed this petition forward? I also met with the petitioners outside the Senedd, and it's been a great…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Chair. I'd just like to note that the other committee that I sit on, the Children, Young People and Education Committee, has done a very large piece of work on peer-on-peer sexual harassment within schools, and that piece of work will be fed into the…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Thank you, and thank you, Ministers.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Thank you. And a question to both Ministers: how is the Welsh Government working to identify and tackle mental health inequalities among the student population?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Thank you. My next question is to the education Minister. Do you agree with HEFCW's view that it would be better to build on existing data collection methods rather than introduce new systems to gather information about student mental health? And how could…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Okay, thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Thank you. How is the Welsh Government addressing any gaps in your understanding of mental health concerns among students? That's to both Ministers.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Thank you. My next question is to the education Minister. Your written paper draws on UK-wide data for information on the prevalence of mental health concerns among students. What is your understanding of the extent and nature of this issue in Wales?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental health support in higher education—evidence session 9
Bore da, and thank you for joining us this morning. My question is to both Ministers. How do the Ministers work together on the issue of student mental health? Where should responsibility lie—is it with education, health or with the institutions themselves?
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Chair. I'd like to keep this petition open. We still have some questions that have been left unanswered by the Minister, so I think we, as a committee, can go back to the Minister with these questions and ensure that we have the answers that we need…
, Petitions Committee
Updates to previous petitions
Diolch, Chair. I'm really disappointed with the outcome that we've had with this petition, to be perfectly honest. I would like to keep the petition open. I don't want to close the petition. Because it states the committee could accept that this work is…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Chair. I find it hard to see where else our committee can go with this petition. The Minister has made it clear about the reasoning for the real living wage being paid to those social care workers. They're required to register with Social Care Wales…
, Petitions Committee
New Petitions
Diolch, Chair. I can see that the Deputy Minister has made a commitment to look at this once the roads review has been published. He states that if improvement needs to be made following the outcome of the roads review, then this is something that they will…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 8
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 8
How can you and the Welsh Government support and require universities to do more to address inequalities with regard to mental health support in higher education?
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 8
Thank you.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 8
Thank you. Your submission says that 4.3 per cent of students have disclosed a mental health condition to their provider. How confident are you that this percentage accurately reflects the extent of student mental health challenges, and do you have any…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 8
Thank you, Chair. Thank you for joining us this morning. Are there any tools that you as a regulator of higher education have to improve our understanding of the condition of student mental health, and will the addition of a new question in the national…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 7
Thank you, Chair.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 7
That's okay.
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 7
Okay, thank you. Are there groups of students, for example, those who are from ethnic minority backgrounds, or mature students, who are more vulnerable to mental health challenges? How can university staff work to identify and address any inequalities in…
, Children, Young People, and Education Committee
Mental Health support in Higher Education—evidence session 7
Thank you. Flexible teaching and learning practices, including more widespread use of virtual tools, increased during the pandemic. How do staff feel this has affected their relationship with students and their ability to identify where students might be…
