The challenges Wales has to contend with in the next five years are substantial.
Technological change, downward pressure on public finances, an ageing population, workplace reorganisation and an increasing demand for graduate level skills at a point where participation of young adults in further and higher education in Wales is on a precipice.
With the publication of the Welsh Government’s statement of priorities we now know which of the pressing issues Wales faces that the new Commission for Tertiary Education and Research is tasked with focusing on for the first five years of its existence – and there’s a lot to choose from.
The Commission, the new regulator and funder covering post 16 education and research in Wales, has to incorporate five key areas into its strategic plan.
