We are immensely proud of the heritage and missions of our two universities and the pioneering roles they have played widening access to higher education through part-time study.
But without policy reform the vital role of part-time study is now, again, at serious risk.
Minister Robert Halfon’s recent speech included a welcome commitment to address the calamitous 60 per cent decline in part-time undergraduate students in England over the last decade. This decline has been a particularly English phenomenon, for in Wales we have seen part-time numbers increase as a direct result of deliberate policy measures.
