Education issues are largely devolved in both Wales and Scotland. However there are some issues which are covered in the Plaid Cymru and SNP mafestos: Plaid Cymru: We support a Welsh-language Coleg Ffederal with an independent stream of funding and an independent student register. We will also continue to campaign for a National Veterinary School for Wales. We [...]

Advance notice for Cardiff voters - Cardiff University Students Union is hosting a cross-party hustings on the subject of further & higher education on the 20th of April at 7:30pm in the Julian Hodge Lecture Theatre, Cardiff University Business School, Colum Drive, Cardiff.

Activists in Wales launched the Make Education Count network with a cross-party panel discussion on the future priorities of the first minister-elect Carwyn Jones. Taking place just a day after Carwyn was elected to succeed Rhodri Morgan as leader of Welsh Labour and as the next first minister, UCU activists listened to speakers from all [...]

UCU this week called on politicians of all parties in the United Kingdom to ‘Make Education Count’. The union took the message to Westminster, Cardiff, Stormont and Holyrood and encouraged everyone who had a passion for education to join the campaign and get the UK back on track. UCU general secretary, Sally Hunt, said: ‘We [...]