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QNR: Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education ( 6 Jul 2016)

Kirsty Williams: ...curriculum supports the teaching of citizenship and provides opportunities that prepare learners for life as global citizens. Specifically, citizenship lies within areas of personal and social education and through the new Welsh baccalaureate, which was introduced for first teaching last September.

QNR: Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education ( 6 Jul 2016)

Kirsty Williams: The development of critical thinking skills is an essential element within our current school curriculum. We will also ensure that skills such as critical thinking and problem solving are embedded within the six areas of learning and experience in the new curriculum for Wales.

QNR: Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education ( 6 Jul 2016)

Kirsty Williams: My priorities for education, agreed with the First Minister, were set out in his published letter of 15 June. These priorities cover all areas of Wales equally. The funding of my priorities will form part of the 2017-18 budget considerations.

9. 8. Short Debate: Twenty-first Century Schools — More than a Building Programme (29 Jun 2016)

Kirsty Williams: ...for bringing forward this debate this afternoon. May I congratulate her on her first short debate, and the speech that she delivered with such aplomb? As we heard from Hannah Blythyn, indeed, schools are not just a building programme, but obviously, a space for budding romances too. I’m grateful to the other Members for their contributions. I’m sure that their schools will very much...

3. Urgent Question: Part-time Postgraduate Study (24 May 2016)

Kirsty Williams: .... The Member will be more than aware that the future of all these issues—of funding of both undergraduate and postgraduate, full-time and part-time—is the subject of the review of the higher education funding and student finance arrangements in Wales, chaired by Sir Ian Diamond. That is due to report later on this summer. I do not want to pre-empt the hard and serious work that has...

3. Urgent Question: Part-time Postgraduate Study (24 May 2016)

Kirsty Williams: ...have been able to maintain its support at undergraduate level. I recognise what she says about postgraduate level. As she will be aware, I have recently taken up the post of Cabinet Secretary for Education and I’m working with officials to gain a fuller understanding of the funds and finances available to higher education students and to the institutions in which they study in Wales.

3. Urgent Question: Part-time Postgraduate Study (24 May 2016)

Kirsty Williams: ...all, can I thank the Member for such an early opportunity to answer questions here in this Chamber? The decision to cut support for part-time postgraduate study in Wales is a matter for the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales. The Welsh Government has no power to direct the funding council as to how to allocate the funds made available for higher education.

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