University Funding

Part of 1. Questions to the Cabinet Secretary for Education — Postponed from 8 November – in the Senedd at 2:12 pm on 15 November 2017.

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Photo of Mr Simon Thomas Mr Simon Thomas Plaid Cymru 2:12, 15 November 2017

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Thank you for that response. I’m particularly interested in what we can do to expand beyond what Diamond, even, is suggesting on the funding of universities. If you look at Aberystwyth University, I welcome the fact that there’s been recent investment in a veterinary clinic in that university, and there’s been investment in moving towards establishing veterinary courses at the university. But in looking beyond the situation that we’re currently in, with Brexit and changes in the veterinary profession, I believe that there is now room to make the case that we need a full veterinary school at a Welsh university, and Aberystwyth, and IBERS—the Institute of Biological, Environmental and Rural Sciences—would be the ideal place to establish such a school. So, are you now discussing this with the universities in Wales and the funding council in terms of looking towards the horizon and seeing this coming to fruition?