Higher Education Institutions

Part of 1. Questions to the Minister for Education – in the Senedd at 2:11 pm on 3 July 2019.

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Photo of Joyce Watson Joyce Watson Labour 2:11, 3 July 2019

Thank you for that answer, but last week, there was a worrying report in the media concerning the future of the Lampeter campus of the University of Wales Trinity Saint David, and in recent years there has been a decline in the number of departments, staff and students at that particular campus. Understandably, both the students and the local residents, and the businesses that depend on that university, are really concerned about the economic viability and the effects that will have on the wider community. They're especially concerned about the announcement by the university that they're looking to make a £6.5 million cut and 100 job cuts across their three campuses, which does include Carmarthen, Swansea and Lampeter. Can I ask, Minister, if you've had any discussions whatsoever with the university regarding the future of the Lampeter campus and the University of Wales Trinity Saint David?