After 25 years of devolution we struggle to define what universities are for

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

60% : This comes at a time when applications from overseas students have also been in steep decline, leaving the sector facing a perfect storm for the next financial year, with some estimating that higher education in Wales is facing a loss of around £100m for 2023-24.Why has this happened?
56% : Should the Welsh Government take a hands-off approach to higher education, or should it work closely with institutions to maximise their potential for the nation?
52% : Certainly, if I was a politician representing the Valleys, I would be asking urgent questions as to why this situation has been allowed to happen so quickly in a university that was originally established to support higher education in some of the poorest communities in South Wales.
49% : As I've said several times over the last 12 months, it is now time for an independent commission to be appointed by the Welsh Government to look in detail not only at the challenges facing higher education in Wales but, more importantly, at the opportunities to create a university sector that is fit for purpose, focuses on upskilling our young people, and makes a real difference to the nation.
47% : Surely, after a quarter of century of having our own responsibility for higher education, that is not too much to ask of our politicians especially as the sector is far too important to be left solely to some who seem to have forgotten why our universities were set up by the people of Wales in the first place.
42% : But the problem for higher education is bigger than one institution as it is now clear that, after 25 years of devolution, we still have no real idea of what our universities are for.

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