The Coleg

Chairman’s welcome, Professor R. Merfyn Jones

It was an honour to be appointed first chair of the Coleg’s Board of Directors, that began its formal operation at a meeting held on the 30th March 2011 in Carmarthen. As the Coleg’s plans are developed and formalised during the coming months, information will be added to this website, which already contains details of existing initiatives or those recently introduced.

Board members eagerly look forward to building on the firm foundations already laid by Professor Robin Williams and Geraint Talfan Davies, who chaired the boards involved with the Coleg’s formal establishment, and by staff at the Centre for Welsh Medium Higher Education who have been working with the universities on practical, everyday matters.

The main aims of the Coleg are:

• To advance learning and knowledge in keeping with its constitution, by promoting, maintaining, developing and overseeing Welsh medium provision in higher education in Wales, working with and through higher education institutions in Wales.
• As a centrally governed body, which takes an overview of all Welsh medium provision, to provide unity of purpose, cohesion and leadership through a national strategy.
• To enrich, deepen and broaden the provision for students, stimulating and responding to demand from students and thereby increasing the numbers of students studying through the medium of Welsh.

 This website provides information about the Coleg’s activities, including plans funded through the Coleg.