Our priorities
We have 11 strategic duties, and we are developing our first strategic plan.
Our prioritiesWhat we do
We are responsible for funding and regulating the tertiary education sector in Wales including further education (FE), higher education (HE), including research and innovation, apprenticeships, adult community learning, and local authority maintained school sixth forms.
On 1 August 2024 we took over the full range of duties from the Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (HEFCW), and a range of functions from the Welsh Government relating to tertiary education.
Our range of responsibilities includes:
- Funding
- Monitoring tertiary education providers’ performance and governance
- Promoting improvement in tertiary education
- Enabling sustainable excellence and impact in research and innovation
- Ensuring that the interests of learners are central to decision-making processes
- Considering and responding to the needs of employers and the economy
- Working with partners to increase the availability of Welsh medium tertiary opportunities, and encouraging demand for learning through the medium of Welsh.
We don’t…
We don’t provide grants or funding directly to students or individual researchers.
Student Finance Wales Student finance in further educationRegulation
We regulate fee levels, ensure a framework is in place for assessing the quality of higher education, and scrutinise the performance of tertiary education providers.
RegulationThe Welsh language
A key priority for Medr is to promote tertiary education through the medium of Welsh.
Welsh languageQuality
We must assess, or make arrangements to assess, the quality of education by or on behalf of regulated providers. We must also monitor, and promote improvement in the quality of tertiary education.
QualityResearch and innovation
We aim to promote a dynamic and sustainable research base within higher education institutions.
Research and innovationFor learning providers
We develop policies in a range of areas and encourage providers to meet the Welsh Government’s priorities in these areas.
For learning providersFunding for providers
We fund tertiary education and research, including school sixth forms, apprenticeships, further education, higher education, and research and innovation.
Funding for providersMonitoring and compliance
We need to be confident that the providers we fund are being run as efficiently and effectively as possible to safeguard public funds.
Monitoring and complianceData and analysis
Information from tertiary education providers is used to calculate funding allocations, monitor progress, inform policy, and publish statistics on the tertiary sector.
Data and analysisWe will be growing our website over the coming months to provide more information about what we do, and how we do it.
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