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Originally Posted by Curly
Especially since lifelong learning is one of the current responsibilities of the Welsh Assembly.
Quote from the Welsh Assembly website:
"Lifelong learning creates better opportunities, empowers communities and helps to provide the jobs and skills that people need. Lifelong learning will help to bring a bright and sustainable future to the people of Wales."
http://wales.gov.uk/topics/educationandskills/?lang=en |
We have already started lobbying Welsh Assembly Government Ministers, including Jane Hutt, the minister responsible for education, Lifelong Learning and Training, plus a number of Assembly Members.
After two days of the campaign we were the lead story today on Radio Wales news, the lead story in the South Wales Echo and covered elsewhere too.
My email is jammed with people expressing support, so I've started a list with regular bulletins and will probably migrate it to a blog or website sometime next week.
As soon as the union manages to get the figures from the university, we've lined up a team to go through them with a fine-toothed comb, then devise an alternative plan.
There's a public meeting on Monday, too. We're going to get some of our tutors to set up a Facebook site, twitter, and the online petition should be enabled by Monday. Our students are already asking what they can do to help, and have been wonderful.