Select Committee · Welsh Affairs Committee

Universities in Wales

Status: Open Opened: 15 May 2025

This one-off session will take evidence from university leaders, focusing on the challenges facing Wales’s seven universities and how the UK Government can support them.

Oral evidence sessions

1 session
Date Witnesses
25 Jun 2025 Ben Lewis · Open University in Wales, Dr Ben Calvert · University of South Wales, Professor Edmund Burke · Bangor University, Professor Elwen Evans KC · University of Wales Trinity St David, Professor Joe Yates · Wrexham University, Professor Jon Timmis · Aberystwyth University, Professor Paul Boyle CBE · Swansea University, Professor Rachael Langford · Cardiff Metropolitan University, Professor Wendy Larner · Cardiff University View ↗

Who gave evidence

9 witnesses
WitnessOrganisationSessions
Ben Lewis · Director Open University in Wales 1
Dr Ben Calvert · Vice-Chancellor University of South Wales 1
Professor Edmund Burke · Vice-Chancellor Bangor University 1
Professor Elwen Evans KC · Vice-Chancellor University of Wales Trinity St David 1
Professor Joe Yates · Vice-Chancellor Wrexham University 1
Professor Jon Timmis · Vice-Chancellor Aberystwyth University 1
Professor Paul Boyle CBE · Universities UK Board Member and Vice Chancellor Swansea University 1
Professor Rachael Langford · Vice-Chancellor Cardiff Metropolitan University 1
Professor Wendy Larner · Vice-Chancellor Cardiff University 1