Part II Higher education
The new funding councils
F162F2The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales.
F1(1)
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F3(2)
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F1(3)
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F1(4)
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(a)
shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, the provision of higher education or to have held, and to have shown capacity in, any position carrying responsibility for the provision of higher education and, in appointing such persons, he shall have regard to the desirability of their being currently engaged in the provision of higher education or in carrying responsibility for such provision, and
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shall have regard to the desirability of including persons who appear to him to have experience of, and to have shown capacity in, industrial, commercial or financial matters or the practice of any profession.
F4(5)
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F4(6)
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(7)
In this Part of this Act references to F5... institutions in Wales—
(a)
are to institutions whose activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in F6... Wales, but
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include F7... the Open University.
F8(7A)
In exercising their functions, F9the HEFCW
shall have regard to the requirements of disabled persons.
(7B)
In subsection (7A) “disabled persons” means persons who are disabled persons for the purposes of the F10Equality Act 2010.
(8)
Any dispute as to whether any functions are exercisable by F11the HEFCW or the Office for Students shall be determined by the Secretary of State.
F1(9)
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