Part 3Training the school workforce

Funding of teacher training by Higher Education Funding Council for Wales

85Qualifying activities and eligible institutions in relation to HEFCW funding

(1)

The Higher Education Funding Council for Wales (in this Part referred to as “HEFCW”) are responsible for administering funds made available to them by the Assembly and others for the purpose of providing financial support for the carrying on by eligible institutions of qualifying activities.

(2)

The activities qualifying for funding by HEFCW under this Part (“qualifying activities”) are—

(a)

the provision of teacher training,

(b)

the provision of facilities, and the carrying on of other activities, by eligible institutions which the governing bodies of those institutions consider it necessary or desirable to provide or carry on for the purposes of or in connection with activities within paragraph (a), and

(c)

the provision by any person of services for the purposes of, or in connection with, such activities.

(3)

The institutions eligible for funding by HEFCW under this Part (“eligible institutions”) are—

(a)

any institution in Wales within the higher or further education sector,

(b)

the Open University,

(c)

any school in Wales, and

(d)

and other institution or body in Wales designated by order of the Assembly,

and any partnership or association of eligible institutions, or body established by one or more such institutions, for the purpose of carrying on qualifying activities.

(4)

For the purposes of subsection (3), an institution or body is in Wales if its activities are carried on, or principally carried on, in Wales.

(5)

In sections 86 to 91—

(a)

“qualifying activities” is to be read in accordance with subsection (2);

(b)

“eligible institution” is to be read in accordance with subsection (3).