tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post3615505365132964507..comments2023-11-05T09:37:36.840+01:00Comments on A View From Rural Wales: Is Powys sustainable as a political entity?Glyn Davieshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10442114752573417252noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-20906524020783396162012-09-26T21:54:20.293+01:002012-09-26T21:54:20.293+01:00Perhaps the decision to retain 6th forms was the &...Perhaps the decision to retain 6th forms was the "wrong un". If this is the proximate cause of a merger which, if you are right, will result in the diminution of the the status of Coleg Powys. A similar thing has happened with the merging of the National Lottery Charities Board (Community Fund) into the Big Lottery Fund based in Cardiff where some of the quality jobs that were in Newtown have ended up (despite various promises to the contrary). Anonymous is right about the Ystradgynlais and (perhaps) the Brecon campuses. <br /><br />But what is now the view of Powys CC if the "merger" is the result of their usual well thought out and far-sighted approach to any issue that comes their way. One thinks of waste disposal contracts as another case in point...Roy Norrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18061903364755451267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34112832.post-90413973847977383832012-09-26T14:16:04.635+01:002012-09-26T14:16:04.635+01:00Takeover or Merger ?
Coleg Powys has three main c...Takeover or Merger ? <br />Coleg Powys has three main campuses Newtown, Brecon & Llandrindod. It has been running a variety of full and part-time courses in Ystradgynlais for a number if years. Neath Port Talbot college is just over 10 miles away, a merger between the the southern campuses at Brecon and Ystradgynlais could make some sense. But it does not make so much sense to keep the Newtown Campus within the merger arrangements. With a journey time from Newtown to Neath Port Talbot of over 2 hours it will be interesting to see what benefits there will be to the students, also what financial, managerial, staffing or other benefits there may be. In a rural community, it is often very difficult to sustain some of the less popular courses. It is usually the students who lose out because they have a narrower choice of courses, which in turn may mean that employers seeking people with specialist skills have to recruit from outside the area, or in some cases re-locate. It's a shame that the funding for education and training does not take more account of the rural issues.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com