Medr/2025/25: Consultation on a new regulatory system including conditions of registration and funding

Background

1. The Tertiary Education and Research Wales Act 2022 (‘The Act’) sets out the requirements for a new regulatory system for tertiary education and training providers in Wales. This consultation has been published to satisfy the following requirements in the Tertiary Education and Research (Wales) Act 2022:

• 27 (5) Initial Registration Conditions;
• 28 (7) General Ongoing Registration Conditions;
• 40 (2) Supplementary provision about directions under section 39;
• 50 (4) Quality Assurance Framework;
• 81 (3) Statement on Intervention Functions;
• 126 (6) Learner Protection Plans, and;
• 129 (5) Learner Engagement Code.

Overview

2. This consultation seeks views on Medr’s proposed:

• Statement of Intervention Powers, which explains the statutory powers of intervention outlined within The Act (Annex A);
• Regulatory Framework, which sets out our regulatory approach, our approach to monitoring and the full set of draft Conditions of Registration and Conditions of Funding and the process for how, and what type of, incidents and events must be reported to Medr (Annex B);
• Quality Framework, which underpins the condition requirements and monitoring arrangements in respect of quality (Annex C);
• Learner Engagement Code, which supports providers and Medr to focus the tertiary education sector around the needs of the learner and ensure all learners have opportunities to engage in their provider’s decision-making (Annex D);
• Frequently Asked Questions document which sets out some of the common queries we have received during engagement and formal consultation (Annex E); and
• Glossary of terms for the consultation documents (Annex F).

Consultation method

3. Responses to the consultation are invited through our online survey. The questions outlined in the consultation document (publication Medr/2025/25) provide an outline of the broad structure of the survey. Some aspects of the survey will be more applicable to different types of provider within the tertiary sector – the questions will guide you through this, and users will have the ability the save and return to their responses.

Events

4. During the consultation period we will be hosting two in-person events that will provide an opportunity to hear from our staff about the development of the new system and the key questions that we are asking of all providers and stakeholders in our consultation.

• Event 1 (Cardiff): 20 November 2025. Leonardo Hotel, 1 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3UD.

• Event 2 (Llandudno): 27 November 2025. Venue Cymru, Promenade, Llandudno, LL30 1BB.

To book your place, please register through Eventbrite.

Timetable

5. Stakeholders are invited to submit consultation responses via our survey by 5pm on 17 December 2025.

6. For further information, contact [email protected].