Commentary on Sections The Commission’s strategic duties Section 12: Promoting collaboration between providers of tertiary education and trade unions
59.This section requires the Commission to promote collaboration between providers of tertiary education in Wales and trade unions, where the Commission considers the collaboration would likely help in the discharge of the Commission’s strategic duties (sections 2 to 11 of the Act).
60.A trade union must either be represented by Wales TUC Cymru, or the Commission must consider that it represents members of the tertiary education workforce, that is:
	teachers providing tertiary education,
	people providing support to those teachers, and
	people providing support to learners to participate in tertiary education.