Commentary on Sections Financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education Section 103: Financial support for other activities connected to tertiary education
333.This section allows the Commission or Welsh Ministers to fund the provision of information, advice or guidance about education or training as well as facilities that are designed to forge links between providers of education or training and employers. The Welsh Ministers or the Commission may disburse the funding or arrange for others to do so, for example through collaborative arrangements. The Commission or the Welsh Ministers are able to impose appropriate terms and conditions to the funding and recover sums of money where specified criteria are not met.
334.This section also enables the Commission to fund tertiary education through the medium of Welsh and the teaching of Welsh to learners over the age of 16. The Commission may disburse the funding itself or arrange for others to do so, for example through collaborative arrangements. The Commission is able to impose terms and conditions to the funding as it considers appropriate and recover sums of money where specified criteria are not met.
335.The Commission may not fund school sixth forms under subsection (2) (or make arrangements under subsection (3) for a local authority to provide the Commission’s resources to do so). School sixth form provision will be funded by the Commission under section 101.
336.If the Commission has made arrangements under subsection (3) for another person to provide the Commission’s financial resources, the Commission may require that person to provide the resources subject to such terms and conditions that the Commission considers appropriate.