Our manifesto for Wales
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Digital for Wales
For the first time, Jisc has launched a manifesto for Wales to help the next Welsh Government build a digitally inclusive, resilient and forward-looking tertiary and research landscape. We believe that digital transformation is essential for driving social, economic, and educational progress unlocking opportunity and transforming Wales’s future.
"This manifesto outlines how we will partner Welsh Government to ensure the tertiary education and research sector thrives in a rapidly changing technological landscape. Jisc has established a long-standing strategic partnership with Government and tertiary education and research in Wales. This includes successfully supporting the Digital 2030 ambitions while also providing expert insight on digital transformation and adoption during a period of transition to a new tertiary model for funding and regulation. As a vital strategic partner, working with Government we will ensure Wales will be a nation where digital technology strengthens its education, language, culture, economy, and communities. A digital future rooted in fairness, innovation, and sustainability, ensuring that every learner in Wales can participate fully and confidently in the digital world."
Robin Ghurbhurun, managing director, further education and skills, nations, advice and training
A better digital future for education and research in Wales
This manifesto outlines our vision for a more inclusive, digitally confident Wales that embodies the nations’ core commitments to equity, bilingualism, sustainability, and wellbeing. It demonstrates how the next Welsh Government can collaborate with Jisc and the tertiary sector to harness the full benefits of digital innovation across education and research to deliver world class education and research.
"Digital transformation is now foundational to Wales’s education, skills and research ambitions. This manifesto invites government and the tertiary sector to work with Jisc to shape a coordinated national approach to digital infrastructure, trustworthy and bilingual AI, and inclusive opportunity for every learner and community."
Rhys Daniels, director of Wales
Policy asks for the next Senedd term
We call on the next Welsh government to place the following priorities at the heart of their ambitions to ensure that we are building a fairer, greener, digitally empowered Wales:
- Build a digitally confident Wales
- Invest in Wales’s digital infrastructure, cyber resilience and develop sustainable funding models
- Establish a national approach to trustworthy and effective bilingual AI in tertiary education
- Strengthen collaboration across tertiary education, research and innovation
- Champion a bilingual, inclusive and fair Wales