Catalogue description WABLAHE Records

WABLAHE records, 1982-1992, including agenda, minutes and papers of the Board and Standing Working Group, 1982-2003; Committee and Wales Advisory Body, 1982-1991; financial papers and Finance Working Group agenda, minutes and papers, 1982-1988; Chairman's Study Group papers, 1984-1988; Panel on Teacher Training papers, 1982-1985; Programme Review Working Group papers, 1988-1990; and Planning Review Group papers, 1990-1992.

Arranged into the following: Board and Standing Working Group papers; Standing Working Group papers; Committee and Wales Advisory Body papers; Committee and Wales Advisory Body; Finance Working Group; Finance/Pooling of Advanced Further Expenditure Panel; Finance Panel; Chairman's Study Group; Panel on Teacher Training; WAB University Liaison Panel; Planning Exercise Working Group; Programme Review Working Group; Planning Review Group; Ad Hoc Working Group; and miscellaneous.

The National Archives, BD58 and BD59, contain Committee, Board, Standing Working Group and Wales Advisory Body minutes, duplicates of which are held in NLW.

Wales Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education

The records of the Wales Advisory Body for Local Authority Higher Education were deposited in the Library by its successor body, the Welsh Funding Councils, per Professor John Andrews, Chief Executive of the Welsh Funding Councils, in September 1994 (C1994/94). The records include copies and duplicates of the Committee, Board, Standing Working Group and Wales Advisory Body minutes, which have been selected for permanent preservation by the Public Record Office. The PRO has designated these records classes BD58 and BD59, which correspond to A1-29 and B1-28 in this list. Records not selected by the PRO for permanent preservation (classes C-M in this list) have been presented to the Library under the terms of Section 3 (6) of the Public Records Act.

A hard copy of the catalogue is available at the National Library of Wales. The catalogue can be accessed online.

In 1982, the Secretary of State for Wales, Nicholas Edwards MP, announced his decision to establish an advisory body for local authority higher education for Wales. The body was to be called 'The Wales Advisory Body for Higher Education' and was to comprise a Committee and a Board. The primary functions of the Committee were to advise the Secretary of State for Wales on the apportionment of the advanced further education pool; advanced course approval; teacher training; and also to monitor the actions of the local education authorities and liaise with university and voluntary sectors of higher education. The Committee was to comprise a chairman, who was to be the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, and eight local authority elected members. The Board was responsible for assessing the existing provision for local higher education in Wales and advising the committee of its recommendations. The Board was to consist of representatives from industry, business and education. The Committee and Board were to be supported by advisory panels concerned with the advanced further education pool, advanced course approval and teacher training. In 1989 the Board was replaced by the Standing Working Group. The Wales Advisory Body itself was dissolved in April 1992.

• View Record