More than a hundred delegates from the education sector across Wales came to share their experiences of working with the qualification and discuss ways forward.  The keynote speeches came from Gavin Thomas of CollegesWales (previously Fforwm) and Ross Thomas of the WJEC. 

As the conference noted, there has been a rapid growth in the number of students undertaking the Welsh Baccalaureate qualification, and it’s increasing prominence meant that the conference was very well attended, with representation from the FE sector, schools, HE and local government. 

Kathryn Maddy, First Campus manager, said ‘We would like to thank HEFCW for their financial support which made the conference possible.  It was exciting to see people from all across Wales braving the recent bad weather to come along.  We would also like to thank all our contributors for helping to make a very successful event’.