Yn fy natganiad i Gynulliad Cenedlaethol Cymru ar 17 Gorffennaf 2012 amlinellais y camau a oedd yn cael eu cymryd i ad-drefnu addysg uwch yn y De-ddwyrain. Cyhoeddais gyfnod o ymgynghori statudol ar y cynnig i ddiddymu corfforaeth addysg uwch Prifysgol Fetropolitan Caerdydd a chorfforaeth addysg uwch Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd er mwyn creu prifysgol fetropolitan newydd i wasanaethu’r De-ddwyrain i gyd drwy uno’r sefydliadau hynny â Phrifysgol Morgannwg.
In my statement to the National Assembly for Wales on 17 July 2012 I outlined the progress being made in relation to the reconfiguration of higher education in south east Wales.  I announced a planned period of statutory consultation on the proposed dissolutions of Cardiff Metropolitan University higher education corporation and the University of Wales, Newport higher education corporation with a view to creating a new metropolitan university serving the whole of south east Wales by merging those institutions with the University of Glamorgan.