Higher Education Wales (HEW) represents the interests of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in Wales and is a National Council of Universities UK.  HEW's membership encompasses all the heads of the universities in Wales.

HEW provides an expert resource on higher education in Wales to the many interested stakeholders, including Assembly Members, the Welsh and UK media, students, staff, business leaders and industrial entrepreneurs.

HEW promotes and supports higher education in Wales, representing the interests of its members to the National Assembly, to Parliament, political parties and European institutions and bodies.  It also negotiates on behalf of Welsh higher education.