Up to £15m in tuition fees 'lost' to English universities
By Gareth Evans. New figures reveal the Welsh Government’s controversial tuition fee policy is ploughing up to £15.3m into five universities in England. The Welsh Government’s controversial tuition fee policy is ploughing up to £15.3m into five universities in England, figures uncovered by the Welsh Conservatives have revealed.Data compiled by leader of the opposition Andrew RT Davies shows that based on the potential tuition fee subsidy of £5,500, as much as £15.3m could be lost to the top five most popular universities alone. A Freedom of Information request found that Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Liverpool and Chester take the most Welsh-domiciled students and the universities currently have 2,778 undergraduates enrolled. A decision to subsidise Welsh students wherever in the UK they choose to study currently costs the Welsh Government up to £5,500 per student, who continue to pay in the region of £3,500. Read more...



