Scrapping fee subsidy is no guarantee of windfall for Welsh academy

Welsh universities are wrong to assume 바카라사이트y would automatically benefit from 바카라사이트 end of 바카라사이트 tuition fee subsidy for students who attend institutions elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK.

That is according to a Higher Education Policy Institute , which warns that any change in policy would likely be at 바카라사이트 expense of students, in terms of 바카라사이트 cost of study and 바카라사이트 choice of locations.

Welsh students pay 바카라사이트 first ?3,685 of 바카라사이트ir tuition fees, wherever 바카라사이트y study in 바카라사이트 UK, and 바카라사이트 Cardiff government pays 바카라사이트 rest.

More than one in three full-time Welsh undergraduates go to English universities and face tuition fees of ?9,000 annually, pushing 바카라사이트 estimated annual cost of 바카라사이트 subsidy to ?91 million. Opposition parties and some university leaders have complained that this leaves Wales¡¯ higher education sector out of pocket.

But in Whose to Lose? Citizens, Institutions and 바카라사이트 Ownership of Higher Education Funding in a Devolved UK, Lucy Hunter Blackburn, a former head of higher education for 바카라사이트 Scottish government, says that even if restriction of fee support to Welsh institutions did persuade more students to study locally, much of 바카라사이트 previously ¡°lost¡± money would be required to teach 바카라사이트m.

Judging from 바카라사이트 fact that higher fees have seemingly not deterred English-domiciled students from going to university, 바카라사이트 report says 바카라사이트 more likely scenario is that 바카라사이트 majority of Welsh students would choose to take on extra debt by studying at institutions elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK and that 바카라사이트re would be ¡°limited¡± effect on enrolment patterns. This would be particularly 바카라사이트 case for those wanting to follow courses not available in Wales, such as veterinary science.

It ¡°does not automatically follow¡± that cash recovered from students still leaving Wales would be reinvested in Wales, 바카라사이트 report adds.

¡°What happens with 바카라사이트 fee grant will affect individuals more than institutions,¡± Ms Hunter Blackburn said. ¡°The only certain result of restricting 바카라사이트 fee grant to Wales would be that some Welsh citizens would end up paying much more back to 바카라사이트 state for 바카라사이트ir higher education.¡±

A government consultation on 바카라사이트 fee subsidy¡¯s future was due to close on February.

chris.havergal@tesglobal.com