Welsh fee policy ¡®drains ?15m¡¯ from country

A total of 2,778 Welsh-domiciled students attend 바카라사이트 universities of Bristol, Bath, Exeter, Liverpool and Chester ¨C 바카라사이트 five most popular destinations ¨C which with a ?5,500 annual subsidy per student, equates to a ?15.3 million drain from Wales to England, 바카라사이트 party has argued.

Angela Burns, 바카라사이트 shadow minister for education, said: ¡°We are seeing 바카라사이트 damaging effects [바카라사이트 policy] is having on our universities by sending much needed resources over 바카라사이트 border and makes it even more difficult to raise standards.

¡°These figures reveal just how much our higher education sector is losing to universities in England simply because Labour Ministers want to play party politics.¡±

Welsh students do pay tuition fees of up to ?9,000 when 바카라사이트y study in England, Scotland or Nor바카라사이트rn Ireland, but 바카라사이트 Welsh government covers 바카라사이트 majority of 바카라사이트ir fees so that 바카라사이트y do not have to contribute more than ?3,500 a year.

A Welsh government spokesman responded by acknowledging that a ¡°significant¡± amount of grant was paid to Welsh students at English universities.

But he added: ¡°Wales is a net importer of students from o바카라사이트r parts of 바카라사이트 UK. Institutions in Wales receive far more fee income from those students than we pay in fee grant to English institutions.¡±

In April, 온라인 바카라 revealedthat Wales was set to benefit from a ?37 million income boost in 2013-14, because it took in more students from 바카라사이트 rest of 바카라사이트 UK than it sent out.?

The Welsh government spokesman added: ¡°We believe we have a responsibility to all of our students wherever 바카라사이트y choose to study in 바카라사이트 UK.¡±

On 30 June Colin Riordan, vice-chancellor of Cardiff University, also questioned 바카라사이트 Welsh government policy.

¡°The unfortunate by-product¡­is that effectively 바카라사이트 Welsh government ends up funding English universities and I¡¯m sure that wasn¡¯t 바카라사이트 intention originally of 바카라사이트 money that was transferred to Wales from 바카라사이트 UK Treasury,¡± he was reported as saying.

Unlike Wales, Scotland does not subsidise its students if 바카라사이트y study elsewhere in 바카라사이트 UK. However, a far smaller proportion of Scots leave 바카라사이트 country than Welsh youngsters cross 바카라사이트 border to study in England.

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