Fees follow up
The Welsh Assembly has, from my reading of it, just voted to charge top-up fees to English students wanting to study in Wales (capped at £3,000 pa) and kept the charges for Welsh students exactly as they are. Welsh students wanting to study any course not available in Wales will get help towards the cost of fees.
On the surface of it this appears to allay the fears of Welsh Vice-Chancellors that Wales would get left behind while benefiting (or least least not worsening the situation for) Welsh students.
I think I'm going to need a bit of time to digest this one.
I'll post up various links when I've taken a bit of time to understand it all and see what the reaction from assorted student bodies are.
Update: BBC Wales and The Guardian with their reports on the issue.
posted by Anonymous @ 15:50
2 comments
2 Comments:
we have a similar situation here in Canada... students from other provinces pay a higher tuition fee for their education than the local students. In some ways it makes sense, there is a small population here and it would be unfortunate if students from across Canada dominated the local universities. Best of Luck!
I thought charging non-Welsh students more would be illegal, ?
I don't believe in top-up fees but I'm worried by the Assembly's decision: they'll now pay the fee difference, but that money's needed for (for example) the NHS.
Post a Comment
<< Home