Welsh Students Staying Close to Home to Cut the Cost of Their Degree

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Welsh universities and colleges witnessed an astonishing 11% rise in students from Wales over the past year, according to the latest official figures released yesterday. The rise, which comes amid a general decline in UK university admissions, has been attributed to Wales' resistance to top-up fees for homegrown students.

But student leaders last night expressed fears that top-up fees over the border could erode key elements of the university experience, such as gaining independence and seeing 'other parts of the world'.

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Welsh Students Staying Close to Home to Cut the Cost of Their Degree

The 2006 statistics, released by the Universities and Colleges Admissions Service (Ucas), show Welsh student admissions to English universities dropped by 14.1% - from 6,324 t...

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