'Existential moment' for Welsh universities

WELSH universities are in an “acutely precarious position”, a parliamentary committee has warned. The alert follows a union claiming that there is “a real danger a Welsh university could collapse”.

- ABBIE WIGHTWICK

The Welsh affairs committee is calling on the UK and Welsh governments to look at university funding again. Vice chancellors claim the current model isn’t working as they face vast deficits and cuts.

MPs on the Welsh affairs committee are calling on the UK Government “to think again on how universities are supported at a systemic level and to work with the Welsh Government to put them on a sustainable footing.”

Universities say they are struggling to make ends meet with fewer higher paying international students, increased costs and home tuition fees not covering the price of running those courses.