Welsh students punished again by tuition fee hike, to leave them in debt more than twice that in Scotland

By Professor John Robertson OBA

Thanks to AR for alerting me to this:

Today from BBC Wales:

University fees in Wales are set to rise to £9,535 a year – nearly a £300 increase – from September 2025.

The Welsh government announcement brings tuition costs in Wales in line with a hike in fees already announced by the UK government for universities in England.

It is the second increase in charges for Welsh courses within a year, after the maximum charge went up from £9000 to £9250 from September 2024.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c5yw97y9xnwo?s=03

Things were already bad for students in Wales, under Labour:

Average student debt statistics across the UK

As of 2022-23, the average student loan debt across the UK was highest in England (£44,940), followed by:

  • Wales (£35,780)
  • Northern Ireland (£24,500)
  • Scotland (£15,430)

Source:

https://www.confused.com/student/student-finance-facts#:~:text=Average%20student%20debt%20statistics%20across,Scotland%20(%C2%A315%2C430)

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2 thoughts on “Welsh students punished again by tuition fee hike, to leave them in debt more than twice that in Scotland”

  1. Is that student loans and tuition fees in total in RUK? I read a few years ago they Tories sold some student ‘debt’ to debt companies (some Tories have financial interests in debt companies). Those with the ‘debt’ hanging over their heads would be unable to get a mortgage, or any type of loans, and could end up in prison in England…if they didn’t pay off the student debt?

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    1. If I remember correctly some of the student debt was sold to an American Company or Companies.

      Scottish students’ debt comes from the cost of student residences. The Unis handed responsibility for providing residences to private companies with all too predictable consequences – sound familiar?

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