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Coronavirus: University cap 'won't see English student raid'
Jun 2, 2020
English universities will not be able to "raid" Welsh institutions for students under UK government plans to cap enrolments, a university boss said.
The move is aimed at stopping Welsh, Scottish and Northern Irish universities recruiting more than their "fair share" of England-based students.
Welsh Education Minster Kirsty Williams raised concerns last week.
But Cardiff University vice-chancellor Colin Riordan said it should not affect the institution.
"Fortunately the way in the which the home cap has been introduced means it shouldn't really affect us," he told BBC Radio Wales Breakfast .
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"Our initial fear was that there would be a particular cap on Wales but that's not the case, the cap will apply to English institutions too, in which case it wouldn't be possible for English universities to raid Welsh students for English universities, so that's helpful."
Prof Riordan said about 40% of Cardiff's undergraduates come from England and the fear was with a drop in international students because of the pandemic, some individual universities may recruit more that are UK-based.
This would deprive other institutions that would get into "serious financial difficulty", he added.
However, he said: "What they've proposed is we'd be able to accept the same numbers as we were able to take in last year plus 6.5%, which allows growth in the system.
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