Oh, I know that foreign students are the universities' cash cows - but I don't see how this decision of the Welsh Assembly is going to make a Chinese student more, or less, likely to pick a Welsh uni over an English one. It'll cost them the same either way.
On the other hand, it's possible that Welsh unis may now get a far larger proportion of the (admittedly smaller) pool of EU applicants, once they realise that the Welsh Assembly will be subsidising them. If I were a Spanish student coming to study in the UK I'd certainly pick Cardiff over Bristol if it was going to save me about £15,000.
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On the other hand, it's possible that Welsh unis may now get a far larger proportion of the (admittedly smaller) pool of EU applicants, once they realise that the Welsh Assembly will be subsidising them. If I were a Spanish student coming to study in the UK I'd certainly pick Cardiff over Bristol if it was going to save me about £15,000.