Politics, politics, politics (so long and thanks for all the fish)

[Gutter Boy]

They'll have even less if EU students are able to pay the same fees as UK students, I'm sure I read universities make a loss on each UK student even at £9K a year. They're all propped up by grants and overseas fees.

Yeah, absolutely. Students cost £12k but are only funded at £9k. The extortionate international fees make up the difference.

The proposal though is that the government will fund at least the £3k shortfall to universities if the EU student goes ahead, as it's effectively the UK's fee for entering that completely unrelated Made in Europe scheme.