Cuts at universities across the country show that the university funding system needs to change. We are calling on the Government to put the higher education sector on a more solid footing with adequate funding, and in particular to consider the value for money in funding students to study outside of Wales. In 2023-24, a total of £553,473,000 of the Welsh Government’s budget was spent on living costs and tuition fees for Welsh students who chose to follow their higher education courses outside Wales.