The government has pushed plans to allow universities to charge up from
£3,290 to£9,000 every year.
Universities wanting to charge more than £6,000 would have to undertake measures,
such as offering bursaries, summer schools and outreach programmed,
to encourage students from poorer backgrounds to apply.
The government will continue loan to students the fees.
And the graduates have to start paying their loans would be raised from
£15,000 to £21,000.
Renerence:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/education-11483638
Welsh students will be protected from increased tuition fees, the Welsh Assembly Government says.
Education Minister Leighton Andrews made the commitment as he outlined Wales' response to the UK government's plan to increase fees in England.
In Wales, basic tuition fees will rise to £6,000 per annum, or £9,000 in some circumstances.
But the assembly government will meet the cost of extra fees for students from Wales attending any UK university.
In a statement to the Senedd chamber, Mr Andrews said: "In other words, the increase in fees for Welsh domiciled students, whether they study in England or Wales or Scotland or Northern Ireland, will be paid by the Welsh Assembly Government.
"Welsh domiciled students will not have to find either £6,000 or £9,000 to study.
"The public purse will continue to subsidise higher education for Welsh domiciled students.
"Welsh students who go to university in 2012-13 will be paying the same in real terms as students who go to university in this academic year."
"I believe that the arrangements we've put in place are both fair, equitable and sustainable," he added.
