These include the abolition of student grants and the introduction of tuition fees.

BBC: NI students choose local universities

Since the Welsh Assembly recently extended the list of public bodies which will have to become bilingual to include such outfits as the Student Loans Company (based in Glasgow), further compulsion might seem likely.

ECONOMIST: There are stirrings at the extremes of Welsh nationalism

Campus groups include the nation's oldest student theater group and the largest student-run business.

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