A standard package of tuition fees and bursaries should be introduced for UK universities, an adviser to the Welsh Assembly Government has said.
Professor Teresa Rees said the different rates for a university education across the UK were "barking".
She said there should be a strategic decision on fees charged and bursaries available for all students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said higher education was a devolved matter.
Prof Rees has led two commissions on higher education for the Welsh assembly and is in favour of devolution.
'Unbelievably complicated'
However, the former pro-vice-chancellor of Cardiff University and professor in the School of Social Sciences at the university, said the current system of different fees across the UK is too complex.
"At the moment it's unbelievably complicated - if you're a student from Northern Ireland and you want to study in England, you know, what you'd be eligible for would be very different from an English student wanting to study in Scotland.
A standard package of tuition fees and bursaries should be introduced for UK universities, an adviser to the Welsh Assembly Government has said.
Professor Teresa Rees said the different rates for a university education across the UK were "barking".
She said there should be a strategic decision on fees charged and bursaries available for all students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said higher education was a devolved matter.
Prof Rees has led two commissions on higher education for the Welsh assembly and is in favour of devolution.
'Unbelievably complicated'
However, the former pro-vice-chancellor of Cardiff University and professor in the School of Social Sciences at the university, said the current system of different fees across the UK is too complex.
"At the moment it's unbelievably complicated - if you're a student from Northern Ireland and you want to study in England, you know, what you'd be eligible for would be very different from an English student wanting to study in Scotland.
Professor Teresa Rees said the different rates for a university education across the UK were "barking".
She said there should be a strategic decision on fees charged and bursaries available for all students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said higher education was a devolved matter.
Prof Rees has led two commissions on higher education for the Welsh assembly and is in favour of devolution.
'Unbelievably complicated'
However, the former pro-vice-chancellor of Cardiff University and professor in the School of Social Sciences at the university, said the current system of different fees across the UK is too complex.
"At the moment it's unbelievably complicated - if you're a student from Northern Ireland and you want to study in England, you know, what you'd be eligible for would be very different from an English student wanting to study in Scotland.
A standard package of tuition fees and bursaries should be introduced for UK universities, an adviser to the Welsh Assembly Government has said.
Professor Teresa Rees said the different rates for a university education across the UK were "barking".
She said there should be a strategic decision on fees charged and bursaries available for all students.
The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills said higher education was a devolved matter.
Prof Rees has led two commissions on higher education for the Welsh assembly and is in favour of devolution.
'Unbelievably complicated'
However, the former pro-vice-chancellor of Cardiff University and professor in the School of Social Sciences at the university, said the current system of different fees across the UK is too complex.
"At the moment it's unbelievably complicated - if you're a student from Northern Ireland and you want to study in England, you know, what you'd be eligible for would be very different from an English student wanting to study in Scotland.
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