Welsh students studying elsewhere in the UK could lose a £1,000 grant if Plaid Cymru runs the next Welsh government, the party has confirmed.
Under the current student loans system, all Welsh students receive at least a £1k living costs grant, and potentially more depending on their household income, wherever they choose to study in the UK.
They can then choose whether to take out a means-tested living costs loan to top it up to a set limit, based on whether they study in or outside of London or live at home.
The Welsh Conservatives said the plan reflected "extremely divisive nationalist ideology" and removed "freedom of choice".
Plaid has been calling for a review of higher education funding after Cardiff, Bangor and University of South Wales were among Welsh institutions announcing job cuts.
