EU students and staff welcome at Swansea University – Kirsty Williams / EU students and staff welcome at Welsh Universities

On her first visit to the city since being appointed as the Education Secretary for Wales, Kirsty Williams said on the 14 July 2016 students and staff from across the European Union were welcome at Swansea University, and elsewhere in Wales, despite the result of the UK following the EU referendum in June 2016 to leave the EU.

Cardiff University: News, 24.06.16: EU referendum result http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/news/view/366791-eu-referendum-result

ESO: In Focus: Brexit - The United Kingdom and the European Union http://www.europeansources.info/record/brexit-the-united-kingdom-and-the-european-union/

BBC News, 30.06.16: Welsh universities 'to come out other side' after Brexit http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-wales-36670946

The Independent, 15.07.16: EU students ‘cancel places at Aberystwyth University’ post-Brexit http://www.independent.co.uk/student/news/eu-students-in-uk-after-brexit-eu-referendum-aberystwyth-university-wales-a7139046.html

Wales: Government: Press Release, 05.07.16: EU students and staff welcome at Welsh Universities http://gov.wales/newsroom/educationandskills/2016/eu-students-and-staff-welcome-at-welsh-unis/?lang=en

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