EU offers 'big advantages' for Welsh universities

A UK exit from the European Union would be "to the detriment" of Welsh universities, one of their most senior figures has warned.

Prof Colin Riordan, chairman of Universities Wales and vice chancellor of Cardiff University, said the EU offered "big advantages" for research.

He said the loss of access to schemes like Erasmus, which allows people to study abroad, would be "a real tragedy" for future students.

The prime minister has promised an in-out EU referendum by the end of 2017.