A university bar in Wales has been forced to close Coffee replaces beer as drink of choice for cash-strapped students

A university bar in Wales has been forced to close as students swap cider for cappucino as a cheaper option in an era of £9,000 a year tuition fees

A student bar at Aberystwyth University, where Prince Charles once spent a term, has shut due to a lack of patronage from students who have grown up in a Britain more preoccupied with "coffee culture". Student president Ben Meakin said: "More students are drinking coffee during the day while studying - and fewer are going out late into the night." The 15,000 students who attend the university were once well known for their love of drinking and a "party hard" mentality, but that has changed with the current undergraduate cohort - who will pay £9,000 in fees. Mr Meakin added: "This is partly because of the rise in tuition fees and students having to face further financial hardship. "So the university have chosen to improve the main union building to make it a more appealing living room on campus during the day time