THE latest news to emanate from Newport’s doomed university campus at Caerleon at least provides current students with some certainty about the remainder of their courses.

The University of South Wales announced in September that the 100-year-old Caerleon campus would close.

The university said it would cost £20 million to bring the campus up to standard, though anti-closure protesters claim this figure is closer to £5 million.

The Argus has seen documents that suggest bringing Caerleon up to the standard of rival campuses in Cardiff and Bristol, including accommodation, would actually cost up to £32 million – and that valuation was done in 2012.

We are pleased students in the second and third years of their courses will now remain at Caerleon and graduate from the campus.

And an immediate £3 million injection for the university’s city-centre campus in Newport is to be welcomed, as should future investment.

The bigger question – and we will not leave this issue alone – is what happens to the Caerleon campus once it closes as a centre for higher education in the summer of 2016.

We have suggested moving Caerleon Comprehensive School to the campus site to ensure education continues to be provided at the venue.

And we have yet to hear a good reason why that should not happen.