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If you want to know why student fees are so expensive (and universities want to put them up further) a key (under-recognised) reason is the systemic under-funding of research.

The university system has made research a key indicator of quality, a retention method for key staff & is central to many institutions' self-identity.

But years of under-funding have embedded a massive cross subsidy from student fees (mainly non-UK fees). Its never been a sustainable model!

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