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The financial cross-subsidy of programmes or activities, such as research through teaching, is an area of much debate in the HE sector, and one that finance committees and governing bodies should understand more fully when getting beneath the skin of budgeting and long-term forecasts. For example, it is recognised that UK government does not fund the full economic cost of university research, and the shortfall is made up often from (international) tuition fees. Universities as a responsible community may see the value of cross-subsidy between departments and activities, but increasingly, students are asking questions about cross-subsidy in from the context perspective of paying fees for a specific programme, rather than to support the wider student experience from which they benefit.