that hasn't risen for seven years, but costs have, leaving some universities with financial challenges. 2.2kmph. here at coventry universities, they've been targeting overseas students to help them balance the books. that's great. 0verseas students pay considerably more than a uk student, and that then cross—subsidises the uk undergraduate fee. we don't see any prospect right now of that increasing. and in order to maintain the outstanding quality of uk higher education, more universities have put more effort into international student recruitment. i know for this coursework that time is very limited. if tuition fees for universities were raised, it could reduce the need for overseas students. but that would cost a lot. and it hasn't happened. with regards to education, would you say the government has also there made a choice for immigration? yeah, of course it has. so it decided to introduce fees for domestic students at about £9,000, and then it also decided not to increase them. that's a choice of the government not to fund education in a particular way. the inevitable consequence is more immigration. can yo