<p>With everybody going on about £9000 university fees, I&#8217;m wondering&#8230;</p> <p>Why can&#8217;t universities offering courses that don&#8217;t require lots of resources (eg labs), that have a mature syllabus offer them cheaper, and then courses that are expensive to run, (medicine) more expensive?</p> <p>obviouslly the&#8217;re be some subjects where earnings from research could justifiably subsidise the courses? Or do I just have the wrong end of the stick?</p>