“…12 Thus, participants comprise a tinyp roportion (0.3 per cent)o ft he UK studentp opulation so mayb ev irtually invisible within highere ducation institutions, yetr epresentas ignificant proportion (3.4 per cent)i nr elation to the armed forces so will have primary visibility and significance there.The lack of visibility of the USUs within universities is significantb ecause it contributes to the lowknowledgebase aboutthe units across the highereducation sector. 13 The second pointr elatest o funding. The USUs aref unded through the defence budget,a lthoughfi nding an accuratea nd reliable figure fort otal capital and running costsh as proven impossible.…”