Innovation in HE is so rare that any attempts to change the status quo should really be applauded. The University of Buckingham plans to take advantage of government policy and offer a 2-year degree. Just use the long summer holiday - how innovative!
The initiative possibly misses the point that 3 or 4-year degrees provide opportunities for maturity development, reflection, experience and application that may not be accomplished in shorter timeframes by the average student - but that's for another blog.
It is about time that Universities were shaken up - selling the same old stuff to the same old customers has seen many household names in the corporate world miss out on trends and disappear. The strongest, and best, plan, build and change their strategy in a major way so that the "new" opportunities are met and the right resources are in the right places.
But - "Babies and Bathwater!" I hear you cry. And you'd be right to question some innovations. Not everything about the old ways of doing things is wrong, not everything needs to be changed but we DO need to question it all.
The initiative possibly misses the point that 3 or 4-year degrees provide opportunities for maturity development, reflection, experience and application that may not be accomplished in shorter timeframes by the average student - but that's for another blog.
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But - "Babies and Bathwater!" I hear you cry. And you'd be right to question some innovations. Not everything about the old ways of doing things is wrong, not everything needs to be changed but we DO need to question it all.
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