If students can study online from Bangalore why is it not more common in the UK?
How full time are full time students in the UK?
New figures show that 77% university UK students now work to help fund their studies – compared to just 59% last year and 57% in 2013. 14% of those asked said that they now hold down full-time jobs.
It begs the question how these students do it and whether they are already de facto studying online while paying full time course fees.
How long will it be before 100% online degrees are offered more formally? Or will it need 7 day academic working like the challenges facing NHS doctors? Interestingly interactive online already exists in the international market. Facetime replaces face to face. Group work and mentoring are online and new kinds of student experience are emerging.
If students are already working online to a far greater degree than acknowledged, but not yet getting the benefits of the reduced cost associated with every other internet revolution how long can that last?
The UK government universities minister Jo Johnson in a recent speech urged more diverse study and price options for students.
There are new providers like London School of Marketing already providing online courses while Global Business School Oxford focusing on business studies and MBA’s, have a majority of students in full time work, studying online from the other side of the world. If those students can do it from Bangalore why is it not more common in the UK.
The university world may have got over the initial fashion and fanfare for MOOCs but that was just the BETA testing phase of a revolution and the online learning train is still steaming towards them.
What do you think?
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