tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230830988577370012.post2997244146478329292..comments2023-04-21T03:30:05.199+01:00Comments on RichardHorsman.com: How Long is a Piece of String?Richard Horsmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12870193588395496620noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230830988577370012.post-45175565160564866492017-12-17T13:51:11.881+00:002017-12-17T13:51:11.881+00:00Hi Nigel.
Delighted to hear I'm not alone in...Hi Nigel. <br /><br />Delighted to hear I'm not alone in advocating the creation of "real world" environments within Universities, albeit with safeguards to support trainees who find the transition difficult. <br /><br />I agree those on intensive courses mature much faster, and I achieved a 93% employment rate with my trainees in one of the most competitive of sectors for new entrants. I'm satisfied with that.<br /><br />The challenge is now for other institutions to wake up and realise a delivery model established in the nineteenth century is not always the best way for Universities to operate in the twenty first. <br /><br />Richard Horsmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12870193588395496620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3230830988577370012.post-77719931912995729642017-12-17T06:36:01.500+00:002017-12-17T06:36:01.500+00:00Hi Richard,
I agree with your excellent blog abou...Hi Richard,<br /><br />I agree with your excellent blog about shorter degrees.<br /><br />I am sharing your blog with Roger Perkins, my colleague who runs our Journalism and Media Programmes at the University of Buckingham and His thoughts will be interesting.<br /><br />I run the world's first undergraduate Venture Creation Programme (BSc Business Enterprise) at the University of Buckingham. We make our BBE programme as "real world" as possible, so working students for two years, 8 terms is closer to the real world. My students also must start and run a real business as an integral part of their honours degree. See more details here: http://bit.ly/bbe_independent<br /><br />One result of working on our BBE programme is that the students mature quicker than non-BBE students. Not surprisingly, none are unemployed after graduating. Even if they don't continue their business or start a new one, they easily find jobs, especially in fast-growing start ups or they return to family businesses.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00891459566592488881noreply@blogger.com