{"id":2886,"date":"2010-03-22T15:27:21","date_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:27:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=2886"},"modified":"2010-03-22T15:33:35","modified_gmt":"2010-03-22T19:33:35","slug":"universities-look-into-the-future","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2010\/03\/22\/universities-look-into-the-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Universities look into the future &#8211; from the BBC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/news.bbc.co.uk\/2\/hi\/uk_news\/education\/8577272.stm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2888\" title=\"univ-look-into-future-bbc-3-20-10\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/univ-look-into-future-bbc-3-20-101.jpg\" alt=\"The current funding crisis will transform Britain's universities by 2020. \" width=\"508\" height=\"504\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/univ-look-into-future-bbc-3-20-101.jpg 508w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/03\/univ-look-into-future-bbc-3-20-101-150x148.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 508px) 100vw, 508px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Quotes below &#8212; with <em>emphasis from DSC<\/em><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Already more than one in three students studies part-time and one in six is from overseas. <strong><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">There will be more mature students, more studying part-time, more living in their own or their parents&#8217; homes, and many more studying online.&#8221;<\/span><\/strong> <em><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There will be more tailor-made vocational courses, <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">operated in partnership with individual companies and employers.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">There will be <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">more &#8220;pick-and-mix&#8221; degrees, <\/span><\/strong>with <strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">students accumulating course credits at different universities, even across different countries, and with gaps for employment in between.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>Students will increasingly become &#8220;consumers&#8221; as we reach the tipping-point<\/strong><\/span> where their contribution to the cost of the degree is greater than that made by the government.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #800000;\">Private providers<\/span><\/strong> will take over an increasing share of the university market.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>The all-round university will increasingly lose out to more specialised institutions.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Finally, universities will become <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>more global. <\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Quotes below &#8212; with emphasis from DSC Already more than one in three students studies part-time and one in six is from overseas. 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