Browne's Gamble

[purplecat]

Interesting criticism of the Browne report although I'm not qualified to comment on whether it's pessimism over the interaction of market forces and "culture" are justified.

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Comments

[fredbassett]

Interesting and, I think, largely accurate, article. I was hearing similar things in the VC's address to university court at Bristol last Friday.

Seeing University as a 'consumer led' experience does fill me with some horror. Much of what I learned at both tertiary college and uni can really only be evaluated with hindsight. At the time I don't think I was objectively able to evaluate much of the experience.

And the dictates of business have some unintended consequences. Students now seem to be signing up for some kinds of business awareness courses that frankly horrified me. I think I'd rather they just got pissed and had fun than went to courses like that. All employers really want is for the little buggers to be able to spell and punctuate properly!

[lukadreaming.livejournal.com]

Very interesting article. And, I suspect, much of what he says is accurate and will come to pass.

The whole 'students as consumers' thing is already in play and will increase, whether that's getting mummy and daddy to phone their tutor to make their excuses for them, or using the NSS and other feedback mechanisms to whine about how they sooooooo don't see why they have to write essays ...