Angry students demand value for fee money

I thought that this was soooo interesting, not only because it shows the power of the way that resourcing and financial regimes have to alter cultural expectations, but also because the metaphor/model at the end is rather like what schools may be heading towards under the most interesting and (I think) helpful and hopeful ideas for the development of education based on a learning facilitation approach rather than a 'fill 'em up' approach.

Baroness Ruth Deech, the Independent Adjudicator for Higher Education, ... Going to university, she added, was not like buying a package holiday. 'It is more like joining a gym,' she said. 'You pay money and they provide the facilities and trainers. Obviously they have to meet the quality promised, but after that it's up to you. It is a participative process.'

Interesting times ahead.
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