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Responding to the Challenge Alison Wride

Responding to the Challenge Alison Wride. Why we are talking about it . Higher fees Economic downturn and concerns about rates of return Higher than anticipated costs to government Parental / media pressure. Why we should be talking about it. We run the risk of Disengaged alumni

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Responding to the Challenge Alison Wride

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  1. Responding to the Challenge Alison Wride

  2. Why we are talking about it • Higher fees • Economic downturn and concerns about rates of return • Higher than anticipated costs to government • Parental / media pressure

  3. Why we should be talking about it • We run the risk of • Disengaged alumni • Unconvinced employers • Reactive changes to policy • Reactive increases in regulation

  4. The challenges we all face • Trade-offs • Contact hours / class sizes • Assessments / feedback • Surpluses and investments in staff / capital • Resistance to further change and implementation costs / timings • Deciding on a model

  5. Diversity • Just how homogenous is the academic experience? • Lectures/ tutorials/ seminars / workshops • We face the same challenges • We offer the same solutions • Why?

  6. Choice and diversity • We all value choice • We allow students to choose their programme • We allow them to choose their institution • But after that we limit choice

  7. A better experience • Can we improve the academic experience by offering greater choice? • How they study • When they study • Where they study

  8. What are the stoppers? • Costs • Tradition • Quality and consistency • Timeframes • Understanding a new approach

  9. What are the benefits? • Greater student engagement • Not with some students, but with each student • Specifically with the subject • Flexibility, suits students for their current lives, prepares them for their futures

  10. More on benefits • Requires insight • Not with some students, but with each student • Specifically with the subject • Flexibility, suits students for their current lives, prepares them for their futures

  11. Is it feasible? • A challenge for the current system • Implications for costs • Design • Delivery • Can we afford not to do it?

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