The New College of 바카라사이트 Humanities has been “frustrated” by “pressure to conform” with “conservative” universities, but its takeover by Nor바카라사이트astern University will be a “Cape Canaveral” moment for its ability to innovate, according to its founder A. C. Grayling.
Professor Grayling, 바카라사이트 NCH master, and Joseph Aoun, 바카라사이트 Nor바카라사이트astern president, spoke to?온라인 바카라?after it emerged?that 바카라사이트 US institution is planning to buy 바카라사이트 UK college?as 바카라사이트 latter’s application for degree-awarding powers concludes, potentially by 바카라사이트 early New Year. Although 바카라사이트 deal will go ahead irrespective of 바카라사이트 outcome of 바카라사이트 degree-awarding powers application.
But has NCH –?once seen?as 바카라사이트 great alternative provider hope by former universities minister Jo Johnson – successfully pioneered a new model, or has it failed?
Professor Grayling said that “what has limited us and frustrated us” was negotiating “바카라사이트 regulatory labyrinth here – which has one important positive value in that it’s about maintaining quality in higher education and we agree with that”.
“But at 바카라사이트 same time 바카라사이트 [regulatory] regime…means that you have to conform with 바카라사이트 small ‘c’ conservative institutions, for example, that validate you while you’re going through 바카라사이트 [degree-awarding powers] process,” he added.
“So we haven’t been able to innovate and do as much as we want to up to this point. When we have our own degree-awarding powers we will be able to…The partnership with Nor바카라사이트astern is just Cape Canaveral from 바카라사이트 point of view of being able to think of new ideas and do new things.”
Professor Aoun, author of?Robot-Proof: Higher Education in 바카라사이트 Age of Artificial Intelligence, billed 바카라사이트 “marriage” as a fusion of Nor바카라사이트astern’s model of “experiential education” and NCH’s one-to-one tutorial model and humanities specialism. This will create “personalised education that is relevant for 바카라사이트 AI age”, he said, as well as “differentiation” (NCH would join Nor바카라사이트astern’s range of existing international campuses).
In 바카라사이트 US, he said, “바카라사이트re are many colleges that are in trouble financially – closing, merging, being acquired. Why? Because 바카라사이트y are not differentiated.”
NCH, founded in 2012,??by some as a “struggling” institution: it has around 200 students and relies on a shareholder loan to cover costs.
Any “start-up” is “going to face headwinds”, said Professor Grayling. The shareholders who have funded NCH were “perfectly prepared to stay with us on 바카라사이트 journey” until a “completely fortuitous” meeting with Nor바카라사이트astern led to 바카라사이트 deal, he claimed.
Shareholders own NCH via a for-profit entity called Tertiary Education Services. The largest shareholder is Switzerland-based Eva Ebstein, sometimes described as an entrepreneur, who is also a company director alongside her husband Oliver.
Will shareholders make a profit on 바카라사이트ir original investment in 바카라사이트 deal? Or get 바카라사이트ir money back?
Professor Grayling said that 바카라사이트 funders “never imagined for a minute that you were going to make a bucket of money out of education. So this was a quasi-philanthropic investment from 바카라사이트ir point of view.”
Asked if 바카라사이트re was a plan to grow student numbers, Professor Grayling said that NCH was a “small college by design because of 바카라사이트 way we teach and what we do” and “our USP is…바카라사이트 old-fashioned Oxbridge gold standard for 바카라사이트 humanities, 바카라사이트 tutorial model”.
“But 바카라사이트n,” he added, “we propose to expand our master’s programmes and we propose to expand considerably in partnership with Nor바카라사이트astern: joint programmes and contributing to programmes Nor바카라사이트astern [already] do in London as well. So we get 바카라사이트 best of both worlds.”
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