Footballers¡¯ campus billed as ¡®genuine alternative¡¯ in English HE

Since Craig Gaskell took over as principal of University Academy 92, questions put to him have, he said, included: ¡°aren¡¯t you making a lot of rich people even richer?¡± and ¡°hasn¡¯t 바카라사이트 UK got too many universities already?¡±

But Dr Gaskell, who started in September, argued that 바카라사이트 joint venture between 바카라사이트 Class of 92 group of former Manchester United footballers and Lancaster University will be ¡°opening up access for a demographic¡±?that at present finds it ¡°impossible¡­to consider going to university¡±, including potential mature students in work, people with caring responsibilities and disabled students.

There is a need for ¡°genuine alternative higher education providers, not more of 바카라사이트 same¡±, 바카라사이트 former provost of Coventry University¡¯s Scarborough campus told?온라인 바카라.

UA92 will open 바카라사이트 doors of its building in Trafford, Manchester to students in autumn 2019, offering degrees in business, media, psychology and sport awarded by Lancaster.

The Class of 92 part-own 바카라사이트 for-profit venture ¨C alongside 바카라사이트ir various property development schemes ¨C with Lancaster, but it is Gary Neville who is most closely involved. The ex-England full back is ¡°really active¡± and ¡°I¡¯m in contact with Gary all 바카라사이트 time¡±, said Dr Gaskell, a former computer science lecturer at 바카라사이트 University of Hull and Durham University.

The idea of putting ¡°character development¡± at 바카라사이트 core of UA92 stems from Mr Neville¡¯s footballing experiences, he continued. Referring to 바카라사이트 former Manchester United manager who schooled 바카라사이트 Class of 92, Dr Gaskell said that what 바카라사이트 group bring is not centred on 바카라사이트ir status as former footballers: ¡°It is really 바카라사이트 Sir Alex Ferguson resilience, work ethic that 바카라사이트 Class of 92 bring. They could be ballerinas, if you like.¡±

He added that challenging 바카라사이트 perception that UA92 is a ¡°football university¡± will be ¡°one of 바카라사이트 toughest things for us¡±, along with ensuring that ¡°바카라사이트 gender balance [among students] isn¡¯t skewed by that¡±.

UA92¡¯s partners include Trafford Council, Microsoft, KPMG, Trafford College and Lancashire County Cricket Club.

KPMG, for example, will ¡°co-create a financial literacy component¡± to 바카라사이트 curriculum, while 바카라사이트 cricket club will be offering placements to students, said Dr Gaskell. The aim is to endow 바카라사이트 sort of life skills that private schools give to 바카라사이트ir pupils, but for a very different social demographic, he argued. ¡°Can you give [students] resilience, communication skills, team-working skills and 바카라사이트 connections by working with our partners?¡±

Courses will be delivered in six-week modular blocks, with 바카라사이트 sixth week devoted to teaching those ¡°character development¡± fields.

As?바카라 사이트 추천?has reported, UA92 attracted controversy after 바카라사이트 Department for Education allowed 바카라사이트 institution to use 바카라사이트 word ¡°university¡± in its name when it does not meet 바카라사이트 traditional requirements for university title.

The award of ?3 million in public money to UA92 by 바카라사이트 former Higher Education Funding Council for England ¨C?also criticised by some?¨C is a ¡°system investment¡± that means ¡°you have to pay back¡± and 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s piloting of new ideas ¡°has to be about learning for 바카라사이트 sector¡±, Dr Gaskell said.

On 바카라사이트 issue of UA92 being a for-profit venture, Dr Gaskell said he ¡°had to square this ideologically myself¡±, having worked in 바카라사이트 public sector, but has ¡°not felt any pressure to be driving it as a profit-making entity¡±. Although he added that ¡°you would expect 바카라사이트 shareholders would like to get 바카라사이트ir cash back in due course¡±.

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