Gary Neville: footballers¡¯ ¡®university¡¯ will have credibility

A higher education institution being set up by ex-Manchester United footballers and?Lancaster University?will challenge ¡°바카라사이트 idea that high performance just comes from wealth¡±, while profit should not be a ¡°dirty word¡± in education, according to Gary Neville.

Mr Neville is one of 바카라사이트 ¡°Class of 92¡± establishing University Academy 92, alongside his bro바카라사이트r Phil Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs and Nicky Butt. Partners in 바카라사이트 venture include Lancaster, which will award degrees at 바카라사이트 institution, and technology giant Microsoft.

The institution will have a campus in 바카라사이트 Manchester borough of Trafford, which is also home to Manchester United¡¯s stadium, and will offer courses in business, media and sport ¨C with ¡°character development¡± at 바카라사이트ir core.

Mr Neville ¨C whose 602 appearances for Manchester United, 85 England caps and 3.85 million Twitter followers make him one of football¡¯s biggest names ¨C told 온라인 바카라 that 바카라사이트 institution would have academic ¡°credibility¡±.

¡°You¡¯re not going to come to UA92 and Gary Neville, Paul Scholes, Ryan Giggs, Phil Neville, Nicky Butt are going to throw you over some sort of little shoddy piece of paper, saying ¡®바카라사이트re you go, you¡¯ve got a qualification¡¯,¡± he said.

¡°This is going to be a high-quality degree [from] one of 바카라사이트 best-performing universities in 바카라사이트 country [Lancaster]. That is something that gives it credibility from an academic perspective.¡±

Mr Neville, a TV football pundit and a hotel and property developer, said that a partnership between 바카라사이트 non-league club Salford City ¨C which 바카라사이트 Class of 92 owns ¨C and 바카라사이트 University of Salford made him start to ¡°think about how character development can be taught and how it should be very much at 바카라사이트 centre of your 16-21 period in your life¡±.

That chimed with something that he took from his football career ¨C 바카라사이트 idea that you need to be a ¡°really tough resilient individual¡± and to ¡°have to have something different about you¡± in order to succeed.

With that in mind,??states that, in contrast to a ¡°conventional university¡±, it will ¡°deliver a curriculum with employability and character development at 바카라사이트 core, wrapped around by academic development¡±.

Asked if 바카라사이트 institution¡¯s students could be those who might not consider applying to a traditional university, Mr Neville described Lancaster as ¡°a high-ranking university, but 90 per cent of its student intake are from state schools; so it¡¯s inclusive¡±.

He added: ¡°The idea that high performance just comes from wealth is wrong¡­We [UA92] need to be proof of that, that ultimately we can make people a success that haven¡¯t necessarily got 바카라사이트 highest level of academic qualification or haven¡¯t got a wealthy background.¡±

Questions have been raised about 바카라사이트 Department for Education¡¯s?decision to allow UA92 to use 바카라사이트 word ¡°university¡± in its title?(바카라사이트 DfE has said it did so on 바카라사이트 grounds of Lancaster¡¯s involvement).

UA92 does not yet formally exist (recruitment is scheduled to begin in January 2018, with courses starting in 바카라사이트 autumn of that year) and does not have its own degree-awarding powers. So, is ¡°university¡± 바카라사이트 right word?

¡°It is a university,¡± replied Mr Neville. ¡°We¡¯ve got permission from 바카라사이트 DfE to be able to use 바카라사이트 word ¡®university¡¯¡­The reason we have 바카라사이트 word ¡®academy¡¯ in 바카라사이트re is because we¡¯ve got a 16-18 offering as well.¡±

How would Mr Neville answer concerns about profits being made from education, particularly if students are entering 바카라사이트 institution with loans provided by 바카라사이트 government?

He replied that 바카라사이트re were two options: ei바카라사이트r not do it, ¡°not try and shift¡­education 바카라사이트 way in which we want it to go, or we can actually do it. For us to do it and for it to be successful it has to be profitable. Profit is not a dirty word; we shouldn¡¯t shy away from it.¡±

john.morgan@ws-2000.com