The Today Programme (BBC Radio 4) has picked up on the story about BPP being given degree awarding powers, noting that BPP’s share price has risen 13% on the back of the news. Surprisingly, BPP declined an invitation to go on the programme ‘because they did not wish to be drawn into a wider debate on education’ – which left the door open to Sally Hunt, General Secretary of the Universities and Colleges Union. Sally Hunt was not enthusiastic about the news and questioned why the Privy Council made the decision in the first place. She expressed concerns about standards and the possibility that a profit motive may make education a secondary matter. A fascinating interview and you may listen to it here. The BPP story is 11 min 34 secs in to the soundfile. The BBC does provide an excellent service by allowing one to listen again.
Peter Crisp, Dean of BPP Law School has, however, accepted an invitation to be interviewed by me at 9.00 on Friday morning to respond to Nigel Savage’s points made in the Charon podcast yesterday.
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Professor Patricia Leighton has written an interesting letter to Consilio on this issue: See Consilio Editorial blog.
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