[LINK] Cinemas are dying

[Tom Worthington]

On 16/1/21 10:51 am, Stephen Loosley wrote:

> Ahh, but the above-mentioned figures make no mention of 2020. And
> now, the claim is that, “removing the theatre exclusivity-window ...

Something similar is happening with universities, with shorter 
qualifications, and more flexible delivery.

Government and university rules about having to attend class have been 
waived due to COVID-19, turning online education from a niche to the norm.

The Australian government invented a new undergraduate certificate and 
is funding those, along with graduate certificates online, as a way to 
keep those unable to work due to COVID-19 out of the unemployment 
figures. Students have been signing up, seeing the benefit of a 
qualification in six months instead of years for a degree. 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/05/undergraduate-certificates-to-be-added.html

Universities are also trying out micro-credentials, equivalent to about 
three weeks study. 
https://blog.highereducationwhisperer.com/2020/10/will-microcredentials-and-certificates.html

It will be interesting to see how many students go on to a degree and 
how many find six months study, supplemented by some micro-credentials 
are enough.


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