Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid

Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by prefect42 on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:35AM (#12873382)

That last sentence is not a clear statement.

Is that supposed to mean: that any accreditation by UofWarwick somehow applies to Dyson as well? The FAQ simply doesn't mention any accreditation whatsoever specifically for Dyson. Could be rather important, one way or the other.

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by nicoburns on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:50AM (#12873511)

It's fairly standard for non-academic teaching organisations to have their degrees sponsored by an established university. For example the Centre for Alternative Technology offers a number of masters courses without itself being a university [0]. This is probably more common for postgrad courses, but no reason why it couldn't work for undergrad too.

https://gse.cat.org.uk

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by KJP191 on Friday November 04, 2016 @12:22PM (#12873739)

Academic teaching organisations too, for that matter. It's quite common for a college to also offer some degree-level courses that are accredited by a local university.

(Note to non-Brits: "college" in the UK is mostly for lower-level and vocational courses, it's not a synonym for university like in the US)

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Re:Dyson opens Britain’s first degree where students get paid by dbbk on Friday November 04, 2016 @11:56AM (#12873558)

It's actually also quite common for undergraduate courses in the media industries.

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