The recent Observatory of Borderless Higher Education (OBHE) article about what went wrong with UKeU is probably the most balanced and helpful commentary on UKeU yet published. The OBHE proposes that the key factors in what went wrong were timing, focus, branding, impatience and platform investment. I've got a few comments to make, particularly about […]
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UKeU Platform For Sale: new model, low mileage, one careful owner
May 5th, 2004
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The rather cryptic and anodyne HEFCE press release of 23 April is translated to the stark and painful reality of an advertisement in yesterday's UK Financial Times. “Expressions of interests are invited in relation to the business and assets of UK eUniversities Worldwide Limited (�UKeU�) The Company has invested a substantial amount in designing and […]
Observer article savages UKeU
March 24th, 2004
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The Observer article of last 21 March doesn't pull any punches. The ending has the real 'sting in the tail'. I've got a few comments to make so if you're interested read on. I'm not sure that the many HE and FE institutions running apparently successful e-learning programmes and projects would be happy with the […]
UK eUniversities Worldwide - Major restructure pending
March 2nd, 2004
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A newsfeed from the BBC reports on the restructuring of UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU) and follows on from a statement issued by the Higher Education Funding Council for England (HEFCE). A number of articles in the recent past had started to flag-up possible problems with the UKeU; one report by Donald MacLeod in the Educational […]
