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Dialogue: 0,0:00:00.34,0:00:05.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In 2030, one company - Universality - controls 71% of all higher education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.78,0:00:08.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,This film documents what it is like to study at, teach at, and work with Universality.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:08.96,0:00:10.25,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Universality - the singular college for the connected world.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:10.25,0:00:12.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's incredible to think how quickly
Dialogue: 0,0:00:12.51,0:00:17.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Universality has changed the marketplace for Higher Education in the UK.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:17.06,0:00:20.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Using OER materials and peer support,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:20.51,0:00:23.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,both of which are available to all for free -
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.43,0:00:27.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and coupling this with paid for tutorials, practical sessions
Dialogue: 0,0:00:27.95,0:00:31.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and examinations and accreditation
Dialogue: 0,0:00:31.02,0:00:32.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it has offered opportunities
Dialogue: 0,0:00:32.62,0:00:38.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to students and employers to benefit from Higher Education.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:38.06,0:00:42.51,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It has also completely changed the nature of academic employment in the UK
Dialogue: 0,0:00:42.51,0:00:47.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In this short film we will be talking to some of the key stakeholders.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.33,0:00:48.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our students
Dialogue: 0,0:00:48.18,0:00:50.04,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Learning that fits the way I live my life... and the needs of my employer"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:50.04,0:00:52.05,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I`m investing in my future. I pay only for what I need"
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.06,0:00:53.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"It's the flexibility that works for me.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:53.98,0:00:56.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I only pay for what I use and I get where and when I want it.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.90,0:00:59.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I've been studying chemistry mainly through watching lectures
Dialogue: 0,0:00:59.76,0:01:01.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and interacting with the materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.44,0:01:04.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,though I paid for a couple of tutorials too.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:04.12,0:01:06.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I can't afford the practical week though
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.15,0:01:08.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I'm saving up to take the level one exam next year.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.84,0:01:11.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Formative tests are predicting a B for me at the moment
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.40,0:01:12.87,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so I want to get a bit more work in
Dialogue: 0,0:01:12.87,0:01:14.96,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The other students have been really helpful
Dialogue: 0,0:01:14.96,0:01:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in pointing me towards the right materials.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:17.18,0:01:19.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And it will take me a year to save up the fee as well.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:19.60,0:01:20.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our associated employers...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:20.40,0:01:21.83,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we employ graduates who can start work on day 1.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:21.83,0:01:22.95,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We can access training and qualifications
Dialogue: 0,0:01:22.98,0:01:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that directly meet our immediate business needs.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:24.46,0:01:25.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,SIMON HAZELL, HR DIRECTOR, BEACON MEDIA:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.14,0:01:27.72,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We've employed exclusively graduates for years,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:27.72,0:01:30.66,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but we've always found we've had to retrain them
Dialogue: 0,0:01:30.67,0:01:31.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in our way of doing things
Dialogue: 0,0:01:31.74,0:01:33.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,before they can start work.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:33.71,0:01:37.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In business, we need to find employees that meet our immediate needs,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:37.44,0:01:39.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but by the time we've retrained them for six months
Dialogue: 0,0:01:39.37,0:01:40.81,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we might as well not have bothered
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.81,0:01:42.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- we need something else."
Dialogue: 0,0:01:42.70,0:01:44.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"With Universality we have our corporate training
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.89,0:01:46.43,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,built in to what the students learn,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:46.43,0:01:48.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,so they start with us
Dialogue: 0,0:01:48.10,0:01:51.64,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and they've already got the skills and knowledge they need to do a good job,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:51.64,0:01:54.15,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,instead of a degree in something irrelevant.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:54.15,0:01:55.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No more graduate trouble makers,
Dialogue: 0,0:01:55.89,0:01:59.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just good workers ready to start their career with us"
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.02,0:01:59.55,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our staff...
Dialogue: 0,0:01:59.55,0:02:01.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I build my reputation and earning power
Dialogue: 0,0:02:01.31,0:02:02.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,through releasing open resources.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:02.44,0:02:04.01,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I work with employers to make sure that that students have the right skills.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.01,0:02:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,DR HEATHER CAMPBELL, ANTHROPOLOGY TUTOR, UNIVERSALITY INC.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.48,0:02:10.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"Working for Universality was a natural result of the popularity of my materials,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.09,0:02:14.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,one of my lectures had the highest student and peer satisfaction rating for over two years.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:14.71,0:02:16.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Now I'm paid based on these ratings
Dialogue: 0,0:02:16.93,0:02:19.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I'm reaching millions of students every day."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:19.31,0:02:23.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"At my level I don't get involved with tutorials or student support,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:23.28,0:02:25.71,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,unless the student is willing to pay the premium.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:25.71,0:02:28.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I do a lot of custom stuff for key business partners,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:28.54,0:02:30.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's very well paid.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:30.78,0:02:33.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There were some nice things about the old universities:
Dialogue: 0,0:02:33.00,0:02:35.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,the sense of community, the sense of being a part of history...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.40,0:02:38.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I quite enjoyed some of the research too.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:38.54,0:02:40.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But these days I'm recognised as being a good tutor,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.84,0:02:45.37,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and I've got a huge international profile as one of Universality's rising stars."
Dialogue: 0,0:02:45.37,0:02:46.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The government...
Dialogue: 0,0:02:46.58,0:02:47.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we are delighted by the way universality has invigorated the HE market.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:47.36,0:02:49.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Universality awards accredited UK degrees.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.27,0:02:49.93,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,THE RIGHT HONOURABLE CAROLINE SPENCER MP, MINISTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION
Dialogue: 0,0:02:49.93,0:02:52.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We all loved the Universality concept,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:52.24,0:02:56.29,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but it still came as a surprise how quickly it became the dominant mode of teaching.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.29,0:02:59.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Like Spotify did with music in the late noughties,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:59.60,0:03:02.54,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it made most business models look antiquated.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.54,0:03:05.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's hard to believe that in 2010
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.34,0:03:08.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,there were more than one hundred UK universities
Dialogue: 0,0:03:08.19,0:03:12.21,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- these days 71% of undergraduate qualifications worldwide
Dialogue: 0,0:03:12.21,0:03:16.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,are awarded through Universality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:16.11,0:03:18.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We were hoping for something like this
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.32,0:03:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when we seperated degree awarding powers from teaching, back in 2012.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:22.24,0:03:24.97,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Some people are worried about a monopoly,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:24.97,0:03:28.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but why worry when so many students are learning so much
Dialogue: 0,0:03:28.86,0:03:31.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that could benefit them in their career."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:31.12,0:03:32.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Chief Executive Officer...
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.18,0:03:32.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,we use open educational resources
Dialogue: 0,0:03:32.84,0:03:33.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and then charge students for support, testing, and to graduate.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:33.92,0:03:34.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our staff costs are low,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.98,0:03:35.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we make additional revenue via display advertisments and student fees.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:35.74,0:03:36.100,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CHARLES VINCENT, VICE-CHANCELLOR/CEO, UNIVERSALITY INC
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.100,0:03:40.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We've built a huge and profitable business,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:40.08,0:03:41.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,with millions of customers.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:41.48,0:03:47.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's a huge step away from the amateurism of the old university sector.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:47.10,0:03:50.17,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Tutor's roles are now clearly defined,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:50.17,0:03:52.31,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and we pay them for what they actually do
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.31,0:03:54.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and how much business they attract.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:54.32,0:03:56.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And were an ethical business
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.02,0:03:59.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,- we're putting all our materials online for free for anyone to use."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:59.13,0:04:03.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"We charge students for tutorials,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:03.27,0:04:04.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for face-to-face activities,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.84,0:04:06.75,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,for exams and graduation ,
Dialogue: 0,0:04:06.75,0:04:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the fees for the last two are reduced
Dialogue: 0,0:04:08.58,0:04:10.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,when they pay for other services.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:10.86,0:04:13.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,But even so, a third of our students just pay for the exams.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:13.44,0:04:17.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Our Academics are paid to produce materials
Dialogue: 0,0:04:17.18,0:04:19.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,good enough to draw people in to paying for more services."
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.92,0:04:22.59,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"I'm delighted to be a part of this brave new world"
Dialogue: 0,0:04:22.59,0:04:24.89,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Universality - the singular college for the connected world.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.89,0:04:28.19,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,this is only one possible picture of higher education in 2030.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:28.21,0:04:30.79,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"...we deliver practices that we claim radical, but which simply replicate or re-produce a dominant political economy, in line with the ideology of accepted business models. So that which we claim as innovatory becomes subservient to a dominant mode of production and merely enables institutions to have power- over our products and labour, rather than it being a shared project..witness the desire for HE to become more "business-like" (Richard Hall, De Monfort University)
Dialogue: 0,0:04:30.79,0:04:34.50,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It might be that you wouldn't choose to work or to study at Universality.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:34.52,0:04:38.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The quotes below from Richard Hall and from Jim Groom
Dialogue: 0,0:04:38.82,0:04:42.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,might suggest some areas we may wish to consider.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:42.57,0:04:43.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,if we have an alternative vision.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:43.14,0:04:45.34,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What we have is an economy disinvesting its own workforce from the bottom up in the name of efficiency, cost cutting measures, and productivity - but in the end we're all just fodder for profit-driven system that depends up the exploitation of the many for the wealth of the few". (Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:45.34,0:04:46.70,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,We have a lot of thinking to do
Dialogue: 0,0:04:46.72,0:04:56.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,"What we have is an economy disinvesting its own workforce from the bottom up in the name of efficiency, cost cutting measures, and productivity - but in the end we're all just fodder for profit-driven system that depends up the exploitation of the many for the wealth of the few."(Jim Groom, University of Mary Washington).
Dialogue: 0,0:04:57.52,0:05:00.03,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,CREDITS: Universality, Inic.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:00.03,0:05:02.47,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Available under a creative commons attribution license.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:02.47,0:05:04.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Produced by David Kernohan.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:04.08,0:05:06.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Based on a workshop by David Kernohan, Sheila MacNeil, Heather Price and Li Yuan at ALT-C 2010.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:06.88,0:05:09.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Cheesy stock photography from the Microsoft Clip Art collection.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:09.76,0:05:11.56,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Music by "This Economic Climate"
Dialogue: 0,0:05:11.56,0:05:12.53,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The opinions expressed in this film
Dialogue: 0,0:05:12.53,0:05:13.33,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,may not be those of the organisations and individuals involved.
Dialogue: 0,0:05:13.33,0:05:14.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Any resemblance to any people, companies or institutions, living or dead, is purely coincidental.