Very good thread and agree with most of the above comments
But......... just to play devils advocate and to look at this from another angle the reason why some people chose cheap/short courses is because thats what they can afford & as much as they would like to just simply cannot afford to spend that kind of money on education. If the well known large company's are so keen on changing/improving on the quality of standards out there then why not make THIER education and teaching more accesable to people who are on limited means so they dont have to use a cheap short course. Someone on the min wage who lives alone could not possible afford £500ish for a foundation couse & then £50 per hour for 121 skill building on a regular basis. So what do they do???? They will choose a course that they can afford to do but beacuse the course is rubbish they go out into world without the proper training needed & end up doing more harm then good.
(P.S this is NOT MY PERSONAL OPPINION on education) I belive you get what you pay for & am lucky enough to be able to afford decent education but still think its a valid point :hug:
But......... just to play devils advocate and to look at this from another angle the reason why some people chose cheap/short courses is because thats what they can afford & as much as they would like to just simply cannot afford to spend that kind of money on education. If the well known large company's are so keen on changing/improving on the quality of standards out there then why not make THIER education and teaching more accesable to people who are on limited means so they dont have to use a cheap short course. Someone on the min wage who lives alone could not possible afford £500ish for a foundation couse & then £50 per hour for 121 skill building on a regular basis. So what do they do???? They will choose a course that they can afford to do but beacuse the course is rubbish they go out into world without the proper training needed & end up doing more harm then good.
(P.S this is NOT MY PERSONAL OPPINION on education) I belive you get what you pay for & am lucky enough to be able to afford decent education but still think its a valid point :hug: