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New Path in HE? Top UK University Proposes Dramatic Shift to Online-Only Degrees
Durham University is proposing online-only degrees as part of a radical restructuring process, Palatinate can reveal.
Confidential documents seen by Palatinate show that the University is planning “a radical restructure” of the Durham curriculum in order to permanently put online resources at the core of its educational offer, in response to the Covid-19 crisis and other ongoing changes in both national and international Higher Education.
The proposals seek to “invert Durham’s traditional educational model”, which revolves around collegiate residential study, replacing it with one that puts “online resources at the core enabling us to provide education at a distance.”
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