90% discount on Gov't training

[gileso]

Hi

Has anyone else seen / applied for this: https://smallbusinesscharter.org/help-to-grow-mana...

£750 for a 12-week mini-MBA type programme from a University Business School seems like good value (esp for the powerfully-built company directors).

Anyone with any experience of this?

[Taita]

bump as I'm curious too

[Jockman]

My personal take. It’s a way for sub standard private companies to offer sub standard educational courses on the government purse strings.

I signed up then I reconsidered. Perhaps I’m just getting old and grumpy.

[Simpo Two]

Jockman said:

My personal take. It’s a way for sub standard private companies to offer sub standard educational courses on the government purse strings.

I signed up then I reconsidered. Perhaps I’m just getting old and grumpy.

Much like all Govt ideas get jumped on by bandits to hoover out the cash. Loft insulation anyone? Solar panels?

[carreauchompeur]

Hmmm, yep, looking at the run-down it could be a very wish washy nothing course. But could be good!

[gileso]

Jockman said:

My personal take. It’s a way for sub standard private companies to offer sub standard educational courses on the government purse strings.

I signed up then I reconsidered. Perhaps I’m just getting old and grumpy.

From my take it's run by University Business Schools - are they sub-standard private companies (admittedly not all are equal!)?

[BoRED S2upid]

Is it really 90% discounted? For what you get that doesn’t look like £8000 worth of course or a full year in Uni!

I’d suggest futurelearn would be better value for money. Plenty of business modules on there to work through.

[shouldbworking]

I got into a similar scheme by work. The marketing looked nice, but it turned out to be complete pish where the lecturers weren't required to meet a curriculum or output standard, so they did the absolute minimum and it was just free money for them.

8 Facilitated 2 hour online sessions.. Hello, start video, walk away.
4 workshops. Let's call that 4 hours work for a junior lecturer

I wouldn't pay 8k for that, I wouldn't pay 650 for that.. Nothing you couldn't get for free elsewhere.

I walked away from my course and refused to pay the 5k fees.