Comments on: The China Education Band-Wagon http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/ a personal blog indulging in the unsolicited, uninvited, and often unwelcome views of yet another pesky foreigner... Sat, 19 May 2012 16:01:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: Nick http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/#comment-17510 Nick Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:58:10 +0000 http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/#comment-17510 With all the advertising on campus, the packaging of the website, and the past-event photos I would say it's aimed at a student population. I know a few people who were thinking of going as well and the sentiment was certainly the "let's go learn all about China view". I do take your point about industry courses though. Although I think they are something of a specialised creature. The Oracle conferences are the same: 2 or 3 days for GBP1,500. With the industry conference it's always businesses who pay. And they pay because they need to do so to keep their staff up to speed. It's quite different to offering students who don't know any better happy-happy goals when it's really a glorified holiday camp. It's like <a href="http://www.i-to-i.com/" rel="nofollow">i-to-i</a>, and others. They dress themselves up as charities but actually they are <a href="http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/education/student/article2280604.ece" rel="nofollow">commercial enterprises making big profits</a>. Thanks for commenting Rob! With all the advertising on campus, the packaging of the website, and the past-event photos I would say it’s aimed at a student population. I know a few people who were thinking of going as well and the sentiment was certainly the “let’s go learn all about China view”.

I do take your point about industry courses though. Although I think they are something of a specialised creature. The Oracle conferences are the same: 2 or 3 days for GBP1,500.

With the industry conference it’s always businesses who pay. And they pay because they need to do so to keep their staff up to speed. It’s quite different to offering students who don’t know any better happy-happy goals when it’s really a glorified holiday camp.

It’s like i-to-i, and others. They dress themselves up as charities but actually they are commercial enterprises making big profits.

Thanks for commenting Rob!

]]> By: Robert C http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/#comment-17508 Robert C Sun, 13 Jan 2008 17:20:44 +0000 http://www.n-line.co.uk/2008/01/14/the_china_education_band-wagon/#comment-17508 It might seem like a lot, but assuming it's aimed at an adult audience rather than being a traditional further / higher education course, it's actually comparatively cheap by comparison to a lot of conferences or seminars in the business world: Microsoft Tech Ed Barcelona comes in at about 2500 Euro for a one week course... and there's no shortage of people wanting to go to that! It might seem like a lot, but assuming it’s aimed at an adult audience rather than being a traditional further / higher education course, it’s actually comparatively cheap by comparison to a lot of conferences or seminars in the business world: Microsoft Tech Ed Barcelona comes in at about 2500 Euro for a one week course… and there’s no shortage of people wanting to go to that!

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