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DD is starting the triple threat degree at Chichester in September 2017, for everyone that was worried about contact hours at Uni DD has just found out her course has over 30 hours contact time a week. :lol: It might be worth double checking how much over 30 those contact hours are? The Equity/Spot...

I have never been aware of self study time at either OSD or RADA - not through absence of tutors in any case. I don't know about other schools. Tutor absence has been covered. Contact hours *definitely* aren't fudged at these two schools. Students are on site, in a "classroom" (or the the...

A quick side question - I didn't know that educational courses attracted VAT - I'd always assumed they were exempt? If VAT is charged then business sponsorship would enable these to be recovered if supporting a student. Contact hours have always been fudged. If the tutor or lecturer is ill or not a...

I think that so far on this thread mostly diploma courses have been discussed. My daughter originally wanted to do A levels alongside going to a local dance school so that at age 18 she could consider both degree and diploma courses (Arts Ed, Mountview, Bird, Hammond, RCS those type of places) Howe...

A quick side question - I didn't know that educational courses attracted VAT - I'd always assumed they were exempt? If VAT is charged then business sponsorship would enable these to be recovered if supporting a student. Contact hours have always been fudged. If the tutor or lecturer is ill or not a...

Hi guys I think that this area is a grey area within the training sector. The newly formed Federation of Drama Schools in theory (according to their website) bizarrely doesn't meet the new criteria. I've done a couple of vlogs on the topics which might help you? https://youtu.be/J-y7at7PBKc all abou...

Hi guys. Ever one to chip in :lol: Just a reminder, that if you're in a financial position to afford a training option away the 'degree circuit' IF your child is good (which I know is an awkward question as we all think that our children are brilliant right?), but if you really think that they stand...

Very impressed ! My DS is still only 16 but I love the approach you are taking ! DD has just finished her third term there and she and we can vouch for how impressive it is. This is the way all training should be - two years intensive. If you can find an accommodation solution you might want to con...

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Totally agree. Checked with my old colleague at the college I used to teach at - they have 16 hours for a Level 3 BTEC, but 3 of those are 'directed study' - which should be done in college, in the library, without a teacher, but the kids simply go home - so their class time is quite limited. I did...

The more I delve in to this, the more I'm sure you are right. A few months ago I wasn't sure, but I think you were spot on with your aims. Only today I was talking with another of my ex lecturer colleagues - he's on the music side - about your place and the new rules and he was thinking the same - ...

I'd refer you to this https://youtu.be/qgX_C3vOlVA If the powers that be actually gave the colleges providing the best service subsidies then maybe we could remove the elitist element that currently exists. There's a small pot of money being distributed too widely to places that aren't delivering th...

I think that without Equity, performers would be much, much worse off. Equity is only as strong as its members. Most of us benefit from the work it does, even if we're not members. If it dwindles, there will be no one available to fight our corner in times of need or to push to maintain and improve...

"No conventional university course has that number of contact hours" - well, precisely. That's why they won't be regarded as proper practical training for the profession. You don't have to have formal training to get into Equity - you can get your membership from working too( £500 worth o...

Regarding the HND and Foundation Degrees - surely it's right that such little training shouldn't 'qualify' students to be called a professional performer? By the very nature of those courses they are designed to start the pathway into the industry, not allow the students to leapfrog into the 'real w...