[SSC] Awards, acceptance criteria, funding [Was: Letter of invitation to academics]

[michael hughes]

I agree about not offering actual degrees. I think this helps stress the
communicative emphasis of SSC's approach, as opposed to conventional
degrees' atomising focus on exam conditions.

I also agree with Joss that this distinction would prevent the SSC from
being seen as direct competition with paying universities, at least not in
any unhealthy sort of way.

The question of loans is an interesting one - in the immediate context of
the first intake I imagine it will depend largely on who the SSC attracts at
first (accommodation costs for students moving to Lincoln would, obviously,
be the main reason for taking out loans). I wouldn't be surprised if, to
begin with, the SSC is more visible/appealing to people scattered across the
country (i.e. who make it onto our personally compiled members list) than it
is to Lincoln's current FE students. However, again I agree with Joss that,
in the long term, the SSC should aim to serve as a localised model for other
communities to adopt.
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