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Whether these have a market, are good ideas for staff and institutions I don’t know but get the funding model in place that allows it and perhaps we see some variations aside from 50% part time or full time only.
This is like a team-up of my early/mid 00s memories: chatting on the Bad Science forum by day, watching Buffy/repeats by evening (some PhD research done at some point).
(and that's now my local supermarket...)
If you did start having more accelerated it also changes the part time calcs as you could eg take 30 credits in the summer, so do a 3 year BA in four years but at 50% pace of study enabling a decent part time job.
Universities in the U.K. forced off switches for thess detectors for the main anti-plagiarism software because AI detectors do not and cannot ever work.
Any GCSE examining board using them is opening themselves up to huge appeals and possibly being sued.
Or we look at a set up where say the first year or so is full time but then it continues in connection with an employer, so job part time and study part time (cross between a paid placement and an apprenticeship).
If you want to get creative with the options.
Given both current cost of living crisis but also placement, apprenticeship like learning and employability issues, I’m more interested in the possibilities around decelerated and variable pace degrees.
Study over 4-5 years but able to hold job well, or later years job linked to the degree and uni
New national HE agreement proposal:
Set a 'basic reference' guideline that universities will provide for free - this can have most of the fundamental confirmation information (can figure automating much).
Set agreed fees for anything else classified as 'enhanced reference, sensible time allocation
