By Theo Merz. Crowdfunded degrees mean further education could soon become the preserve of those who are loudly able to sell themselves rather than the quietly academic, writes Theo Merz.
Say you were offered a place on the Master’s course of your dreams, but couldn’t afford the £26,000 course costs. From there, you would have a choice: delay your studies for years and work to scrape the money together, or find a group of willing people to donate, which would allow you to start the Master’s immediately.
It was a choice outlined for us yesterday by Emily-Rose Eastop, the Oxford graduate who was accused of being “a posh brat” after setting up a crowdfunding campaign to cover her fees for an MA (again at Oxford) in cognitive and evolutionary anthropology. Read more...
Crowdfunding : les premiers projets financés au Maroc
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Encore peu de mouvements à cause de la période estivale ?
Le crowdfunding fait des émules à travers le monde. Au Maroc, le concept de financement participatif en est à ses premiers pas. Certaines plateformes dédiées aux marocains viennent justement de voir le jour, à l’image de Smala&co et Atadamoune. L’évolution entame depuis son bout de chemin.
Source leconomiste.com.
Aujourd’hui, deux projets sortent du lot. Tous deux financés via le site web Smala&co. L’éco-dôme Andalous à Sidi Moumen a déjà bouclé un premier palier. Voir l'article...