"If the course leader changed, I could lose it all".
What was so fantastic was that the course leader, Lynn Jones, works closely with industry.
"The whole thing is completely dependent on my relationship with the course leader," she says.
At Brighton School of Art, Ian was course leader and deputy head of fine art.
says Natalie Brown, course leader of London's College of Fashion's BA in costume for performance.
Their course leader is more measured in her assessment of the dire messages given out.
She is course leader in broadcast journalism at the University of Sheffield.
"No one, no matter what they say, doesn't like being praised," the course leader espoused.
"Our students tend to already have some experience of the industry," says Ian Broadbent, course leader of the executive MBA.
Everyone knows everyone, and the course leader is likely to know the individuals at the local employers," she says.
"Traditionally, 'lighting experts' emerge by default after many years in relevant industries," says course leader in design Stephen Green.
