Peter J A Noblett

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Calculator - What Would It Cost To Run Your Own Virtual College or University

Length of Courses (Years)
	One Year
	Two Years
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	Four Years

Number of study weeks in an academic year

Number of courses

Average number of students per course


Labour costs
Administrative and support staff per hour

Lecturing staff per hour

Administration and support
Include all aspects of administration, support and help desk, processing computer marked assessments (CMAs) etc.
Number of hours of support per student per year

VE Lectures
Average number of VE lectures per course per week

Time to prepare a new lecture (in hours) i.e. 7 hours to write lecture notes and record lecture 3.5 hours editing by professional editor 1.5 hours answering questions whilst being transmitted

Average length of a lecture (in minutes)

Tutor Marked Assessments (eTMAs)
These will be submitted electronically
Average number of eTMAs per student per week

Average time taken to mark a eTMA (in minutes)

Tutorials
Average number of students per tutorial

Average length of a tutorial (in minutes)

Average number of tutorials per student per week

Final Exam Fees (per student)
Average cost of final exam

Average fee charged by the local assessment centre where exam is taken Included here but in practice probably would be paid direct by the student


Annual cost of providing the technology platform, support staff etc
Enter a gross amount