I'm sorry Keith, you have completely missed the point.
The truth is there are no sound statistics here, only numbers which the charitable would call 'an opinion'. They can't be verified and, as we have seen, it is too easy for an advertiser to create a false impression. I could give you my opinion, but it would be worth as little as Oxford's. Until the CAA publish authenticated stats the only schools that really know their distance learning results are those with so few students they can count them on one hand.
It is a shame that we have been dragged down this road. Statistics look very convincing, we tend to believe them because we assume that adverts in the UK must be legal, honest and truthful. It devalues the whole industry when Joe Bloggs Aviation or some such makes exaggerated statements they can't prove, it takes away an element of trust.
Last edited by Alex Whittingham; 10th July 2002 at 05:29.