Author David Eggars says ‘For many years, watching the cost of traditional higher education spiral ever higher, I have thought there should be some alternative.  Coudn’t there be a free university , some communal effort to share knowledge whereby no one would have to be overly in debt but all could benefit?  A few days ago I met one of the IF Project co-founders who is already trying to get something like this off the ground in London…..”

The IF project is an experiment in no-fee collaborative higher education.  And if you live in London you might be interested in attending their upcoming 10 week part time course in university level arts and humanities, called ‘Thinking – a free introduction’. It is a free university level course.  It starts in January and will enable you to explore philosophy, art and music.  It will introduce how writers, historians and philosophers think – and how these ways of thinking enable us to interpret the world.

The IF Project is particularly keen to attract young people who may believe that university is just too expensive, or too high-brow – but everyone is welcome to apply.

As Will Hutton, Principal of Hertford College, Oxford University, and former editor of The Observer newspaper says, .

“SOON THE ONLY STUDENTS OF THE LIBERAL ARTS WILL BE THE SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF THE VERY RICH OR POORER STUDENTS WHO CAN SECURE ONE OF THE INADEQUATE NUMBER OF BURSARIES, SCHOLARSHIPS AND GRANTS. I WELCOME THIS INITIATIVE TO INVOLVE YOUNG LONDONERS IN SECURING A BASIC HUMANITIES EDUCATION.”

Why not go to the IF Project website and be a part of a brave new experiment!