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# UK e-University dismantled
- URL: https://www.lorcandempsey.net/uk-e-university-dismantled/
- Published: 2004-06-09T15:31:48.000Z
- Updated: 2004-06-09T15:31:48.000Z
- Author: Lorcan Dempsey
- Tags: Research ∕ Learning

There have been some high profile failures in higher education in the shared distance learning space. The UK eUniversity is the latest casualty. 

> Dr Ian Gibson, who chairs the science and technology committee at the Commons, called the UK’s e-university “an absolute disaster”. \[[BBC NEWS | Education | ‘Shameful waste’ on e-university](https://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/education/3791001.stm?ref=lorcandempsey.net)\]

At the time of its closing, after several years of development and tens of millions of pounds of investment, it had attracted only 900 students.