The Melbourne Model

I love this. It is a promotion video for a theatrical performance put on at Melbourne University Student Union. They came up with a musical to document the trials and tribulations of the new academic regime that has been put in place there. Based on the American system, the Melbourne Model largely removes the opportunity for students to specialise. It is impossible to imagine something so critical of university management being put on at any British institution, probably because Australia is subject to a legal process called Voluntary Student Unionism. In short, students have to pay (quite a lot for people without an income) to be a member of the SU, making it a completely separate organisation from the university.