"You are between 17 - 22 years old, just out of high school, chose the wrong further education or had a kind of gap year. You have little or no experience with video or digital media, but you have the ambition to work in the media world (film, television, video and/or digital media)" I copied this text from the Open Studio Amsterdam site. How do you know, just out of high school or for example looking for retraining, whether Open Studio or other private providers of courses as a camera journalist and the like whether such a course has quality? You can't check that anywhere. These providers have not been checked by a government for quality.
It is quite possible that you will learn nothing at all and end up with a debt of 3,000 or more at the end of the "course". Who can you complain to about this state of affairs? At the provider itself?! If this is not bona fide, it makes little sense as you understand. This state of affairs has been going on for years. As far as I know, no attempt has been made from the media world to establish a quality mark or any kind of quality control, for example. It doesn't surprise me because that entire sector is like "hot air". That would one day become common knowledge! Oh that was already an open secret? You don't have to expect anything from private individuals in terms of guidance in looking for and finding work, although they often promise it. Well, that seems like a scam to me. Please share your experiences with such courses and training. Please be critical. People who want to sabotage this discussion because they have an interest in the private providers should start their own discussion.

My personal involvement in this subject is that I have had very bad experiences with a course institute recently in 2010. For me it was retraining. I am now in an even worse position than before the start of the workshops/course.

I invite you to respond to this message to start a discussion.



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