We have a bit of funding from Collective, which is a project in Camden Town offering free workspace and support to creative startups, which is in turn funded by the Mayor of London.
I am not sure that what we are doing is exactly comparable to an offering like General Assembly, which is a very well-structured course and has many links with industry. What we are doing is much more seat of the pants. We are grabbing learning resources off the web and stitching them together into a patchwork of useful learning exercises and projects and holding it all together with daily seminars, paired programming and code reviews. We hope some of our students will be ready to apply for membership of Collective when they finish the course and can bring new creative ideas and energy to Camden Town.
"Hard to believe anyone would run a free 7-week course because they like to teach."
Seth Godin ran a full-time free six-month MBA program because he likes to teach. There are a ton of smart people who really enjoy teaching, most just don't have the money to do it full time for free.
I am not sure that what we are doing is exactly comparable to an offering like General Assembly, which is a very well-structured course and has many links with industry. What we are doing is much more seat of the pants. We are grabbing learning resources off the web and stitching them together into a patchwork of useful learning exercises and projects and holding it all together with daily seminars, paired programming and code reviews. We hope some of our students will be ready to apply for membership of Collective when they finish the course and can bring new creative ideas and energy to Camden Town.