Phil Baines

Have you seen a change in the students, or are they always the same?

Phil: Yes and no. I think its complicated by the fact that over that period particularly in Britain the student numbers against staff numbers have just risen incredibly, you know when I was at college there were 48 of us in a year and now we have 200 in a year, but the staffing level is no different. So the whole dynamic relationship between us and the students is different their isn’t the same dialogue and the same discussion its, it’s a different thing and, and that’s a shame cause I really appreciated as a student staff just talking to you, as though you were just someone who was interested in design rather than someone they were teaching. You know, there wasn’t really quite the same barrier, with the best teachers anyway. And its difficult now to build up the relationship with the students just cause there is so many.