University of Cumbria First in UK to Accept Bitcoin
A university in the UK has announced that it will accept bitcoin payments for two new programmes linked to the study of cryptocurrencies and complementary currencies. The courses are run by the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at the University of Cumbria. The institute's director, Jem Bendell said: "We are accepting bitcoin as a way of experimenting [with] how it works for a major organisation with many departments." The two programmes run by the institute are a certificate in sustainable exchange and a post-graduate certificate in sustainable leadership. The first is taught at....
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The British University has invited their students to join two of their courses about complementary currencies and pay their class fees in Bitcoin. This is probably the first time an University has accepted a digital currency as payment for one or more of their classes. The University of Cumbria that is located in England's Lake District offers Postgraduate Certificate in Sustainable Leadership and a Certificate of Achievement in Sustainable Exchange. It is for these two classes that they are trying out Bitcoin payments via Bitpay. University of Cumbria Accepts Bitcoin for their Classes. We....
The University of Cumbria in the United Kingdom will reportedly begin accepting bitcoins for two new programs related to the study of cryptocurrencies. According to CoinDesk, the programs are being run by the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability at the University. "We are accepting bitcoin as a way of experimenting how it works for a major organisation with many departments," said Jim Bendell, who is the director of the Institute. One of the courses is said to be a certificate in sustainable exchange course, and the other a post-graduate certificate in sustainable leadership. The....
In 2014, the University of Cumbria announced that it was accepting the digital currency, bitcoin, from its students as a form of payment, enabling students to pay for two degrees on complementary currencies through alternative means. At the time, the cost of one bitcoin was around $960 and at the start of 2017 the price of one unit of the cryptocurrency had surpassed the $1,000 mark for the first time in three years. According to professor Jem Bendell, founder of the Institute for Leadership and Sustainability (IFLAS) at the University of Cumbria, the reason the price of bitcoin has been....
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