NCSML Lifelong Learning Academy

Course Economics Calculator

For each course: fill in the yellow fields on the left, including how many people you expect to enrol. The right side shows where the money goes - educator, organisers, other costs, endowment - and what changes if fewer or more people sign up.

Price reference - museum website vs budget file

Website: ncsml.org Lifelong Learning Academy course pages, checked 10 November 2026. Budget: NCSML Pilot - Module Pricing Calculator (v4), August 2026. Amber = website differs from budget.

Result

What if enrolment were different?

Every possible class size from just below the minimum to the maximum, at the same price mix as your scenario. Your scenario is outlined.

Endowment Educator Organisers Other costs Gross revenue Below minimum, does not open

Same, as a table

All courses together

Target endowment share of gross revenueBenchmark for the split. Peers keep 50 to 60% of tuition.

Working model for the NCSML Lifelong Learning Academy. Gross revenue = sign-ups at each price x that price. The "what if" chart and table use the same price mix at every class size. Educator pay: flat only; per head only (rate x participants x sessions); or flat fee covering up to a set number, plus rate x sessions for each participant above it. Organisers: flat per course. Endowment = gross minus educator, organisers and other costs. A course below its minimum does not open and pays nothing. Entries are kept in this browser only.