Considering the Norman Foster Institute — anyone here gone through it or know people who have?

I've been looking into the Norman Foster Institute's program in Madrid as a possible next step and wanted to get a reality check before applying. The branding and the names attached to it are obviously strong, but I've now spoken with a handful of people connected to past cohorts and what I'm hearing is making me worried and hesitate. Curious if others here have similar or different impressions.

The thing that's giving me the most pause is the network question and IP, so I'll start there.

You're paying for proximity to Foster's world and the roster of high-profile visitors the institute brings through.
From what I'm told, students are actually discouraged from networking with those visitors during the program itself, with the framing that the institute will handle introductions and open doors afterward. 2 students from last cohort told me that they've been publicly shamed for doing so, and kind of blacklisted. The problem is that the "afterward" reportedly doesn't happen. No structured connections to the visiting figures, no job fair or placement support, no active alumni programming, no follow-up on career outcomes. Emails go unanswered. Meanwhile, the same alumni whose success the institute had no hand in are apparently featured in its communications as evidence of the program's impact. If anyone has a different experience of this, I'd genuinely want to hear it. Beyond the network piece, there doesn't seem to be meaningful follow-up with alumni after the program ends, no feedback collection, no ongoing programming, no real infrastructure for staying connected.

The marketing leans heavily on the roster of visiting figures, but from what I'm told, there isn't really a structured class or cohort-based curriculum in the way you'd expect from a program at this price point and prestige level. It sounds more like a series of high-profile talks than a taught program. Does that match anyone else's understanding?

The IP arrangement seems to favor the institute heavily. Students reportedly don't retain clear rights to work they produce during the program. It seems to me more like a business disguised as a teaching program. Making people pay to work for cities, then the Fosters own all the rights. Has anyone seen the actual terms in the enrolment agreement?

But for what it costs in time and money, I'd want to be sure I'm not buying access to a brand that doesn't extend past graduation. Has anyone here applied, attended, or talked to alumni? What do you think ?
Would really appreciate honest takes.