BANGALORE, December 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ --
Manipal Global Education Services (MaGE) signed an MoU with Open University, UK, one of the world's oldest open universities, at a high profile event at the ITC Windsor Hotel in Bangalore today.
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The event was attended by T B Jayachandra, Karnataka Minister for Higher Education & Law And Parliamentary Affairs, Jo Johnson, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, senior officials from the Manipal Education Group and Open University, UK, and VCs of several other universities from India and the UK.
This MoU will allow collaboration between Manipal ProLearn - the certification arm of MaGE - and other parts of the Manipal Education Group and the Open University (OU) in the areas of content and technology between the two market leaders in education.
"This partnership will explore and collaborate to support the development of innovative programmes, focused on equipping students with the skills they need to succeed in the workplace," said a joint statement released by MaGE CEO and MD S Vaitheeswaran and the Open University Vice-Chancellor Peter Horrocks, CBE.
Jo Johnson, UK Minister of State for Universities and Science, said: "The UK higher education sector is among the best in the world, but by working with international partners, students can reap the rewards of combined experience and expertise. This exciting new partnership brings together institutions from the UK and India who are leaders in combining cutting-edge technology with a focus on industry-relevant learning. I have no doubt this agreement will help provide students with the skills they need to succeed in the workplace."
"Education is increasingly moving online, and this MoU between two established leaders in the education industry will allow both to offer learners' very high quality, cross-spectrum learning, based on the latest needs of the industry," added Vaitheeswaran.
Manipal ProLearn offers a variety of short term professional courses across IT, Management, and Finance, to help professionals and students stay relevant in the industry by upgrading their skills. It also offers corporate training to upgrade employee skills.
"This agreement is part of our constant effort to deliver quality education to learners," said AP Ramabhadran, Senior VP, MaGE. "It is also a natural partnership given the shared vision of both sides to deliver education which is relevant to the modern workplace," he added.
"The ability to offer virtual science labs to STEM learners in India through Manipal ProLearn will go a long way in solving the challenge of access to quality science labs. In addition, the potential of introducing high quality Manipal ProLearn programs to the UK market leverages our inherent strengths in Data Analytics, IT and Management domains," he further added.
The Manipal Education Group touches the lives of over 400,000 learners annually.
The OU, launched in 1969, has helped 1.89 million people worldwide to achieve their learning goals.
About Manipal Global Education Services:
Manipal Global Education Services is a leading international provider of high-quality higher education services. These include:
- Certification programs in various fields like Management, Information Technology and Finance.
- Corporate training programs in partnership with major banks and other institutions
- Technology-driven services in areas such as testing and education delivery
- Vocational training across a number of sectors
- A wide range of services for educational institutions in India
Headquartered in Bangalore, India, Manipal Global currently offers services and support to over 400,000 students, many of them through its award-winning technology platform, EduNxt™.
Manipal Global believes industry relevance is the key to career-focused education in India. This has led to innovative partnerships, like the Manipal Academy of Banking in collaboration with leading Indian banks like ICICI Bank, Bank of Baroda, Punjab National Bank, Andhra Bank, Axis Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank, among others.
Manipal Academy of Information Technology supports IT majors like ATOS, Wipro, Deloitte and Verizon with online and residential boot camps, innovative Architectural Leadership Programs and other productivity and skill related training needs. Manipal City and Guilds, in partnership with City & Guilds, UK, offers vocational training and certification programs for learners.
Other strategic investments include MeritTrac, India´s leading testing & assessment company, and iRize, a unique employment exchange initiative in partnership with educational institutions, local partners and the government. The Manipal Global mantra - Achieve, Enable and Transform - builds on this legacy.
Manipal Global creates a future for every life it touches, a future that inspires achievements, enables ambitions, and transforms lives, worldwide.
For more information, visit http://www.manipalglobal.com
About Manipal ProLearn:
Manipal ProLearn offers a variety of professional certification programs across IT, Management, and Finance, to help professionals and students stay relevant in the industry by upgrading their skills. These certification programs have been designed in consultation with industry leaders and experts and are delivered using the award winning learning management system EduNxt. The list of knowledge partners for Manipal ProLearn includes names like Google, PEOPLECERT, Sandbox Model etc. to name a few. Over the past year, Manipal ProLearn has transformed the careers of over 20,000 learners. For more information, visit http://www.manipalprolearn.com
About The Open University (OU)
The Open University (OU) is the largest academic institution in the UK and a world leader in flexible distance learning. Since it began in 1969, the OU has taught more than 1.8 million students and has almost 200,000 current students, including more than 15,000 overseas.
The OU was given an overall satisfaction rating of 90% in the latest National Student Survey, making it one of only three Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) to consistently score 90% or above every year since 2007. Over 70% of students are in full-time or part-time employment, and four out of five FTSE 100 companies have sponsored staff to take OU courses.
In the latest assessment exercise for university research (Research Excellence Framework), nearly three quarters (72%) of The Open University's research was assessed as 4 or 3 star - the highest ratings available - and awarded to research that is world-leading or internationally excellent. The Open University is unique among UK universities having both an access mission and demonstrating research excellence.
The OU has a 41 year partnership with the BBC and has moved from late-night lectures in the 1970s to co-producing prime-time series such as Frozen Planet, Bang Goes the Theory, Britain's Great War, I Bought a Rainforest and Business Boomers. Regarded as Britain's major e-learning institution, the OU is a world leader in developing technology to increase access to education on a global scale. Its vast 'open content portfolio' includes free study units on OpenLearn, which received 5.2million unique visitors in 2012/13, and materials on iTunes U, which has recorded more than 66 million downloads.
For further information please visit: http://www.open.ac.uk
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