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OnLine Education was founded in 1992, by a group of leading specialists in the fields of education, technology and management. It is a company dedicated to the development of working professionals through the provision of high quality and recognized degree courses delivered within a framework of total student support and service.
OnLine Education has been established to provide 'simply the best' internationally recognized degree courses from accredited universities in the most advanced, productive and convenient way with the help of a well structured academic support system.
Several years of intensive research, innovation and development by a group of leading specialists in the fields of education, technology and management have led to this radical re-design of way in which educational courses can be delivered.
In the belief that computers are meant to serve people and not the other way around, OnLine Education has applied some of the most sophisticated technology available today to create the simplest format of study for those in pursuit of academic excellence.
Specific areas of advanced technology were identified as key components of the electronic delivery system of accredited degree courses. The result is the achievement of dramatic improvements in critical areas of performance, such as quality, service, time and cost benefits for the student.
Even the most computer-wary person will find the OnLine Education method easy to use and will be delighted with the previously unimagined benefits it brings to studying.
Studying for a degree course in the traditional manner demands a major time commitment and often, travel away from family and employment.
OnLine Education removes these traditional barriers, allowing easier to higher education for busy professional people whose ambitions are to realise their full potential and achieve greater success in their lives. By using the 'Electronic Campus' of OnLine Education, students can pursuit an accredited overseas university degree from their own home without having to travel, thus eliminating the substantial costs of giving up employment, plus the financial burden of international and local travel, accommodation and living expense.
The learning environment has been specifically designed to retain the immediacy and personal contact of a traditional campus, enhanced by modern communications tools and computer techniques.
The computerized degree courses provide by OnLine Education have been specifically designed for 'ease of operation' at the touch of a 'mouse' or keyboard.
Prior to commencement of study, students receive training in the simple computer techniques which are useful for both studying and communicating with their tutor.
Every OnLine Education student is supplied with an advanced personal computer, a high-speed modem and a printer, which are delivered and set up in the student's home.
Our students and tutors can access to the Electronic Campus and Internet by connecting their computer to our highly available and sophisticated communication centre.
One option for frequent travelers is a notebook computer, in place of the desktop machine, which allows study to continue anywhere.
The courses material are pre-loaded in the PC in a totally user-friendly format combining colour graphics with hypertext, together with a suite of general Windows software for word-processing, graphics, analysis and communication, all operated by easy-to-follow on screen instructions.
In simple terms, the overall system forms an 'Electronic Campus' which creates for both students and tutors a working environment which one might only expect to find in a traditional university.
Features include : live teleconferencing; closed and open discussion forums; and electronic mail (E-Mail) through which students send their assignments to their tutors for marking, and receive them back with any relevant comments.
All services operate at class, tutorial group and individual level.
Inter-connection to on-line library and Internet is an integral pert of the system.
The creative blend of higher education with proven technology establishes OnLine Education as the leading provider of interactive and distributed learning.
Upon enrollment, OnLine Education assigns each student to a locally-based personal tutor approved by the University of Paisley.
Tutors, who are required to meet the same rigorous selection criteria as tutors based at the University of Paisley, are responsible for ensuring that each of their students carries out course work to the required standards and successfully completes the programme of study.
Students and tutors will communicate regularly through the 'electronic campus', and there will be opportunities for face-to-face academic and social meetings.
Through the tutoring system, students are monitored and supported at all stages of their study, and tutors are linked to their academic colleagues at the University of Paisley.
As a result of the imaginative use of technology, for the first time in education, a full record of all interactions between students and tutors is available to verify conformance to standards throughout the course.
Students are therefore not simply provided with course materials and left to their own devices. OnLine Education's unique quality management system introduce a level of control into learning process which ensures the best possible result
At OnLine Education we believe that for a working professional to achieve a higher degree requires a clear commitment of time and effort. At the same time we have devised ways of managing teaching and learning that put this time and effort to its best use.
The system provides an intellectual, stimulating, learning environment where quality of education is maintained and performance of the student is carefully monitored.
The student can also maintain his career progress at the same time as learning. Time and money is therefore saved through this most dramatic method of distance learning.
Submitting an Application
1. Please complete the application form, and enclose one copy of transcripts of academic records, certificates, etc.
2. Send or bring your application to the Academic Director at the above address.
3. The confidential reference forms should be given or sent to your two referees, who will then return them directly to OnLine Education.
Selection Interviews
Suitable applicants will be invited to attend a selection interview as soon as possible after their application has been received. Please bring the originals of your certificates to the interview for verification.
Application Approval
At the interview, you will be informed whether or not your application is considered acceptable for forwarding to the University, who make the final decision on which students are to be accepted.
Prior to an acceptable application being forwarded, 10% of the course fee is required to be paid on deposit, as shown in the Fee Payment instructions which follow.
Fee Payment
1. Deposit
A payment equivalent to 10% of the course fee is required to be put on deposit prior to an acceptable application being forwarded to the University of Paisley for consideration. This deposit will be refunded if your application is rejected by the University, or a conditional offer is made which you do not wish to take up. However, if you are accepted for the course for which you applied and you subsequently chose not to enroll the deposit will not be refunded.
2. Balance
The balance of the course fee will be payable on the registration day.
Student loan scheme
An agreement has been reached with Dao Heng Bank to provide a "Personal Education Loan Programme" on favorable terms for students accepted into courses provided through OnLine Education. Details of the loan scheme are available.
The University of Paisley postgraduate courses managed by OnLine Education have attracted managers and executives from many corporations in commerce and industry, statutory boards, government departments and professional practices.
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Or fax your enquiry form to us : 852-2827-1718
Our Office our is : MON. - FRI. 0930 - 1800
SAT 0930 - 1300
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