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It is one University quite like the others

It is one University quite like the others. Without walls, without classrooms, with students scattered around the world. A "business school", rather, because it is entirely dedicated to the management. U21Global - it is his name - only works remotely. Created in 2001 at the initiative of the University of Melbourne, one of the most quoted of Australia, operational since 2005, it is the fruit of a consortium of 17 universities or international schools - Asian or English-speaking world for the most part. She is now about 1,200 registered, including 500 in MBA, the phare programme.

"Our participants are frameworks generally thirty to forty years old, often with a family, could not leave their jobs for training, even on time partial", explains François Thérin, Associate Dean in charge of Europe and an associate professor.Number of registered resident in countries where the supply of MBA is low, even non-existent: Middle East, Africa, parts of Asia...

U21(5) asset is its extreme flexibility. No grouping, step of "virtual class": each connects the site to the time which suits him and organizes its learning. In General, it takes two and half years to complete the MBA curriculum for six to ten hours per week. But it is also possible to follow two modules at the same time, or rather to make a break, even if extended education. "We do not seek to propose a very sophisticated device, but a formula simple and effective, capable of responding to diverse expectations", continues the head. The course content is developed by specialist teachers of the subject, which are "the best in their field. In General, a content creator works with a reviewer, the two did not know. The result is then examined by the consortium. "This validation process is a guarantee of quality," assures Nick Hutton, Director General of the consortium. As in most of the MBA, exchanges between participants of all backgrounds are one of the linchpins of education. At U21(5), these exchanges are carried out mainly in writing or by telephone, via the Internet. Participants can floor together on case studies. "Webinars" (Web seminars) are also organized regularly. As teachers, they are devoted to the animation of the group, coaching and personal development of participants.

"Zero carbon".

"Nothing to do with education discount,"said François Thérin." The use of writing allows to properly assess the participation of all, examinations are rigorous, interactions between participants are high. And nobody can get to the bottom of the class: we really include participation in different activities. "To add to this an argument to seduce the defenders of the environment: U21Global is a University"zero carbon ". Travel by plane, no driving, no classroom to heat. A point not negligible for some firms that have an environmental program to respect. Difficult to judge the interest of the formula in the eyes of the HRD and the companies, because the program is still low in Europe. But it is clear that U21Global, riding the wave of the MBA, responds to a request. And that he has in addition the surety of the consortium of universities involved. "It is a very Anglo-Saxon approach, which focuses on the content of the course, is François Thérin.". While in France, it is very focused on the face-to-face with the professor.

U21Global begins to weave his canvas in France. The re-entry, two partnership agreements should be signed with a "business school" of province and with a company specialized in training.