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The WorldGrad, India’s leading digital platform for overseas learning, has announced the launch of the UK Year-1 programme. Through this programme, The WorldGrad aims to offer academic opportunities to students who aspire to study in the United Kingdom (UK).
According to an official statement, the undergraduate programme allows students to study virtually and work with a UK-based firm for one year before pursuing the remainder of the academic course on campus.
The program has a tuition fee of Rs 6 Lakh, and The WorldGrad plans to award merit-based scholarships of approximately Rs 1 Lakh to successful applicants. The statement added that aspiring students who aim to study in the UK can benefit from the programme, as the UK is home to many world-renowned universities and has become a prominent international destination for higher education over the years.
Pearson, the world’s leading learning company, is partnering with The WorldGrad for this programme. Their BTEC programme provides students with an Ofqual-accredited UK curriculum for the first year in the Business and Computing disciplines. As part of this initiative, students will complete an eight-week virtual internship at a firm in the UK. Experienced international faculty members will lead the programme, and students will have access to 7 days-a-week one-on-one academic support to help them succeed.
Speaking on the launch, Ray Priest, International Director, Asia Pacific, University of The West of England, said:
UWE Bristol is proud to work with The WorldGrad in allowing students to be bold and stand out from the crowd, and to take charge of their future career. This is an exciting learning journey where students can take the opportunity to be different and make a difference to the world in which we live.
Pearson offers Pearson Online Learning Services (POLS) provides an integrated suite of services for organizations and educators at any stage of their digital transformation journey. For more than 25 years, the platform has helped its partner institutions create personalized, engaging, industry-focused learning experiences quickly and at scale.
Baljit Singh, Regional Manager, India, Pearson, added:
More than 100,000 BTEC students apply to universities in the UK, and the numbers are growing each year. The WorldGrad model is well aligned with our Pearson BTEC Higher National, offering seamless progression to many global universities. The WorldGrad initiative shall help attract more significant cohorts of aspiring Indian learners seeking foreign degrees.
As launch partners for the UK Year-1 programme, five public universities, namely De Montfort University, University of Northumbria, Sunderland University, University of The West of England, and Wrexham Glyndwr University, have partnered with The WorldGrad
The WorldGrad offers 8-week virtual internships at 4000+ companies from over 79 countries that can help students build employment skills and increase their chances of getting full-time job opportunities after completion. The company has recently introduced its third Study Hub in Patiala, Punjab.
