Stand out from the crowd – study your masters in computing at Derby University

Take your learning one step further.  Build on your bachelors degree and turn yourself in to a strategic thinking, critically evaluating, valuable asset ready to embark on a successful career in computing.

At Derby you can join students from all over the world to study your masters.  Our courses include:

• MSc Advanced Computer Systems
• MSc Computer Games Production
• MSc Computer Networks
• MSc Enterprise Computing
• MSc Forensic Computing and Security
• MSc Strategic Information Technology Management (online only)

Our programmes have all been designed hand in hand with industry, and there’s lots of focus on practical and hands on experience, so we’re equipping you with the skills that employers are looking for when recruiting.

Study IT in Perth, Western Australia

There is a common saying that ‘practice makes perfect’. Perth’s private Vocational Education and Training (VET) colleges take you a step further by giving you the ‘competitive edge’ – the advanced skills and knowledge that employers are looking for today.

Why should you study an IT vocational course?

VET courses allow you to gain the most advanced knowledge and practical expertise, from teachers who are specialists in their field, ensuring that you are taught the skills that are relevant to today’s ever-changing world. When you graduate, you will be ready for direct employment in IT.

What qualifications will you get?

Private vocational colleges offer IT courses in the fields of general IT, networks and communications, and programming. Depending on the level of skill you want, you can gain a:

1. Certificate I to IV
2. Diploma
3. Advanced Diploma

Australia: Free sample courses at USQ

The University of Southern Queensland (USQ) is regarded as one of Australia’s leading providers of on-campus and distance education programs. More than 75% of its students studying via distance or online, including over 5,000 international students.

USQ has spent twenty years developing cutting-edge technology to support its distance learning students. You can study challenging and flexible degrees in arts, business, education, science, engineering or surveying, all without leaving your home.

And now, you can also try out a sample course online for free, through USQ’s OpenCourseWare (USQ OCW). Yes, free educational resources self-learners around the world. They do not lead to any credits or degrees, but you might learn quite a lot along the way.

UK: Your MBA, your way – with EBS

Edinburgh Business School (EBS) is the Graduate School of Business of Heriot-Watt University in Scotland. At this world-leading school, you get to choose how you want to study, and where.

Study at home, or on campus, start and finish your course when it suits you, take each course in any order that suits you, and take exams when you’re ready.

It’s a different approach to MBA study, and it works. 7,000 students are current studying their MBA at Edinburgh Business School, in 150 countries around the world.

The Financial Times recently rated the EBS MBA as the largest distance learning program outside the USA. The article describes EBS as “one of the pioneers of distance learning… a well-respected and fully accredited qualification.”

Canada: Learn French cuisine in North America

If you dream of running your own fine dining restaurant, or creating exquisite taste sensations for special occasions, then Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute has course for you.

You can study classic French cuisine or patisserie at more than thirty destinations around the world with Le Cordon Bleu Culinary Arts Institute. Its North American hub campus is in Ottawa, the beautiful capital city of Canada.

Learn from highly skilled French chefs, many from Michelin-starred restaurants, in a Tudor-style heritage mansion equipped with five state-of-the-art kitchens. You’ll also be able to experience the in-house restaurant, Signatures Restaurant, which has been awarded a Five Diamond rating from the Canadian/American Automobile Association.

Stand out from the crowd – study your masters in management at Derby University

Take your learning one step further.  Build on your bachelors degree and turn yourself in to a strategic thinking, valuable asset ready to embark on a successful management career.

At Derby you can join students from all over the world to study your masters.  Our courses include:

• MA Management
• MA Marketing Management
• MA Human Resource Management (CIPD accredited)
• MSc Strategic Financial Management

You will take part in a residential weekend as one of the first parts of any of the management masters course.  The residential combines fun, learning and development and is a great opportunity to get to know your fellow students, your lecturers and to form new friendships in a friendly and challenging environment. 

Enhance your business career at Westminster

Westminster Business School provides professional and supportive postgraduate business education with an international flavour.

Located in central London, Westminster Business School delivers internationally focused master’s level education in all the major business disciplines, including the MA International Business & Management.

WBS is a Centre of Excellence for the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development.   Students who successfully complete the MA Human Resource Management or the MA International Human Resource Management may also become affiliates of this professional body.

The MA Marketing Communication and MA Marketing Management attract students from all over the world.  The course material is delivered by marketing and advertising practitioners as well as highly qualified marketing tutors.  Successful completion of these courses will also provide links into the Chartered Institute of Marketing.

Australia: Study, work and live at Education City

Imagine a community that was designed just to meet the needs of students from around the world. A campus offering study and work opportunities, brand-new accommodation and all the lifestyle amenities you need, all within walking distance. It’s the ideal student lifestyle – and it exists in Queensland Australia.

Education City is in Greater Springfield, just 30 minutes from Brisbane’s city centre and about and hour from the long sandy beaches of the Gold Coast.

The idea behind the unique campus is to offer multiple learning opportunities to the local and international community by bringing education, training and learning providers together to the one location. So no matter what you want to study, or what pathway you need to take to get there, you can achieve your dreams at Education City.

UK: Financial support for Sheffield’s global students

When Sameeruddin Shaikh, from India, was choosing an MBA course in the UK, he was looking for support. “I short-listed Sheffield Hallam, because it offers a lot of facilities for its students,” he recalls.

“It has an international student support team, always ready to help students in any matter they need. It has accommodation services. The University arranges an induction program. And I received an International Achievement Scholarship, worth £1,000.”

The Sheffield Hallam University International Achievement Scholarship program is open to students from any non-EU country. Each scholarship is worth between £1,000 and £4,000, and is awarded to qualified students who show academic, personal or professional achievement in their application form.

Canada: Sauder kick-starts your Canadian business career

The Sauder School of Business at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is certainly a business school like no other.

Regarded as Canada’s leading business school it has an excellent reputation for research, learning and global partnerships. But it’s campus location, just 30 minutes from downtown Vancouver on Canada’s west coast, is also breathtaking.

Snow-capped mountains meet the sea and forests, views abound, and some of the city’s best attractions are right on campus.
Vancouver has been ranked as the world’s most liveable city, and its pacific-rim setting provides an excellent perspective on global business. The school’s 29,000 alumni work in over 70 different countries.

They also work in leading companies throughout Canada. As one marketing graduate remarks, “If you’re looking to settle in Vancouver and break into the job market here, the UBC MBA does an excellent job of providing you with industry contacts.”