Singapore, 27 February 2003

Need to "Turbo Boost" your career? You can, with an Australian BBA through e-Learning!

Are you looking for an excellent internationally recognized and well designed Business programme which provides you with a career "boost"? PurpleTrain in collaboration with Curtin University of Technology, Australia has a solution for you.

A quick glance through a list of local and offshore offerings of Bachelor programmes and you will find most of them are not as well rounded as the Curtin BBA. As an ambitious business executive, you will understand that lacking of knowledge in other areas is just not competitive enough to meet the enormous demands of current day business challenges. A good balance of essential competencies proves crucial in the realm of business decision-making.

PurpleTrain with Curtin University of Technology, Australia offers the dynamic Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programme to provide students with an exact balance of both Business and I.T. It is superbly designed for discerning executives who wish to be exposed to many aspects of the business world for business competitiveness and edge.

This is why several foreign companies recruit directly from Australian universities and vocational institutes. Many international organisations and companies employ overseas students with Australian qualifications because their exposure to the outside world gives them greater independence and maturity. With international trade barriers disappearing, great opportunities exist for those with the skills, experience and knowledge to seize them.

The programme focuses on preparing potential managers for their challenging roles in a global environment, specifically preparing people for management roles in public or private sector organisations.

Besides exposing students to various core disciplines in business, it offers them special opportunities such as industry / organisation-based project work, the opportunity to apply these concepts to their own work environment, international study (students are able to gain an exposure and understanding of work in a different context) and the choice of specialising in a particular area such as management, small business and entrepreneurship, human resource and international management.

Curtin University of Technology is the largest university in Western Australia. Its main campus is situated in Bentley, six kilometres south of the center of Perth, Western Australia's capital.

Achievements
Curtin ranks in the top band of Australian universities by the Committee for Quality Assurance in Higher Education.
Recognised by Asiaweek magazine in 1998, 1999, and 2000 as being Australia's leading university of science and technology. Curtin won the Western Australian Department of Commerce and Trade's Export Award in the Education Category for three consecutive years. (1999, 2000, 2001) Curtin Graduate School of Business won the Asia Pacific Yellow Pages Information Technology and Telecommunications Award 2001 for its flexible learning delivery program. Curtin Business School achieved European Quality Improvement System (EQUIS) accreditation for the onshore delivery of its business programs by the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD).

It is an accelerated programme (applicants are subject to pre-entry screening) which is also ideal for business executives in full time employment. Suitably qualified students can enrol by direct entry into Thames Diploma in Business Administration (DBA) for progression into the next level. Upon successful completion, they will progress to Thames Higher Diploma in Business Administration (HDBA). Again, upon successful completion of this course, they can proceed to Thames Advanced Diploma in Business Administration (ADBA) and on to the Curtin BBA programme.

So don't get left behind as the business world moves forward at breakneck speed. Check out the prestigious Curtin University of Technology Bachelor of Business Administration at www.purpletrain.com and get ahead of the rat race today.


About Informatics Group

The Informatics Group, established in 1983, is a multinational corporation providing training and educational services in information technology and business management. Through its international franchising program and strategic acquisitions, Informatics presently has a global network of more than 548 centres spanning 44 countries.

The company presently offers five franchise products: Informatics Computer School, Thames Business School, CAL Computer Training Centre, Cambridge Child Development Centre and RACC. For more information, please visit http://www.informaticsgroup.com.

About PurpleTrain.com

PurpleTrain.com is the e-learning service provider which offers a one-stop service for business and IT education programs, corporate training courses and education-related services.

By combining innovative technology with world-class training content, PurpleTrain.com offers companies and individuals a high value, quality and effective on-line training solution. Over 1000 online courses are available, offering masters, degrees, diplomas and certificates in business and IT programs. Our online learning community now stands at over 67,000 users.

PurpleTrain.com is a 100%-owned venture of Informatics Holdings Limited, a leading training and education provider listed on the Singapore Stock Exchange. Informatics Holdings Limited is the only IT-based education provider in Singapore that made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world.

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