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Singapore, 17 October 2005
Singapore 14 October’05 – PurpleTrain.com offers a one stop e-learning solution for business and IT education services. Purpletrain.com delivers a wide range of world class quality Degree & Master’s programmes, validated and awarded by globally established universities, with the same recognition whether completed on-campus or online. The Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Technology Management and Computing programme is a unique computing degree programme which allows students with the pre-requisite business qualification to gain direct entry. The programme is awarded by University of Portsmouth, one of the most popular universities in the UK. The Bachelor of Science (Hons) in Technology Management offers students graduating with Advanced Diploma in Business Administration or Advanced Diploma in Computing by Informatics or other pre-requisite qualifications a chance to pursue a degree programme that will equip them with fundamental IT knowledge. The programme will train learners to best manage Information Technology in the business environment that requires learners to have business background knowledge. Students graduating from this degree programme will be able to apply their skills in various industries where IT project management is highly regarded in the organization. “There is an increasing demand for IT students who can
excel in and add value even to non-IT fields such as marketing,
event organization and business analysis.” Commented by Angela
Wee, director of Ngee Ann Polytechnic’s School of Infocomm
Technology “This programme will strongly appeal to the business students as it will equip them with general IT knowledge and allowing them to enter into the IT profession. It will allow them to speed up the process of attaining an internationally recognized Computing degree which also will provide good recognition qualification. Business students graduating from this programme will be more competitive and easily employable in the demanding IT Job market”, says Mr. Alan Phua, Executive Director of Curriculum Development of Informatics Holdings Ltd. About The Programme The programme is a mean of extending the opportunity to read for a degree to fully qualified applicants who can benefit by taking advantage of the flexible structure of a unitized curriculum to continue their academic and professional development. Students will acquire the skills to apply technology and manage people resources in organizations. This ensures that they are well positioned to progress with confidence into a wide range of career appointments in the competitive field of technology management. Benefits of the programme Technology Management - Students will develop an understanding of the fundamentals of operations and quality management together with an appreciation of the need and mechanisms for resource conservation. They will be competent to apply this knowledge to keep abreast of future developments. Computing Management - Students will appreciate in some depth the inherent significance of the computer in the management of technology. This will include an understanding of the role of a contemporary manager of information technology. It will also cover the concept of electronic commerce, how it should be applied to a business, the infrastructure requirements and security issues. Generic Abilities - Students will develop general abilities of an intellectual, analytical and problem solving nature, and, in addition will have developed those common skills which are appropriate for a reflective technology manager. Within this framework, students should develop an awareness of the effects upon society of technical development and develop a proper sense of professional conduct in relation to society's increased dependence on technology.
About University of Portsmouth · The University of Portsmouth is "One of the top new
universities in the UK" - The Times Good University Guide 2000 · The University of Portsmouth has an excellent record of graduate employment (Source: Higher Education Statistical Agency 1998) · Since the award of the first degree in 1900, the University
of Portsmouth has maintained its commitment to promoting excellence
in teaching research and scholarship across a wide range of disciplines. · University of Portsmouth, a member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU), are recognized worldwide About PurpleTrain.com PurpleTrain.com, the global e-Learning provider, started out as Asia's first e-Learning provider in 1999. Today, it is the largest e-Learning provider outside the United States, with over 72,000 e-users, and offers Business, IT education and Health Sciences programmes, corporate training courses and education-related services. 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 Ltd is a world-class institute for quality lifelong learning services and made the ranking among Forbes Global's 200 Best Small Companies in the world. For more information, please contact : All trademarks and registered trademarks are property
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