Education and healthcare represent leading concerns in the UK, Europe, America, Australia and in modern nations around the world. In both online and resident markets, every generation wants not only their own education to better compete in the marketplace but also access to better education for their children and grandchildren. The market statistics bear these facts out and point to online education as a major emerging market. The potential earnings from online delivery of education are enormous. CNN puts the worldwide market for just one segment of it, adult education, at over £250 billion annually.
Students in India, Southeast Asia, China and elsewhere compete to earn access to US and UK degrees which are highly desirable and prestigious but are often considerably more expensive than overseas universities when the tuition and accommodation costs are combined. Online graduate degree programs offer a significant savings for international students desiring a UK university postgraduate degree. The savings amount to many thousands of pounds in student fees, accommodation costs and yearly travel costs as compared to resident programs. These are highly significant factors in increasingly competitive higher education markets. In India, Southeast Asia, and elsewhere, UK degrees often make the difference between employment and unemployment. International students represent potentially vast, ongoing markets for distance learning and online higher education.
Graduate programs have the option of an international student completing their entire graduate degree through distance or online learning with the UK university. Students participating in these distance learning programs are offered a world class university degree for a fraction of the price considering the savings in travel and accommodation costs. Considering that UK universities turn away hundreds of thousands of qualified international students every year, founding an ongoing student base here would assure both the immediate and long-term success of the Partnership.