A new initiative launched this September will allow anyone in Hong Kong or in the world to study business for free at a renowned UK university, due to the collaboration between the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants (ACCA), the University of Exeter Business School and online learning platform FutureLearn.
Together, they are launching a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Discovering Business in Society, which is free to study and open to anyone in the world with access to the internet. The eight-week course aims to give anyone interested in learning the principles of business, including prospective undergraduate students, working professionals without a background in business, people looking to return to work after an absence, or anyone seeking to further educate themselves.
Jane Cheng, head of ACCA Hong Kong, commented, "The whole point of this MOOC is that it is all encompassing…it could be useful to anyone in Hong Kong or any other country seeking to start a business to get a better understanding of what's involved, or a parent looking to return to work with a new set of skills. It's not unusual today for those people already in work to look to change career, and this gives them a taster of what it might be like in a business environment. It's open to anyone, anywhere, of any age who wants to do it.”
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