BBC Worldwide launches BBC Learning in India

Announces two online MBA Scholarships from a world ranked business school in London

New Delhi: BBC Worldwide, the commercial consumer arm of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), is offering two online MBA scholarships from a world-ranked business school in London to mark the launch of BBC Learning in India. The scholarship students will begin their study in late 2004 through UK eUniversities Worldwide (UKeU), the UK government-backed company set up to provide online degrees from UK universities.

To apply for the scholarships, 100 students from India will be chosen at random and asked to submit an essay of 1000 words on the benefits of gaining an MBA qualification and the impact of business education in Indian industry and commerce. In addition, the students must meet the qualification criteria for the course and successfully apply to the programme directly.

All course fees for the MBA scholarships will be paid for by BBC Worldwide. Applications will only be accepted from Indian nationals resident in India for the preceding twelve months.

"This is part of our commitment to bringing the best in e-learning from the UK to India," said Mark Young, BBC Worldwide''s managing director of Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA). "By offering students in India the opportunity to study with a leading UK institution, we encourage learners to look to e-learning as a convenient method of gaining a world renowned degree."

John Beaumont, CEO of UKeU added, "UKeU and BBC Worldwide share the objective of bringing high quality online education to learners worldwide. Through UKeU''s purpose-built online Learning Environment, the eMBA scholarship students will obtain a globally recognised qualification from a world-ranked London-based business school without leaving home, giving up their jobs or having to bear the cost and difficulty of moving to the UK."

bbclearning.com is BBC Worldwide''s international gateway to learning, offering over 250 distance learning and e-learning courses. It gives people around the world the opportunity to study with universities in the UK and US from the comfort of their own home.