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Get smart by using hi-tech to turn your home into virtual classroom

Online MBAs – and quality digital tools – secrets of success for people seeking qualifications to get on in careers, but lack time and chance to study full-time

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Qualifications such as a master’s degree in business administration (MBA) can be a gold pass to career progression.

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However, not everyone has the time to pursue a course around their existing commitments, or the chance to pause their professional/working life to study full-time.

Studying online is really convenient. It gives you the flexibility to combine study with work and other things
Andrew Lancaster director, UniCurve

What, then, if that coveted testamur – a certificate that proves an examination has been passed – in one’s professional armoury could be worked towards in your own time, from the comfort of your own home?

Distance learning allows that and digital tools enable it.

Many of the top international universities and business schools offer executive education online, which can be as well- credentialed as any on-campus course – and just as engaging.

Flexible approach to studying

“Studying online is really convenient,” says Andrew Lancaster, director of UniCurve, an Australian company that publishes Onlinestudyaustralia.com, a website representing more than a dozen universities across Australia, which helps students find distance education courses,

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