Henley's online e-learning platform connects 7,000 students around the world
Embracing the age of globalisation, Henley Management College, the world's largest MBA provider, is training its students to think global and act local.
Founded in 1945 as the first business school in Britain, Henley offers management development programmes for middle- to top-level management executives and companies in 80 countries.
The school received the Royal Charter in 1991 and, in 1997, was given the power to award its own degrees, in the same way that universities do - the first such institution to be granted these.
To connect its students in Hong Kong with those from other parts of the world, the school has introduced an online e-learning platform. The school's operations manager, Veronica Chan Yuk-mei, says about 7,000 Henley students around the globe can make use of the platform.
It provides subject discussion forums where students can share ideas and experiences with other participants, and undertake activities that will help them clarify their understanding of the programme content through case studies.
But the most valuable learning experience, Ms Chan says, is gained from regular face-to-face workshops where students can go through the module with tutors.