I became involved with Global Campus at an early stage because I spent many years as an Oxbridge college head worrying about admissions problems. We were being used for target practice by think-they-know-it-all politicians who were/are more interested in scoring points against 'elitism' than in actually helping anyone to get education. What is on offer at www.globalcampus.com is fair and transparent information meant to encourage and explain how you get from school to university. That involves a terribly important life-changing decision for millions of people every year and an extremely complex one for the would-be students and the universities.
In the privacy of the pc, an intending student can now find out where you go to get the courses that will lead to the career you want - whether at home or anywhere else in the world. It brings to an end the anguish of choosing in a vacuum and sticking a finger in the air. You can spend time on it when you're minded to do so. You can register and return again and again until you match your chosen subject with the environment you believe is right for you. And the university admissions people can also identify the students they want to take who possess the qualifications they want them to have. It also will help students to get their hands on some of the considerable sums of scholarship and bursary money which are not taken up every year because people cannot discover how to apply for it. The market-place between student and university has for decades been shrouded in fog - Global Campus is meant to reduce the noise and cut out the guesswork.
Anthony Smith
Formerly President of Magdalen College, Oxford University and Advisor to Global Campus
www.globalcampus.com
