Premier Online Graduate School Comes to Australia

Sydney, November 19, 2007 - U21Global, the world's premier online Graduate School, today announced that it has set up an office in Sydney. The Australian organisation will be operated by J.H. Consulting Pty. Ltd. of which veteran Australian travel industry figure, John Verhelst serves as a Director.

Verhelst has spent 30 years in senior positions with several travel, airline and hospitality groups in Australia, the United Kingdom, the Middle East and Asia. Before joining U21Global, he was Gulf Air's Asia/Pacific regional general manager, based in Singapore, overseeing Gulf Air's activities in Australia, Hong Kong, the Philippines, Thailand, Indonesia, Singapore and Malaysia, as well as the off-line countries of China, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea.

From U21Global's Sydney office, Verhelst will provide student services to recruit, support and retain students in the region. He will also help develop and implement marketing activities aimed at increasing the graduate school's brand recognition in Australia.

Since its inception in 2001, the Singapore-headquartered graduate school has placed great emphasis on providing students with a quality educational experience. U21Global's programmes are backed by 20 of the world's leading universities and also have the support and endorsement of distinguished educators from around the globe. In 2005, U21Global was awarded the European Foundation for Management Development (EFMD) TeChnology Enhanced Learning (CEL) accreditation for its MBA programme. The school's firm belief in quality has shown good results and has attracted more than 4,000 students from over 60 countries since it launched its flagship MBA programme in 2003.

About U21Global
Established in 2001, U21Global is the world's premier online Graduate School that offers globally recognised graduate programmes. The graduate school is backed by an international network of 20 leading research-intensive universities in 12 countries. U21Global combines the traditional quality of its founders with innovative modes of delivery on the Internet, providing students with substantial learning advantages, while balancing work, travel and family life.

U21Global has successfully enrolled students from 60 countries around the world including those from Asia, Australia, Africa, Europe and the Americas. The graduate programmes draw upon the best practices in online learning and pedagogy and have been approved by U21pedagogica, an independent quality assurance body which ensures that the curriculum meets the rigorous academic standards of all 20 affiliated universities. For more information on U21Global, please visit our campus at www.u21global.edu.sg

U21Global's affiliated universities include: North America: McGill University, Tecnológico de Monterrey, University of British Columbia, University of Virginia; Europe: Lund University; University College Dublin, University of Birmingham, University of Edinburgh, University of Glasgow, University of Nottingham; East Asia: Fudan University, Korea University, National University of Singapore, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, University of Hong Kong, Waseda University; Australia & New Zealand: University of Auckland., University of Melbourne, University of New South Wales, University of Queensland.