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More than 1,500 Singaporean students are expected to enrol with Scotland's Interactive 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, generating an anticipated ?6 million over the next three years, writes Olga Wojtas.

The news was announced this week in Singapore by Scotland's deputy first minister Jim Wallace, who was there to open Scottish Development International's new incubator centre for Scottish companies aiming to grow their market in Southeast 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ.

The centre's first occupant is the Interactive 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ, a company established by Heriot-Watt 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ and Scottish Enterprise. It has signed an agreement with the Nanyang Institute of Management, to offer students Scottish undergraduate and postgraduate courses through e-learning.

The Interactive 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ has 40 "local learning partners" in 20 countries, with whom it operates in tandem, serving more than 90,000 students. Half the student fees stay with the local partner.

Mr Wallace said: "Interactive 51¹ú²úÊÓƵ's distributed learning model means students in Singapore can stay at home while studying internationally recognised degrees."