As 2021 continued to restrict students and employees to online learning and remote working, online courses remained the preferable mode of learning this year. As per a report released by Coursera – machine learning, python and data analytics were the most trending courses among Indians in 2021.
The list was curated by monitoring the Enrollment numbers on the E Learning platform. In soft skills, English for career development remained the most popular course in India. The list of top 10 overall courses among Indians was machine learning, programming for everybody (getting started with python), foundations: data, everywhere English for career development, financial markets, HTML, CSS, and JavaScript for web developers, introduction to psychology, foundations of user experience (UX) design among others Meanwhile, financial markets was the most subscribed business course on Coursera in 2021. 2021. Financial planning for young adults by the University of Illinois is another business the course made to the top ten list, indicating a growing interest in financial markets and investment advisory jobs. A report released by Udemy on the emerging and expected trends for 2022 mentions that technical skills like Next. CSC, Python scripting, and Terraform are surging in India. Irwin Anand, MD, Udemy India, said, “The evolving workplace has made learning new skills more significant than ever, as employees are required to become lifelong learners to stay relevant in the workplace of the future. Every year, we are able to highlight the most in-demand workplace skills on the Udemy Business platform, which helps companies and professionals make informed decisions and stay up to date. Moreover, practical skill-based learning is important to stay relevant in this evolving nature of work, and is equipped to adapt to them is crucial.”
The UK is the most popular study abroad destination followed by Canada and the USA, according to data of over 75,000 applications processed by Leap Scholar. The data analysed revealed interesting trends witnessed during 2021Based on the applications for the year, the most popular country is the UK at 49 per cent, followed by Canada at 36 per cent, and the USA at 18 per cent. The most popular courses for study abroad in 2021 include MBA, MSc Data Science, and Computer Science, while MSc Management, Business Analytics, and Project Management saw an increase in popularity. The year has witnessed an increasing trend of students preferring specialized courses.2021 has seen a pent-up demand in the study abroad space and the aspiration to go overseas for education is higher than ever among students. They are exploring new and diverse ambitions,” said Vaibhav Singh, co-founder of Leap Scholar.After graduating from Delhi University’s Shri Ram College of Commerce, the question of “what next” never bothered me, thanks to my professors at SRCC. Given my interests and abilities, they suggested that I would gain more from courses offered outside India. Moreover, I was keen to pursue a research-based master’s and most domestic programs lack that component.Once I finalised the decision to study abroad, the next big questions were which university and course to pursue. I did plenty of online research before applying to four universities – Oxford, Cambridge University, University College London (UCL), and the London School of Economics (LSE).
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