Alibaba expands GET Network
Alibaba Business School has announced the expansion of the Alibaba Global eCommerce Talent (GET) Network initiative, with new eight organisations joining existing members including Thailand’s Burapha University in committing to facilitate the education and empowerment of youth around the world.
The announcement was made at an Alibaba symposium held during the 12th Annual China-Asean Education Cooperation Week early this week in Guiyang.
The Alibaba GET Network was initiated in 2018 as an extension of Alibaba’s GET program which, to date, has benefitted 80 education partners and trained more than 300 lecturers, as well as some 13,000 students and other participants from China, Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, India, South Korea, Mongolia, Australia, Israel and Turkey.
In Thailand, the network currently covers 10 local education partners with a combined force of 72 lecturers and has successfully training 2,000 people to date.
Brian Wong, Vice President of Alibaba Group, said the hundreds of lecturers they have trained globally and the Alibaba GET programme subsequently introduced by participating universities have accelerated the pace at which they educate and empower the talents of tomorrow, and they are keen to replicate this success with their new slate of educational partners.
“Our students have grown over the past year under GET as has the enthusiasm of our lecturers to bring even more students into the fold,” said Charoen Chinwanitcharoen, vice president of Thailand’s Burapha University, one of the founding members of the GET Network.
He added that the dynamic nature of the digital economy is a double-edged sword, and the students now have the confidence to pursue opportunities and knowledge to keep learning and upgrading to succeed.
As part of the Alibaba GET Network, education partners receive learning materials based on real-world case studies and multimedia learning assets via the GET Online Learning Platform and Simulation Platform, taught by experts from the Alibaba ecosystem.
Participating universities can also send their lecturers to receive further training on equipping students with the right knowledge and skills to succeed in the digital economy.
The symposium “Entrepreneurship and Innovation Education in the Era of the Digital Economy” brought together GET-trained university lecturers and students as well as representatives from 62 universities and partners across 22 countries including China, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Russia and Mexico.
More than 250 experts and representatives from Alibaba Group, various governments, universities and the digital industry joined stakeholders from the Network to discuss how to further develop talents in the digital economy and drive a new business education model.
Leaders from Thailand’s Burapha University and Malaysia’s Sunway Education Group presented their GET teaching programmes developed after their training by Alibaba Business School.
The Alibaba symposium was part of the wider proceedings of the China-Asean Education Cooperation Week, which has encouraged educational and cultural exchange between Asean nations and international partners since 2008.
