COVID-19 Update - July 20th 2020
Greetings all,
It's been a few months since our last update regarding the current global situation and COVID-19, so we thought we would bring you up to speed with what ISP have been working on behind the scenes in order to continue offering exceptional learning and travel programs. It’s no secret that this global crisis has dragged industries and businesses into a difficult spot, adapt and prepare are the words on the lips of many organisations, including ourselves.
staying flexible
We’ve been at the drawing board, conjuring up ideas that will give you confidence and peace of mind when booking a learning program with ISP during a time of shifting global measures. Firstly, we’ve devised our Flexible Study Trips, giving you the option to arrange a study abroad program under regular conditions but with a content and money guarantee that ensures your learning experience will not be halted, even if your travel arrangements are. Our Flexible Study Trips have considerably more favorable and flexible cancelation policies, but of course, you don't want you to miss out on an exceptional learning experience. So that's where our content guarantee comes in, we’ll prepare both online and offline options for your study trip with immersive digital sessions in-country. Our global network and years of experience means we can prepare an enriching, engaging virtual learning experience that’ll guarantee you won’t miss out.
Enriching Online Options
If you still have concerns about travel restrictions in the upcoming months, we’ve prepared enriching 100% online educational experiences targeting business acumen but always with cultural options to match. Fully customizable and tailored for your learning objectives, this learn-from-home format is a future-proof way to safeguard your study goals. Embracing the ‘New Normal’ is a program designed at evaluating and understanding future business and economies after the pandemic with a focus on Brazil, UK, Vietnam China and Estonia through live and interactive sessions. Or take ‘Smart Europe’, that delves into Artificial Intelligence, cybersecurity, cryptocurrencies and smart cities, and how these new technologies are enhancing business potential.
Keeping you in the know
These ever-changing global measures can seem a bit daunting during current times of unrest. So we’ve designed a Travel News and Updates page that’ll keep you in the know regarding the implementation and lifting of measures in your chosen country/destination. It’s our way of helping you follow changeable situations in a time of travel uncertainty. Bookmark the page and check-in daily, let us do the legwork of consolidating travel updates from a variety of sources so you don’t have to.
safety & peace of mind
When you embark upon your study trip we want you to feel safe and protected at all times, so you can be sure we’ll treat each trip with the utmost care and value for our participant's health. We’ve deciphered ways in which we can enhance that feeling of safety. Sanitizer will be available at all stages of the trip, more transport vehicles with fewer amounts of students on board buses, social distancing rules will be respected and larger groups may be split into subgroups for visits. We must approach this situation when we travel with the highest level of care, all of this and more can be discussed when liaising with your ISP contact and booking your trip!
All of these initiatives have been put in place so that ISP can continue to provide exceptional and invaluable learning experiences to our patrons. Let's inspire each other, chart this course of change together, and never lose touch of that global connection we’ve created together for over 20 years. I wish our clients, partners and team all the best, and look after yourselves.
Tomas Chalupnik
CEO - International Study Programs
