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Thammasat Digital Skill Space, a course to shape the investors of the future. A springboard to 'Wealth-Financial Freedom'

Thammasat University in collaboration with the SET and SkillLane has launched the Thammasat Digital Skill Space project.

Monday 7 March 2022

     Thammasat University in collaboration with the Stock Exchange of Thailand and SkillLane Education Company Limited has launched the “Thammasat Digital Skill Space” project which is a development of a comprehensive investment learning course. Students will obtain a deep understanding of the capital market ecosystem and be trained in sustainable investment skills amid the changing and uncertainty of the future world. This project will provide opportunities for Thammasat students to learn, collect and transfer credits or can be counted as elective courses or free elective courses according to the course requirements. In the future, there will be opportunities for students of all institutions, high school students as well as those who are interested in to attend.

     Assoc. Prof. Gasinee Witoonchart, Rector of Thammasat University, said that the rapid and drastic changes in the modern world have caused the role of universities and educational institutions to change accordingly. The World Economic Forum predicts that within the next 5 years around the world, as many as 85 million jobs will be lost, while 97 million new jobs will be occured. However, there will be a lot of unemployed persons, while many jobs will not be done by anyone. As these people do not have the skills to do new jobs, universities or educational institutions therefore need to rethink on how to respond to this question raised.

     “Presently, universities may not be able to respond to only a single group of students or a new generation but must meet the learning needs of people of all ages or generations. At the same time, it is necessary to promote cross-disciplinary learning as a skill of the future. The important matter is to arm people and change their investment mindset, which will be one way to foster stability and security in the new world,” Assoc. Prof. Gasinee said.

     Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phipop Udon, Vice Rector for Academic Affairs, Thammasat University said that within the Thammasat Digital Skill Space project, there will be an intensive development of investment learning courses, starting from an online course of the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET e-Learning) that provides knowledge from basic to advanced knowledge such as financial planning, investment in stocks, derivatives, mutual funds, bonds, etc. Thammasat University as a leading educational institution with outstanding business school accredited by three global accreditation institutions in business administration (Triple Crown) will redesign such knowledge set into “courses” that are in line with today's changes, while SkillLane as an online education experts will join forces to develop a platform that makes learning accessible to everyone.

     “Today, the financial world has changed. A large number of new products were created. The key is that everyone can easily access investments through technology and does not require a large amount of capital as in the past. Therefore, investment is a skill of the future that is important for everyone, and the Thammasat Digital Skill Space project is designed to accommodate everyone, at every age,” Assoc. Prof. Dr. Phipop said.

     Dr.Pakorn Pitathawatchai, Director and Manager, the Stock Exchange of Thailand said that the Stock Exchange of Thailand aims to develop the capital market to benefit all sectors. One of the key missions that has been carried out continuously is to promote financial literacy, especially among students. The Stock Exchange of Thailand has continuously worked with universities to disseminate knowledge with body of knowledge and media that the Stock Exchange of Thailand has developed which can be used as a tool for further development of courses systematically in the university.

     “ล่าสุด ตลาดหลักทรัพย์ฯ ได้ลงนาม MOU กับมหาวิทยาลัยธรรมศาสตร์ มุ่งส่งเสริมความรู้ด้านการเงินการลงทุนแก่นักศึกษา ด้วยหลักสูตรออนไลน์ SET e-Learning ที่ตลาดหลักทรัพย์ฯ จัดทำขึ้นเพื่อให้สอดรับกับการเรียนรู้วิถีใหม่ ตอบโจทย์การเรียนรู้แบบดิจิทัล นับเป็นอีกหนึ่งความร่วมมือในการสร้างช่องทางการเรียนรู้ตลอดชีวิตเพื่อเพิ่มทักษะด้านการเงินของคนไทย วางรากฐานในการสร้างบุคลากรด้านการเงิน การลงทุนที่มีคุณภาพ สนับสนุนการพัฒนาการศึกษา ตลาดทุนและเศรษฐกิจไทยได้อย่างยั่งยืน”  ดร.ภากร กล่าว

     “Recently, the SET has signed an MOU with Thammasat University, aiming to promote financial and investment knowledge for students with SET e-Learning online courses at the Stock Exchange of Thailand produced in alignment with the new way of learning and responding to digital learning needs. This is regarded as another collaboration in creating a lifelong learning channel to increase Thai people's financial skills, laying the foundation for building financial personnel, quality investment, and sustainably supporting the development of education, capital market and Thai economy,” said Dr. Pakorn.

     Mr. Thitipong Phisitwuthinan, Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of SkillLane said, “In the present, technology has made it easier, faster and better for people to learn, which is in line with today's behavior. From our direct experience in developing online learning platform for many leading organizations, including having previously collaborated with Thammasat University in TUXSA Project, an online master's degree programs that has been successfully operated. This has proven that our technology provides people with unrestricted access to quality education in terms of time and place.”

     However, the courses that will be offered online are: 1. TU201: Financial Literacy for Individuals, which is related to financial planning guidelines for life goals, the use of financial instruments including techniques for finding, collecting and knowing how to use and expand the interests as well as DCA savings and investment allocation techniques, and personal income tax saving planning techniques, etc.

   2. TU202: Complete Investment, which involves learning alternatives and investment procedures in financial markets, stock investment fundamentals from return, risk, tax on investment, stock analysis, trading method, investment in mutual funds, techniques for choosing funds, constant DCA, as well as the process of managing investment portfolios to suit themselves and changing mindset to foster long-term success.

   3. TU: 301: Investment in the Stock Market, which involves the preparation and use of stock and derivatives trading programs (Settrade Streaming), fundamental analysis, economy, industry, techniques for reading and interpreting important data in the financial statements, sustainable investment choices as well as learning to invest in various types of derivatives both futures and options, investment in debt cautionary and risk statements, fundamentals of investing in DW (Derivative Warrant), price action mechanism, etc.