Edulink International Campus awards schols

by Rohana Jayalal

Edulink International Campus launched its new programs last Sunday. It provided an opportunity for students and parents to experience the offerings of the campus.

Director, EDULINK International Campus, Kanishka Weeramunda said, "The Sri Lankan education sector is very competitive and new institutes offer degrees of various local and foreign universities. We offer balanced higher education making the students time with us the most invaluable investment for their future."

The key highlight of the launch was the awarding of 60 full and partial scholarships in the fields of Business, Accounting and Finance and IT.

Edulink will offer deserving students the opportunity of winning one 100%, five 50%, twenty five 25% and twenty-nine 10% scholarships.

"At Edulink, students' success plays an important role and we are serious about our scholarship program. We view it as an academic incentive for those who otherwise don't have the means of pursuing their education, he said.

"Through the international program, we offer scholarships to students in the Maldives, Pakistan, Uganda and Vietnam to come to Sri Lanka for their higher studies. The international scholarship program is also Edulink's way of assisting the Sri Lankan education sector," Weeramunda said.

At Edulink, scholarships are regularly awarded to deserving students, especially to family members of those in the forces, nurses and media based on academic achievement, employment experience, areas of study and financial need.

Recognising the immeasurable service provided by those in these service sectors and their inability to invest a large amount of money on higher education, Edulink places a significant importance in providing them scholarships.

Professor and Group Academic Director, Edulink Consultants, Helen Mason said, "The group's mission is provision of college and university education in Asia, Africa, and Middle east by setting up academic cooperation with UK Universities. Edulink Consultants provides funds for the development of new business ventures and scholarship programs in various countries of selected regions."

"Our programs will incorporate the latest educational developments internationally. The local academic staff that we employ will be introduced to international teaching standards and will benefit from our program of continuing professional development," she said.

Edulink also provides additional support to international students in finding suitable accommodation, training opportunities and internships.

Through their strong network, the Campus helps graduates find internship opportunities in countries such as Dubai and UK. All students at Edulink are encouraged to lead a balanced life, not limiting themselves to academics and books.

The Institution offers internal British degrees from the prestigious Universities of Greenwich, University of Northampton and other leading UK universities, to Sri Lankan students under a range of subjects including Business, Accounting and Finance and Computer Science.

Students have access to more than 118,000 e-books and over 14,000 e-journals on various subjects. The Campus offers UK-accredited degrees at Foundation, Undergraduate and Postgraduate levels which are recognised and demanded by employers locally and internationally. Edulink campuses are subject to the same quality assurance procedures observed at every top university in UK.

The degree programs offered at the campuses are recognised all over the world because they are validated and monitored in the same way and the same standards as those offered at UK campuses.

The campus is owned by Edulink Consultants, a multinational higher education company which has been in operation since 2004. It is the leading company in the Edulink Group based in Dubai and is a educational services provider that has built strategic partnerships with renowned academic institutions from across the globe.