BCAS Campus holds its 2012 Convocation at BMICH
View(s):Over 450 Diplomates from the BCAS Campus the proud pioneers of Edexcel, UK’s BTEC HND programmes in Sri Lanka are to be conferred Higher National Diplomas at the convocation ceremony to be held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) on 18th April 2012. The diplomas to be awarded are for IT related disciplines, Telecommunication Engineering, Quantity Surveying, Business Management and Law.
The function will be presided over by Mr Abdur Rahman, the Chairman of the British College of Applied Studies and VIPs from the industry and the statutory bodies will also be participating. Mr Phil Harris will represent the University of Wolverhampton as the Head of Academic Development, School of Technology along with a senior lecturer from the School of Law while Mr. Suriya Bibile, its Country Manager for Sri Lanka will represent Edexcel, UK.
Mr. Abdul Rahman stated, “The occasion will mark the culmination of 16 months of studying at BCAS and will be the pinnacle for the students receiving awards. This ceremony stands testimony to the many accolades and achievements of BCAS students for their performances in their chosen fields of study. BCAS is proud of its products and takes this opportunity to wish them all the best in their future academic as well as career endeavours”.
With proven track record and experience over a period of 13 years in providing quality higher education and vocational training, BCAS currently conducts Edexcel-approved BTEC HND Programmes in ICT System Support, Computing General, Soft ware Development, Quantity Surveying, Business Management, Telecommunication Engineering, International Hospitality Management and Law.
Top-up degree courses in Law (LLB) and Quantity Surveying (BSc Hons) are being conducted, too on behalf of the University of Wolverhampton, UK with co-operation from their respective flying faculty while the MBA programme is to be started from January 2013.
Besides these, BCAS also offers career-focused vocational courses and specialized “no-wait-for-job” trainings such as CAD & BS, Construction Technology and in Land Surveying (Professional Diplomas) which construction industry desperately needs. On average, 400 students pass out each year and gain admission to final year of BSc (Hons) or BA (Hons) degree programmes in over 105 reputed universities in the UK, Australia, USA or Canada.
BCAS prides itself of its uniqueness and premium services to students in terms of higher academic standards and quality, affordability and flexibility of learning. Plus, it can boast of highly supported progression arrangements with reputed universities in the UK, Australia, Canada, etc. BCAS enjoys an established and stronger academic collaboration with world-class universities in UK, namely, University of Wolverhampton, University of West London, University of Central Lancashire, University of Bedfordshire, University of Portsmounth in UK.
Keeping the students’ interests in mind, unique scholarship schemes to study at UK universities are offered by BCAS. The worth of these scholarships ranges from £1000 to £4,000 each. As an extension of its services, BCAS also can facilitate job placement for its students especially in the Middle East. Through this job facilitation assistance, more than 200 students have been able to secure lucrative jobs in their respective fields over the past years.
BCAS boasts state-of-the-art campuses in Colombo, Dehiwela, Kandy and Batticaloa while another campus in Kurunagala is to be opened soon. A fully-fledged overseas campus in Qatar has been operational since 2007 providing both HND and degree level courses in Quantity Surveying in partnership with the University of Wolverhampton, UK. Recently, as a part of the expansion programme a further branch was established in Oman to run BCAS’ courses. Plans are afoot to open more overseas campuses in Asia in general and West Asia in particular.
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