BTEC Edexcel HND Qualifications at American College of Higher Education
Are you leaving school but want to start work and still study towards your degree? Perhaps you want to pursue a two year higher education programme which is recognized around the world, maybe you’re concerned about the costs of studying and living abroad, or perhaps you are a busy working professional who feels the need to follow a formal degree programme, but until now has been unable to follow a full-time programme.
If the answers to any of these questions are yes, following a BTEC Higher National Diploma (HND) at American College of Higher Education (ACHE) is the option you have been looking for. With over 18 years of experience in the higher education field, and highly qualified academic staff, ACHE is uniquely poised to provide you the opportunity of obtaining a world class professional qualification that is tailored to your needs.
Edexcel Higher National Diplomas are a pathway for students to begin preparing for jobs and careers in their chosen field through a practical approach to education, which recognizes prior learning and experience and also opens the door to exemptions to Membership status for over 60 professional organizations and have been an alternative path of education since 1974 and are an internationally recognized qualification, and highly regarded by employers.
The American College of Higher Education offers the Edexcel HND lectures during weekends at our branches in Colombo, Kandy, Negombo and Kurunegala. All lecturers conducting lectures in our programmes are industry qualified professionals and all centers are equipped with all facilities and our libraries are constantly updated with the latest textbooks, periodicals and journals to ensure our students have the most current resources at their disposal.
Most employers have a very high regard and approve of of the immensely useful technical skills and experience which BTEC HND students gain in studying. Many employers believe that students with BTEC HNDs are able to start work immediately, and do not require training in order to be able to do the work they are employed for.
Higher National Diplomas are ‘outcome based’, which means that students a encouraged to demonstrate that they can achieve the 
stated learning outcomes in the programme by undertaking a range of practical and varied assessment tasks. There are no theoretical essays, HND assessments are geared to the demands of a vocational qualification which expects practical relevance. Each HND consists of 16 units. They are designed with employers and employment in mind.
The BTEC HND programme at ACHE takes approximately 18 months to complete, and is carefully designed with these factors in mind and emphasizes on imparting practical knowledge, drawing on prior work experience and skills in addition to equipping them with comprehensive theoretical knowledge. Students will be assessed based on assignments, which will have to be submitted periodically, rather than through written examinations. Currently ACHE offers specialization at HND level in fields such as HRM, Marketing and Management and intends to introduce many more in future.
There are three intakes each year for the BTEC HND programme and the students are free to choose between weekend or weekday classes according to their preference and convenience. Each batch will consist of a maximum of 30 students, to ensure individual attention for each student.
The next intake for the HND Program Commences on the 08th of June 2013.
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