Platinum Calibre Panel of lecturers for the University of London Degree Programme at Mercury
View(s):Mercury Institute of Management , a leading Institute that provides quality professional education for many prestigious qualifications such as ACCA, CFA, and CISI ,consists of a reputed and globally recognized panel of lecturers which has contributed to the high pass rates and world prize winners for all exams of these professional qualifications.
Jeewanthi Malagala who holds a Bcs hons first class and also holds the qualifications of ACMA and CGMA
Another addition to these success stories is the Institute’s strategic move to offer degrees conferred by the University of London, which recently completed a very successful year. The degrees consist of BSc in Economics, BSc in Accounting and Finance, BSc in Management, BSc in Economics and Finance, BSc in Banking and Finance, BSc in Business and BSc in Economics and Management. The courses can lead to careers in management consulting, commercial banking, financial economist, investment banking and financial management. Commenting on this move the Head of Academic Learning Shaan Jayasekera stated “Mercury is renowned for professional education and has built a solid track record over the last 13 years specializing in the fields in Finance, Accounting and Management. At the heart of Mercury is a passion for quality and perfection whilst providing value for money. Degrees from the University of London perfectly complement our existing product portfolio and our current resources and competencies. Students enrolled with us have a lot to gain in terms of comprehensive syllabus coverage, effective exam preparation, the potential for higher studies with exemptions and also job placement”
Amongst their renowned panel of lecturers is Jeewanthi Malagala, a senior lecturer at the Institute specializing in the Economics related modules. She is a Graduate from the University of London, obtaining first class honours and also achieved the second highest in the world for the module Introduction to Economics .She was employed as a Financial Analyst at a leading stock brokering house where she spent nearly 4 years undertaking research on companies listed on the Colombo bourse. She is currently employed as an Investment Officer at a leading insurance provider and is an associate member of CIMA, CGMA and has completed the CFA examination.
Outlining her lecturing years at Mercury, Jeewanthi pointed out that “What makes Mercury stand above the rest would be the fact that they have an elite panel of Lecturers where majority of them have been graduates from University of London programme itself. Almost every resource personnel is multi qualified having both Academic and professional credentials also coupled with valuable work experience. This combined with years of lecturing experience makes us familiar with the entire process from being a student to being a lecturer. This I believe is a unique feature. Mercury has over 12 years of experience in providing leading professional qualifications such as ACCA and CIMA with the latest addition to its portfolio being the CFA programme and the CISI qualifications. Apart from providing study facilities, students also have the ability to register with the in house job bank which has contacts with some of Sri Lanka’s finest blue chip companies.”
Jeewanthi was also fortunate to be amongst three Sri Lankan students who got the chance to visit the University of London and the London School of Economics and Political Science to attend a Study Weekend. Speaking of this experience she stated “My greatest experience was being able to meet the Lecturers for the internal programme including those who designed the relevant subject guides and visiting the LSE where so many individuals were fostered into successful personalities in business and academia.”
She further explained that “I have found that there is high respect for our graduates who have completed their degree from University of London both locally as well as globally and most of them have found employment at leading institutions such as MAS Holdings, Brandix, John Keells, Amba Research, just to name a few. This is purely due to the recognition that this programme has rightfully earned. “