How to handle grief and fear of children in the aftermath of a tragedy
Distressing events like the Sri Lankan Easter bombings affect us all in different ways. While adults often have enough life experience to be able to take a long-term perspective towards such disasters, children can face different challenges. When a child has directly experienced extremely distressing events, or witnessed them through the news and social media, [...]
Australian campaigners demand open access step change
Australian open access advocates have demanded a post-election purge of overpriced science, giving the next education minister three years to change the research publishing paradigm. Lobby groups say that in the space of a decade, Australia has stumbled from being a “world leader” in research access – armed with a coast-to-coast system of institutional repositories [...]
Let us defeat the fear psychosis and encourage students get back to schools and universities!
Speaking to a cross section of teachers, parents and children in the heart of Colombo, it was evident that most of them were victims of diverse stories and interpretations that were counter- productive to their own welfare. Some have been so short sighted and become victims of their own interpretations. Some understood matters more rationally [...]
Empowering you to Fly High!
“I enrolled at NCHS with the dream of doing a Bachelor of Business Information Systems, Logistic and Supply Chain Management at the Swinburne University of Technology. I was privileged to gain a 25% Scholarship in the Diploma Business. While at NCHS, I received the best support, allowing me to excel in studies as well as [...]
MBBS/MD Intakes are NOW ON. India/Malaysia/ Europe / Belarus / Australia & UK
IMC Education (http://www.imcedu.com/) Sri Lanka’s undisputed leader in Overseas Medical Placements to world’s leading Medical Universities across Europe, Eastern Europe and Asia is inviting applicants to apply for the MBBS/MD programmes offered at its partner universities for 2019 September intake. IMC Facilitates students to select a Medical University to match their Academic and Career aspirations. [...]
Courage, Confidence and Values For Children to Face Current Challenges in Sri Lanka
How do we equip our innocent children who have not experienced the fear of brutal war that darkened our country for three decades, to face the current crisis that has cast gloom over our beautiful country? How to we inculcate in them good values of equality of all people of Sri Lanka and motivate them [...]
Anjali Ranaweera – An Inspiring Young Achiever
“It does not matter what people think of you, because in life I would advise you to live the way you want to. You should learn without limits and live without regrets.” I had the pleasure of sitting down with UCL student and an inspiring young achiever, 18-year-old Anjali Ranaweera, to talk about her amazing [...]
The economic value of going to university is not declining
Modern economies are supposed to deliver improving living standards – incrementally year-on-year, with big gains decade-on-decade. That is why it is so shocking that a 30-year-old today earns no more than a 30-year-old a decade ago did, according to previous research by the Resolution Foundation’s Intergenerational Commission. This is an earnings freeze on a scale [...]
“A good leader is a good follower”
It was a memorable day to St. Nichola K. V., Munnakkara in Negombo, since the newly appointed Prefects’ Body was bestowed for the academic session 2019-2020 with the cardinal responsibility of protecting and maintaining the standards and the decorum of the school. This ceremony signifies the reliance and confidence that the school consigns in the [...]
Basics of Medicine
Becoming a Medical Doctor for a day with ANC Future Center Medical Placements was concluded on 11th of May 2019 at ANC Education. The basics of Medicine – MED ED Fair involved doctors, Dr.Prasanna Logenthiran ( Local graduate from university of Sri Jayawardenapura, Lecturer at KDU & Guest Lecturer at ANC ), Dr.Pathum (Graduate from [...]
International Admission Day
For the first time ANC Future Center offers the chance to apply for your preferred university and destination, simultaneously we apply on behalf of you to other leading universities specializing in your desired field around the world. International Admission Day is your ticket to reach heights in your higher education dream through just one application [...]
Australasian Academy of Hospitality announces a Scholarship Week from 20th May to the 25th May 2019
Scholarships to study Australian Hospitality Management Programmes are being offered by Australasian Academy of Hospitality (AAH). The week long Scholarship Examination will provide Sri Lankan Students with local or London O/Levels or A/Levels to make an appointment with AAH and visit the campus to sit for the examination. Students with pending results also may apply. [...]
The university that took in 50,000 students fleeing Islamic State
When Islamic State began taking control of swathes of Iraq in 2014, seven universities were forced to shut. But 50,000 of the students displaced were welcomed by the University of Kirkuk, which provided support for them to complete their studies, a refuge from terror – some had fled with tales of people being drowned in cages [...]
Failure to support presses is a betrayal of the academic mission
As federal and state funding for US higher education has shrunk and colleges scramble to find other revenue streams, there has been persistent talk of the “corporate university”. Stanford University’s recent announcement of a dramatic reduction to its financial support for its in-house press indicates that the transformation may soon be complete – and the corporate [...]
Behind the scenes with the SLMUN Executive Committee!
When you think of SLMUN,you think of girls in colourful sarees and smart looking boys in suits and Bow Ties, reporters scurrying around BMICH trying to get as much information as they can for their articles, admins walking around selling magazines and making sure everyone is doing ok and in the middle of it all [...]
Dengue and Zika virus mechanisms further revealed
Research conducted in Monash University Malaysia’s Jeffrey Cheah School of Medicine & Health Sciences (JCSMHS) has shed light on the dengue and Zika viruses. Specifically, the study looked at protein interactions that cause dengue and Zika to develop in an infected host. Dr Vinod Balasubramaniam, senior lecturer in microbiology at JCSMHS, is a co-author of [...]
Decorating for Vesak
Students of Kiramashri Dhammananda Vidyalaya decorating with traditional Vesak lanterns, a custom seen commonly throughout the country, over the Vesak period. Pix W.A. Nelka
No water, no classes in Kataragama schools
The Principals of Sellakataragama Maha Vidyalaya (MV) and Gothamigama Junior School say they cannot conduct lessons due to lack of water. Sellakataragama MV Principal Chandradasa Hettige said there are about 1000 students and, as a solution to the drinking water problem in the school, the government constructed a tube well with RO technology, but there [...]
RCSS’ 2019 Kodikara Research Fellowship goes to Portia
The Regional Centre for Strategic Studies (RCSS) has awarded the 2019 Kodikara Research Fellowship to Portia B. Conrad. She is currently working for India International Centre, New Delhi. During her fellowship, Ms. Conrad will conduct a research on “How do CBMs (Confidence Building Measures) perform in South Asia: Mapping the Relative Performance of India-Pakistan CBMs”. [...]
Ananda College wins CHEMSOC Quiz 2019
Ananda College, Colombo 10, were champions of CHEMSOC Quiz 2019, while Anula Vidyalaya, Nugegoda, were runners-up. CHEMSOC Quiz 2019- the Inter-School Chemistry Quiz organized by the Chemical Society (ChemSoc) of the University of Colombo (UoC) was held recently at the UoC Chemistry Lecture Theater, with the participation of many leading schools in the Western Province. [...]
Uva-Wellassa University to reopen on May 21
The University of Uva-Wellassa (UoU-W), Badulla, will reopen for its next term on May 21. UoU-W Vice Chancellor Professor Jayantha Lal Ratnasekara, in a statement, said the hostels will reopen on May 20, and all students utilising the University’s hostel facilities to be present on that day. Further details can be obtained from the Senior [...]
Grade 5 Scholarship exam achievers sans schools
Sections of students who passed the Grade 5 Scholarship exam are in a dilemma, as authorities are finding it difficult to find suitable schools for them. Though the respective schools are supposed to accommodate children passing the Scholarship exam with good results, they do not have vacancies. Minister of Education Akila Viraj Kariyawasam told the [...]
Discover France – One of the best countries to study, live and work
France remains to be one of the most developed countries in the world. France is a member of European Union and is of the most visited tourist destination in the world. The Eiffel Tower, Notre Dame, Louvre, Montmartre, Arc Triomphe, Versailles, and River Seine remains to be the most popular destinations. The French economy is [...]
Over 100 CA Sri Lanka students awarded certificates for completing the inaugural soft skills programme
Over 100 aspiring chartered accountants were awarded certificates on Wednesday after successfully completing three unique soft skills programmes, introduced by the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Sri Lanka (CA Sri Lanka) for the first time for the benefit of corporate level students. Certificates were awarded to students who completed the Speech Craft Programme, Financial Report [...]
“Fashion has the power to connect people with designers, artisans and makers
Even when it was mere ‘clothing’, the intrinsically essential nature of fashion made it one of the most highly demanded product categories, next to food. Today, at a time when wearables have deep links to all-important facets of human life such as work, wellbeing and culture, the power of ‘fashion’ as a business has only [...]
Empowering tomorrow’s leaders with a world renowned Ph.D programme from MSU Malaysia
May Intake 2019 The Management & Science University (MSU) Malaysia is the ideal choice to enhance your academic track record with a Ph.D. This doctorate programme is a significant value addition to your academic portfolio with the world recognition of the MSU. MSU is one of Asia’s QS World Ranked University in Asia Pacific and [...]
Do You want to be a Graduate at the age of 20?
Then this call is for you Follow the ACBT Way & be a graduate of Edith Cowan University (ECU) atthe age of20. Here is how you can make it happen…. You finish your O/L Exam at the age of 16. You will complete your University Foundation in one year. (atthe age of 17) You will [...]
Has university governance lost touch with academic reality?
Soaring vice-chancellors’ salaries have attracted all the wrong headlines in the UK, where a decade of austerity has kept the pay packets of rank-and-file academics – and most other workers – in firm check. Yet all the opprobrium heaped upon the University of Bath for paying its vice-chancellor, Dame Glynis Breakwell, a total of £468,000 in 2016-17 is cast [...]
Swimmer Akalanka bags a double, as 1016 receive ‘Colours’
National swimmer Akalanka Peiris of St. Peter’s College, Colombo bagged two top awards at the Sri Lanka Schools Milo Colours Awards for the years of 2016 and 2017 held at the Bandaranaike Memorial International Conference Hall (BMICH) recently. The event was held after a lapse of two years, as a merged awards ceremony for the [...]
Gateway beat Royal to win Western Province ‘A’ Division Basketball Championship
Gateway College won the Under-20 Western Province ‘A’ Division Basketball Championship beating Royal College, Colombo by 31-26 at the final played at the Royal College court. The Gateway team, that remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, had stiff competition in almost all games. The final round games were quite intense as both the semi-final and the [...]