Advisor to Minister of Education, Ministry of Education, Sri Lanka, US Fulbright Senior Fellow, and Canadian Commonwealth Scholar
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“We empower you to design your career path”, Prof Gunapala Nanayakkara
Achievers – UniKey Campus will present an interactive session for its students on Saturday, 29th October 2022 from 10.00 am to 12.00 coinciding with its inaugural open day for current students as well as students interested in joining Melbourne Polytechnic courses in Sri Lanka.
“I am very pleased to see the new collaborative arrangement between AUC and the Melbourne Polytechnic in Australia. Education has no boundaries, it will not limit an individual just to learn or graduate, but more importantly to integrate and mature to grow with the larger society. I look forward to meeting students of AUC and will discuss their future aspirations whereas I believe in them designing their career path towards which as academia we have much to contribute”, Prof. Nanayakkara says.
Achievers – UniKey Campus, located in the Centre of Colombo, was established in Sri Lanka to support and encourage students to achieve academic excellence, enhance their competencies and be successful in their academic and professional career. Considered as one the emerging higher education institutions in Sri Lanka, it is committed to providing equal, intrinsic and individualised value for students.
In a unique way in the education market of Sri Lanka, the AUC will provide training for developing the type of competencies students require for them to find suitable employment in Australia while being a student at the Melbourne Polytechnic. The range of competencies is decided upon a study of job opportunities and employer requirements for hiring. For example, these competencies include business communication skills, ICT skills, data management, fostering customer relationships, office management, layout design, and working in cross-cultural employee environments.
Tim Gilbert, Vice President International Development
AUC’s Diploma in Business leads to Bachelor of Business, Bachelor of Accounting and Bachelor of Hospitality Management of Melbourne Polytechnic. Students at AUC are exposed to the standards of Australian curriculum, and taught by highly qualified and experienced academics, mentors, and instructors to achieve excellence in their academic progression. AUC pathways provide a guaranteed entry to Melbourne Polytechnic and they are perfectly designed for Srilankan students.
WHY MELBOURNE POLYTECHNIC?
Melbourne Polytechnic stands out from other educational institutions in Melbourne, because it focuses on practical industry-relevant training designed in collaboration with industry and offers students the unique opportunity to integrate practical learning with traditional theory.
Melbourne Polytechnic is Government funded and owned, and it fosters and encourages diversity within its student body. Its international students come from over 70 countries through its six campuses and over eighty courses. Their qualifications are accredited nationally and recognised internationally as students are taught in excellent facilities with innovative technology.
The government recognises the excellent quality of Melbourne Polytechnic’s international education programmes, and have been recognised in the past for the Premiers Award for Excellence in International Education.
Melbourne Polytechnic hosts a large cohort of international students and delivers programs with 25 partner institutions throughout Asia and has collaborated with AUC in Sri Lanka to deliver exciting and career demanding courses for Srilankan students with the option to completing their degrees in Australia.
“Melbourne has long been one of the most popular and sought after cities for students to choose to study in Australia. Students come over to experience their study, comfortable and relaxed lifestyle from all over the world and integrate with Australian community who has been welcoming them for many decades. Melbourne Polytechnic has strong emphasis and commitment to build skills for students thorough its transnational collaborations in countries we offer our courses by endorsing students’ preparedness to study with us in Australia. We at Melbourne Polytechnic look forward to welcoming Srilankan students both at AUC Sri Lanka as well as in Melbourne to continue their higher education journey”, Tim Gilbert, Vice President International Development, Melbourne Polytechnic.
Get ahead in a competitive market
Melbourne Polytechnic developed its Diploma of Business BSB50120 through research and consultation with industry specialists across several businesses covering multiple industries. It develops and advance student’s skills in business planning, knowledge management, human resources, innovation and risk management. With the Diploma of Business BSB50120 offered by Melbourne Polytechnic offered at AUC in Sri Lanka, students will gain a broad understanding of key business concepts and how to apply them to get ahead in the competitive business market.
Student Success
Pathways students of AUC Sri Lanka who successfully received their visas to follow further studies at Melbourne Polytechnic shared their experience at the recently concluded certificate awarding ceremony at the campus.
“AUC programmes are very well-structured, and lecturers provided a variety of learning resources to assist us in consolidating knowledge in various ways. They were always willing to clarify any information and genuinely wanted to see us succeed – it’s nice to feel they genuinely care”. -Sheshan Perera, Bachelor of Business.
“AUC pathway partners, Melbourne Polytechnic is one of the largest government-funded higher education providers in Australia. They provided the best of education and the perfect pathway to my academic progression. One of the key reasons I chose to study at AUC because they provided a guaranteed direct entry to transfer to Melbourne Polytechnic”.
-Rumesh Madusanka, Bachelor of Business.
“Studying at AUC helped me to get the guaranteed scholarship at Melbourne Polytechnic. The scholarship helped me build my moral, motivated to move forward with a lot of positive attitude and vibe. I am ever grateful for the opportunity given to be awarded a scholarship, and I am even more excited to use it in pursuing my higher education”.
-Avishka Ranawaka, Bachelor of Accounting.
“The service I have received from AUC has been exceptional as they fully guided me with all the things I needed to do and everything went seamlessly. I did not even feel pressured and stressed out throughout the process. All thanks to them. They give me perfect guidance and right direction to make my dream of studying in Australia becomes a reality”.
-Hashini Pietersz, Bachelor of Hospitality Management.
“I was quite anxious at the beginning due to lack of fluency in English as I completed my primary and secondary education in Sinhala. However, AUC’s language centre trained and guided me to develop my skills and knowledge in English and it rewarded me greatly with the successful completion of Certificate in English. It gave me confidence to follow the pathway, and I am delighted that I now continuing my study at Melbourne Polytechnic”.
-Dulan Jayasekara, Bachelor of Business.
Scholarship
AUC will offer 20%-50% scholarships for students registering on 29th Oct 2022 for pathway programmes. Melbourne Polytechnic scholarships are available to AUC transfer students, starts with a guaranteed 10% and up to 50%. Student may leave out misconceptions about scholarships that they need to be top in the class to apply, but Melbourne Polytechnic scholarships are unique and is awarded on a range of criteria, such a merit, and area of study and/or personal circumstances.
Pathways
Every student has a dream and AUC helps them build it for them.
- Apply after OL or AL
- OL to Australian Foundation with guaranteed entry into Bachelor’s degree. Completion of Year 11/GCE OL (local or London) with C grade in English language.
- AL to Australian Diploma with guaranteed entry into second year of Bachelor’s degree. Progression from Australian Foundation Programme, and/or successful completion of GCE AL (local or London) with minimum two passes in core subjects.
- Intakes: November 2022, March 2023 and July 2023.
Email and for registration – info@auc.lk; Tel: +94 76 341 6617 / +94 11 759 0001
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