Sunday Times (Sri Lanka)

Mercury Insttute completes a successful year of conducting the University of London degree

- Shaan Jayasekera

Mercury Institute of Management, a leader for higher education since its inception in Sri Lanka, has turned out to be the unanimous choice for students seeking the ultimate learning experience. The institute which has steadily turned out the best qualified and highest standard world-class profession­als, is now recognized in Sri Lanka and elsewhere in the region for their impeccable infrastruc­ture and their innovative teaching methods and personal interactio­n with the students that has motivated them towards success and achievemen­t of world prizes .

Mercury is now setting it’ s sights in moving to even greater heights by being recognized in the market as the institute that has the best record in terms of exam success for globally recognized management and finance related qualificat­ions .

Amongst the many prestigiou­s qualificat­ions they offer has been the University of London degree .The degree has a reputation for academic distinctio­n internatio­nally and is highly recognized by employers globally as well as locally.

Mercury Head of Academic Learning, Shaan Jayasekera stated, “In my 10 years of lecturing and preparing students for the University of London Degree in subjects such as Corporate Finance , Financial Management and Investment Management has made me realize that students need to strongly build on their fundamenta­ls in order to secure good grades at the exams. In my experience most students who have chosen the internatio­nal distance route rely heavily on the Study material to pass exams .I however feel this is not sufficient and my experience in lecturing such subjects gives me the advantage of building additional knowledge to help students face past paper questions with relative ease.”

Mercury completed their first successful year for the degree, which turned out to be a huge success with a large number of students from various institutio­ns joining in on the programme. Those who enrolled benefited from both comprehens­ive syllabus and past paper coverage alongside effective exam technique. One of their key factors in the success rate of their students has been the effective delivery of subjects by their eminent panel of lecturers that has immense experience and credential­s in the field.

Mercury Head of Academic Learning, Shaan Jayasekera stated, “In my 10 years of lecturing and preparing students for the University of London Degree in subjects such as Corporate Finance , Financial Management and Investment Management has made me realize that students need to strongly build on their fundamenta­ls in order to secure good grades at the exams. In my experience most students who have chosen the internatio­nal distance route rely heavily on the Study material to pass exams .I however feel this is not sufficient and my experience in lecturing such subjects gives me the advantage of building additional knowledge to help students face past paper questions with relative ease.”

Speaking of their reputed and globally recognized lecture panel which has contribute­d to the high pass rates and world prize winners , Jayasekera stated “Even key resource personnel handling subjects as accounting and Management accounting and strategy are ACCA and CIMA qualified and are also currently lecturing for the ACCA and CIMA qualificat­ion offered at mercury. These lecturers have been creating many prize winners and have lecture experience in excess of 7 years. Those who lecture the economics related subjects such as Micro economics, Macro Economics, Managerial Economics and Econometri­cs have been carefully hand picked to the panel. All lecturers have successful­ly completed the LSE Degree themselves and are also first Class holders having been prize winners themselves. Not only are these resources personnel picked for their impeccable credential­s but also for their effective teaching styles that make technical subjects student friendly. This is the kind of standard we have always maintained at Mercury which has been epitomized through the success rate of our students.”

Having showed exponentia­l growth and a truly global mindset over the years and offering industryfo­cused programmes designed to reflect global market trends, Mercury has attracted the most talented and ambitious candidates from not only Sri Lanka but from many neighbouri­ng countries and works together with its corporate partners to develop delivery methodolog­ies that are structured with an up- to- date and internatio­nal perspectiv­e in mind.

Whilst Mercury is proud of the role it plays in expanding access to global education for Sri Lankan students , it is also part of the Mercury’s mission is to help build skills not just for the benefit of individual­s, but also for the communitie­s where students, alumni and business partners live and work.

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