Horizon Campus achieves great heights in quality assurance

The Derby MBA is distinctively different from the run-of-the mill MBAs commonly available these days. Derby MBA is 100% Strategy Focused and comprise of 11 modules focused on many aspects of strategy as required at the level of senior management. Derby MBA entails a total duration of 2 years with comprehensive lectures being conducted every week during the first year and the second year being totally devoted to Research with exhaustive online research support, supervision and access to resources.

Many short duration popular MBAs cater to hasty individuals who look for easy learning. Unfortunately students are deceived by low cost and their ignorance of the learning content and quality that ought to be in a Masters level qualification. These easy getaway MBAs often contain modules more appropriate at Bachelor’s or even lower level and requires students to attend occasional lectures and fulfil a research of just 3 months.

The Derby process of study is certainly different. En-route to the Derby MBA, students are required to study 11 course work modules on Strategic Planning, Strategic Change Management, Strategic Marketing Management, Strategic Human Resource Management, Strategic Supply Chain Management and Logistics, Strategic Quality and Systems Management, Corporate Communication Strategies, Managing Financial Principles & Techniques, Creative and Innovative Management, Developing Strategic Management and Leadership Skills and Professional Development for Strategic Managers. This quantum of study and the array of subjects is truly unique and unmatched by any MBA offered in Sri Lanka.

The Derby MBA is specifically designed to enable functional managers and executives to equip themselves with knowledge of strategy to empower them at the next level in the hierarchy. This is the only MBA available in Sri Lanka exclusively targeted at Senior Executives and Managers with a comprehensive coverage of all aspects of Strategy. The Derby MBA is one of the few globally respected MBAs available in Sri Lanka from a top-ranked British Public University. Derby with an unblemished record for its academic integrity was recognised by The Times Good University Guide as being in the Top 10 University in the country for Teaching Quality. This new accolade is in addition to the University’s recognition as Top 10 University in the UK for student employability in 2016.

Derby MBA is one of the few MBAs in UK that has been accredited by the Chartered Management Institute (CMI) – the UK’s professional body for managers and leaders. Derby MBA holders have the privilege of applying for Chartered Manager status. This recognition confirms the acceptance and reputation of the Derby MBA holders. Derby is recognised by the University Grants Commission (UGC) Sri Lanka

Some of the most respected professionals who have served Sri Lanka’s top-corporates including John Keells, MAS, Unilever, GSK, Brandix, Hemas, Goodhope Asia and Citibank teach on the course in addition to several most sought-after Corporate Trainers and renowned academics.

When embarking on a MBA, a prospective student must establish without a doubt the credentials of the awarding institution, its academic reputation and the learning content. This is important as many thousand institutions & universities award MBAs of varying duration at varying prices. Amongst these are unscrupulous institutions which award bogus or fake MBAs or claim dubious ranking. A Google search could provide many insights into unaccredited MBAs which offer low cost Degree certificates & transcripts.

HRMI offers several Qualifications leading to Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from University of Derby and University of Northampton, UK. Thus the choice of internationally recognized courses available at HRMI makes it the ‘centre of excellence for globally recognised management education’ in Sri Lanka. Please visit: www.hrmi.lk or call 077 2204101 or 071 2724425 for details.

Horizon Campus, one of the very few, if not the only fully privately owned higher educational institution in the country, has over the past several years achieved the onerous task of being recognized by leading quality assurance agencies across the world. The achievements of Horizon Campus has been granted greater value in the fact that it has been in operation for a shorter life span in comparison to many educational institutions around the country, which are yet to achieve the minimum standards required to be granted membership and recognition by the international bodies which facilitate a quality assurance agenda for higher education institutions across the world.

Amongst the many accolades received by Horizon Campus are as follows Member of the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) Institutional Member of the Asia Pacific Quality Network (APQN) Associate Member of International Network for Quality Assurance Agencies in Higher Education (INQAAHE) The recognition by 3 leading worldwide associations is a consequence of Horizon Campus being recognized as a degree awarding institution, by the Ministry of Higher Education (MoHE) /University Grants Commission (UGC), Sri Lanka and the immense effort undertaken by the Internal Quality Assurance Unit (IQAU) of Horizon Campus, headed by its Vice Chancellor, Prof. Colin N. Peiris, in maintaining the rigorous standards required, as a degree awarding institution in this country.

INQAAHE & APQN are associations with approximately 150-200 member organizations in each association, with an active interest in the theory and practice of quality assurance in Higher Education. The individual quality assurance agencies around the world and other higher education institutions which have an interest in upholding best quality practices in higher education could also hold memberships in these Associations. Horizon Campus has taken a lead role in actively propagating “Best Quality Practices” in Higher Education and thus being able to justify its membership in both associations.

Going beyond the 2 quality Assurance agencies, what is unique in the recognition received by Horizon Campus from the Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is the fact that, it is the only “Non State Degree Awarding institution” to have been acknowledged as such. Furthermore the ACU recognition received by Horizon sets it apart as being the only privately owned institution to achieve such recognition, while having institutional and degree approvals under stringent quality criteria designed by the Ministry of Higher Education & the University Grants Commission, Sri Lanka.

The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is the world’s first and oldest international university network, established in 1913. The ACU has over 500 member institutions in 37 countries across the Commonwealth. The Association of Commonwealth Universities (ACU) is a professional association for those working in higher education across the Commonwealth, providing avenues for collaboration and cooperation between our members. ACU membership is open to institutions of higher education accredited by their respective national accreditation boards, in any of the 54 member states of the Commonwealth of Nations.

Apart from International Recognitions, IQA Uint of Horizon received the “Best Model Internal Quality Assurance” award in the Asia Pacific region and was also provided with the right to host the web portal of the APQN, since 2015. Furthermore, Horizon Campus is also listed on the Webometrics rankings, since last year, and within the top 10 private institutions in the country, according to the rankings published in early 2016.

As mentioned earlier, Horizon Campus is a degree awarding institution, presently offering Bachelors in Business Management (Specialized in Marketing & HRM), B.Sc Information Technology and a Bachelor of Education (B.Ed). In keeping with maintaining quality standards of students as well as the academic body which offers UGC approved degree programmes, the IQA Unit has organized many teacher training/development programmes as well as international workshops with the participation of foreign academics, which has greatly facilitated and supported the student body in their day to day study programmes. The management of Horizon Campus believes that the extra- curricular development and exposure to current trends in teaching and learning would only help the students in facing the work place realities in future.

The management would invite prospective students from all walks of life to consider reading for a recognized degree programme awarded by Horizon Campus, which would not only provide you with the knowledge that you so desire, but also one that is assured and recognized by quality assurance networks in the region if not the world. The next intake of the degree programmes are currently ongoing and for further inquiries, students and parents could call the team on 0716 613 613/0716 593 593/0710 806 402 or visit the campus website on www.horizoncampus.lk