ICBT Campus partners with RMIT University to provide Foundation program in Sri Lanka
Pursuing higher education is a goal in any student’s life. While many travel abroad, some would want to be in their home country for their degree. In Sri Lanka, there are many private higher education institutes that promise the best education for students. Out of them, ICBT Campus has been around as a potential higher education institute, providing state-of-the-art facilities for students and sharing the expertise from their highly qualified network of academics. Identifying the quality of education they provide for the students, RMIT University, Melbourne has come aboard to maximise this experience. On a more personalised note, students can now opt to pursue a foundation course just after their O/Ls and follow their degree path.
Speaking to the Mirror Education, Rachele Zito Relationship Manager RMIT Training Australia shared their thoughts about partnering with ICBT Campus. Students get to experience the same kind of learning experience that students have in Melbourne. It also gives the opportunity that students can continue working or living with parents in their host country without having to sacrifice more in a foreign country. It’s actually an investment. RMIT Training is proud to bring foundation studies internationally and it allows the students to spend the first years with their families in their own country, working and saving more money. It also takes into consideration the age of the students. They will be 16-17 years old when they do foundation studies and this means they will need a bit more guidance from their parents and a bit more security before they come over to Melbourne. Once they are enrolled in our foundation studies course here at ICBT for example, we already consider them part of our university. Therefore, there’s a direct link for them to Melbourne but it’s a gradual pathway for them. They become our students and we work in partnership with ICBT. We don’t just give the programme to ICBT and ask them to do it. They in turn get the knowledge they need to succeed in higher education and the foundation studies course was written with that in mind. A lot of international students want to come and study in Australia and we have common requirements for our university studies. Foundation studies give international students to get those entry requirements plus build the skills they need so that they could succeed in their higher education. RMIT University is linked with the industry so they can do internships with industry when in Australia. They will get a lot of good personal experiences and student experiences are something that we focus on. The University provides a lot of support services to the students. When RMIT goes into a partnership, we are one partnership. So teachers and students interact with those at RMIT in Melbourne. Students also don’t feel isolated and they are put into a community where they can learn and support each other. We introduce community forums and discussion blogs so that they know that there are Sri Lankan students coming on board so they are ready to share their experience with each other. it strengthens what students could achieve as well.