Annual Convocation 2018 :Around 1200 Graduates Conferred Masters, Degrees and HNDs by UK Institutions
campus, the top ranked and leading higher educational provider in Sri Lanka held its 2018 Convocation in a grand fashion on the 18th November at the Lotus Pond theatre. At this event, a total of 1182 graduands (486 Degree awards and 696 Diploma awards) were awarded with Bachelors and Masters as well as Pearson UK’s BTEC Higher National Diplomas in disciplines such as IT, Quantity Surveying, Biomedical Sciences, Law, Business and Engineering ( Civil and Telecommunication) by the academic partners of BCAS campusUniversity of Wolverhampton and the Pearson, UK.
The event was held in two split sessions for the awarding bodies University of Wolverhampton, UK and the Pearson UK while the occasions were graced by the Vice Chancellor Professor Geoff Layer and Professor Mohammed Ariff , Head of Sch o o l , Architecture and Built Environment on behalf of the University of Wolverhampton and Suriya Bibile, the Territory Manager, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Nepal on behalf of the Pearson UK.
Professor Geoff Layer, when addressing the audience stated: “Our courses are developed in partnership with business and industry to ensure our graduates have the skills and knowledge to make a real difference to the fields they enter” and congratulated the graduating students.
The Dean of the Academic affairs, BCAS campus Professor Kshanika Hirimburegama highlighted on the quality-assured programmes delivered by BCAS campus in partnership with overseas universities and qualification awarding bodies. The students who excelled in theses and general academic performance were recognised with special awards.
The event was embellished with interludes while mementos and tokens of appreciation were presented to the VIPs who graced the occasion.
Talking about BCAS’ current status, the student population of BCAS now stands at 3500 spreading over its five campuses – Colombo, Mount Lavinia, Kandy, Kalmunai and Jaffna. They study courses in various disciplines as described above in collaboration of its two collaborative UK Universities (University of Wolverhampton and University of East London) and the globally recognised qualification awarding body Pearson UK ( Formerly Edexcel). BCAS has thus lived up to its slogan always - “Building Careers; Transforming Lives”.