Aspirations Education to launch postgraduate opportunity hub at intl. education exhibition

Aspirations Education (AE), an international career guidance and student placement service centre in Sri Lanka, announced that it has partnered with premier universities in Australia, UK, New Zealand and Malaysia with the objective of providing access and opportunity for Sri Lankan students who wish to pursue a Postgraduate research programme. Themed “The Forward March”, this year’s exhibition will be hosted from 9 and 10 July at Ceylon Continental Hotel, Colombo and on 12 July at Queen’s Hotel, Kandy.

The exhibition will showcase the launch of the Aspirations Postgraduate Opportunity Hub an online site creating a platform for postgraduate students to interact directly with academics in selecting the course of study. Another attraction will be the video conference sessions and webinars using cutting edge technology to connect with the academics overseas. Students can now reach their preferred study area and connect with the academics through logging on to www.aspirations.edu.lk/postgraduate.

Aspirations Education General Manager Deepamala Abeysekera said: “Students who have completed an undergraduate degree assume that they are able to get a placement in a reputed university at the postgraduate research level. This clearly is not the case.

They need direction and assistance in selecting a research area, processing their postgraduate applications. Furthermore, it is important to submit the research proposal properly in order to gain admission to the university and to secure funding from the university or a scholarship awarding body. Therefore students need to have proper guidance in processing the PhD/ Masters by Research applications; this is where Aspirations comes to the rescue.”

The programme is aimed at students who are presently pursuing undergraduate studies in the final year, recent graduates, professionals who are considering entering academia and staff in local universities who wish to obtain a postgraduate qualification.

According to Aspirations Education Senior Manager Strategic Planning and Business Development Nadeen Kumarasinghe: “Aspirations Education has guided PhD students and some of them have secured full scholarships in the partnered universities.” Aspirations Education offer students to interact with academics and establishments world renowned. Partnered top notch institutes are in the calibre of University of Sheffield, University of Liverpool and Newcastle University which are a part of the Russell Group of Universities in the UK and Monash University, a group eight university and Macquarie University, Griffith University, University of Wollongong which are ranked among the top 15 Australian universities by Australian Education Network, and the University of Canterbury New Zealand which rate among the top 200 global universities by QS World University Rankings, plus Monash University and University of Nottingham from Malaysia.

Speaking about his experience Ruwan Bandara Tennakoon, a student reading for a PhD in Engineering at Swinburne University who also received a complete scholarship said, “There are varieties of avenues available for funding at Masters Level through research and PhD levels. Aspirations provided me with all the relevant information and guidance. Their service is truly professional.”

Approved and authorised by the Australian High Commission to assess and issue Pre Visa Assessments (PVA), Aspirations Education is registered in the UCAS customer database and is permitted to process the application via UCAS. The centre has been trained and certified as a Singapore Education Specialist by government owned Singapore Education. It’s also a pioneer member of the British Education Representatives Association in Sri Lanka, (BERA) established with the British Council. Accredited as one of the leading student placement centres for Malaysian universities, in addition Aspirations Educations is certified as a New Zealand Education Specialist by the New Zealand Trade and Enterprise.