This video, title ‘A Vision of Students Today’ details some of the most important characteristics of students today – how they learn, what they need to learn, their goals, hopes, dreams, what their lives will be like, and what kinds of changes they will experience in their lifetime. It seems as in Sri Lanka, students [...]

By Thilina Surgana Jayarathna, The University of Iowa, a major public research university located in Iowa City in southeast Iowa, USA. This is one of the biggest universities in USA. This is very famous for Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, Chemistry and Engineering. There are 21 Sri Lankan students. 15 grad students, 2 post doc, 2 under-grads [...]

TED Talks bring  together people from three worlds: Technology, Entertainment, Design. These talks contain some of the most exciting, provocative presentations on the web. If you haven’t watched one, herewith I am posting one of the most watched videos (downloaded 4 million times). In this talk, creativity expert Sir Ken Robinson challenges the way we’re educating our children. [...]

IFO++ (Ideas Free and Open) exhibition organised by University of Colombo School of Computing (UCSC) to celebrate 25 years of formal IT education at Univesity of Colombo will be held from 8 – 30 October 2010 from 9.00 am to 8.00 pm at university premises. As UCSC has a vast experience in IT and computer [...]

Those who have passed G. C. E. (A/L) Examination in or before year 2009, can now apply for Higher National Diploma (HND) and National Diploma Courses conducted by Sri Lanka Institute of Advanced Technological Education (SLIATE). Compared to other technical education courses in Sri Lanka, recognition for these courses may be more as these institutes [...]

Higher Education Secretary Dr. Sunil Jayantha Navaratne, told the media that five National universities will be upgraded to International level by restructuring the courses, providing further training to university lecturers and developing many other aspects of the universities. Five Universities selected for this program are Moratuwa, Colombo, Peradeniya, Sri Jayawardenapura and Kelaniya universities. Related Categories [...]

Many media in Sri Lanka and government ministers seem to support the idea that Sr Lanka needs private degree awarding institutes, as only few can be allowed to enter National Universities. However, some Sri Lankan University Student Associations, oppose the idea of Private Universities, and Medical students have voiced their concerns on the Private Medical [...]

Career and Higher education options in IT (Information Technology) and Computer Science presentation was done by Anuradha Fernando, Senior Deployment Engineer, Aepona International Lanka (Pvt) Limited at the seminar on Career and Higher education options after A/L was organized by studentlanka.com, in collaboration with Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka on 7 September 2010 at National Museum Auditorium, [...]

Updated 2011 August: Career and Higher study options after 2011 A/L Facebook event A free seminar on Career and Higher education options after A/L will be organized by studentlanka.com web site, in collaboration with Young Biologists’ Association, Sri Lanka for those who have completed GCE Advanced Level examination in 2010 August. Aim of this seminar [...]

The Open University of Sri Lanka (OUSL) operates based on the concept Open and Distance Learning (ODL). It caters to a wider population of people scattered over the country to pursue higher education at their choice. The university policy on admission would enable a person to register at the lowest ‘Level’ only with basic educational [...]