Human Resource Management Institute

The Human Resource Management Institute (HRMI) has been awarded the status of an Approved Centre to conduct the 'Edexcel BTEC Higher National Diploma in Business - Human Resource Management' by Edexcel, UK's largest awarding body, providing academic and vocational qualifications in over 100 countries.

In January 2011 Pearson, the world's leading learning company reported that more than 100,000 students were successful in applying to higher education after studying for BTEC Qualifications. The figures show that admissions to UK universities by BTEC students have risen 30% year on year. Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA - UK) research has revealed that ninety-five per cent of Higher Education Institutions accept BTEC students, and more than 50% of 20- to 30-year-olds going on to higher education are BTEC students. These figures highlight that BTEC qualifications provides the students with the skills they need to progress to higher education.

Human Resource Management Institute offers comprehensive coaching to ensure that its students are well equipped to fulfil the challenging standards of the Edexcel HND. Higher National Diploma in Human Resource Management at HRMI will take 2 years as it is equivalent to the 1st & 2nd years of a Bachelor's Degree programme. Completion of the Edexcel HND will open a convenient pathway to HRMI students to obtain a degree with direct admission to the Final year. The advantage HRMI students gain is the choice of universities as Edexcel HND is accepted by over 100 leading universities in UK, Australia, Malaysia and in other Commonwealth countries. According to an HRMI spokesperson, soon there will be opportunities to complete the entire degree in Sri Lanka at a very affordable cost. This Edexcel award to HRMI has resulted in Sri Lankan students being able to secure an international HR qualification at a fraction of a cost compared to what they would have to pay in England or Australia. On completion of the Bachelors Degree in HR, students have the opportunity of pursuing a Masters Degree in Management / HR or Business Administration.

Human Resource Management Institute (www.hrmi.lk) believes in the Mission to 'Develop Human Resource Management skills in Sri Lanka by bringing together HR professionals and the academia to take the lead role in educating the next generation of HR practitioners'.

HRMI Faculty comprises of high calibre HR professionals from leading private sector institutions in Sri Lanka. These lecturers possess a minimum of a Master’s Degree in Management together with at least 5 years experience in HRM to ensure that teaching standards are comparable with any other Edexcel location in the west. The institute provides good infrastructure facilities including air-conditioned lecture halls equipped with Audio-Visual facilities, study rooms, library, etc.

All GCE Advanced Level qualified non working candidates who join the HRMI - HND programme are provided with a 6 months structured internship training to ensure that they gain the much needed 'hands-on' experience in modern HR practices and applications. Many students said the commitment and good work during 'internship training' resulted in securing employment offers on completion of training. Working students are also guided to apply their knowledge and practical skills in their workplaces.

Students have free unlimited access to instructors to obtain 'individual-study-support' in all subjects and modules to facilitate personalised attention. This facility enables students to cover-up an unavoidable absence from a lecture or to seek specific clarifications. All subjects and modules are supported with text books and supplementary reading material. Lectures are held on Sundays from 8.45 am to 4.30 pm at the HRM Institute, located at No 246, Nawala Rd, Nawala (Junction).

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Monday, 13 June 2011

Sri Lanka’s best known HR professionals have committed to teach on the new Edexcel HND in Business - Human Resource Management programme offered by the Human Resource Management Institute (HRMI) and scheduled to commence this month. Institute Director Gihan Talgodapitiya briefing the media on the new Edexcel Higher National Diploma reasoned why HRMI has engaged country’s top-most resource persons to be on the faculty for this programme.

He said, “Edexcel qualifications are evaluated on the basis of students attaining a high standard of professionalism in the assignments and projects they are required to submit. Students need to learn modern management concepts and how they could apply them at work as the assignments involve practical applications. To facilitate this learning, the faculty must be qualified and exposed to contemporary management practices’. This required the teachers to be conversant on modern practices of managing people and performance. Unless the faculty has the exposure to these new concepts and management practices, students will not be able to fulfil the high standards set by the UK evaluators.”

He said that every lecturer has been hand-picked and invited to be on the faculty as they have the exposure at the highest level in leading banks, companies and multi-nationals. ‘All our lecturers hold very high positions in the private sector and possess post-graduate qualifications from some of the best universities in the region.

We are extremely happy to say that our students have a great opportunity to meet these professionals who not only impart the subject-matter, but also serve as a great source of inspiration to the young students,’he said. HRMI students are placed on a well structured internship training programme for over six months. ‘Unlike in the past, today HR managers play a vital role in the survival and growth of a business. It is a core function and a major strategy for any organization.

Therefore, we now need to train the next generation in a manner that they can cope-up with any job, be it in Sri Lanka or elsewhere in the world,’the Director said.

With a strong reputation as HR specialists with internationally recognized qualifications, the Human Resource Management Institute provides an unmatched combination of opportunities for students to excel in professional education and secure training and employment.