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SLTC SSAPI project team recently joined a series of project meetings that were hosted by the Maldivian partners to the project; Villa College and Maldivian National University from 05th to 09th February 2023. 

The meetings were also attended by other partners from Germany, Portugal, Bhutan, and Pakistan. 

SLTC team comprised of, 

• Dr Chamod Hettiarachchi - Lead, Civil Engineering Pathway 





• Dr Mahima Weerasinghe - Lead, Data Science Pathway 





• Ms Thilini Tharanga - Senior Assistant Registrar - Examination and Curriculum 

The members were able to review the progress achieved during the last 20 months of the project and had comprehensive meetings to discuss the action plan for the rest of the project period.

A team from SLTC Enact project team attended a transnational training program at Gottingen University, German from 16 th Jan to 20th Jan 2023. The ENACT Project - Enhancing Governance, Management and Reform in Sri Lankan Universities through Non-Academic Staff Training is a project funded with the support of the Ersamus+ Programme of the European Union.

ENACT focuses on the problems and inefficiencies in the Sri Lankan higher education system via the capacity building of the non-academic workforce. The key aim of the project is to enhance the governance, management, and quality, of university education in Sri Lanka by building the capacity of non-academic staff to enhance organizational performance and to support current and future modernization efforts and reforms in higher education.

During this visit, the training program covered the following topics under University Administration, Management & Governance

• Higher Education Human Resources Management in Europe: EU Countries
  Experiences/Practices Sharing with Q&A





• Higher Education Strategic Plan / Institutional Strategy in the EU context





• Organizational Development and Governance





• University infrastructure and service management 





• Financial Management 

The following SLTC team members joined the program.

• Eng Ranjith Rubasinghe - President/ CEO





• Dr. Jagath Wijerathne - Director, Academic Affairs 





• Dr. Udesh Oruthota - Director, Resources 





• Dr. Damith Gangodawilage -  Senior Lecturer | Head  -  Department of Accounting & Finance, Faculty of Business ManagementMajor Ruvan Ranatunga - Deputy Registrar 

The third management meeting of the ENACT project was also held during this visit where the project partners discussed the activities planned for the year and the progress of the last year.

Education for teaching and non-teaching staff workshop, under the IncEdu Project, was conducted on 12 - 16 December 2022 at the University of Peradeniya.

IncEdu project, Developing Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities in Sri Lankan Universities, is dedicated to enhancing the learning space for students with disabilities (SWDs) in Sri Lankan universities (national universities and private institutions) and providing them with facilities and other requirements in relation to their disabilities. The project aims to address related issues by increasing awareness among stakeholders, including academic and non-academic staff at the university and policymakers in higher education, strengthening the capacity of the universities to provide services to facilitate the needs and requirements of those students, and creating a supportive learning environment for the students with disabilities.

The workshop was set up to disseminate information from international training events that were held in Brasov and Croatia. Over 80 academic and non-academic staff members from Sri Lanka as well as four Eu Partners from the University of Zagreb took part in the Workshop.

IncEdu project members of the SLTC participated in the "Educators Training programme" at University of Zagreb, Croatia from 07th November to 11th November 2022.

SLTC Team comprised of Dr. Nanda Gunawardhana, Dr. Chanakya Pannila and Ms. Achini Gamage.