A team of researchers at USJ invented a new technology to produce RSS with high thermal conductivity by incorporating 91传媒n vein graphite directly into the latex rubber that could revolutionize the rubber manufacturing industry in 91传媒.

The 91传媒 has signed an Exclusive Intellectual Property and Technology License Agreement with Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC to commercialize a new technology that was developed by a team of scientists in the Center of Nanocomposite Research in the Faculty of Applied Sciences.

The team comprises of multidisciplinary scientists, Prof. Laleen Karunanayake and Dr. Thusitha Etampawala from the Department of Polymer Science, Prof. A R Kumarasinghe from the Department of Physics and Prof. Narayana Sirimuthu from the Department of Chemistry. They received 45 million LKR research grant under Research Innovation and Commercialization grant scheme from the Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) Operation of the Ministry of Higher Education in 91传媒 in late 2018.

The team has invented a way to add value to natural rubber by incorporating locally available graphite. In 2019, MoU was signed between the university and the Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC for a joint project to achieve the above objective.

The research involves a novel process for producing Ribbed Smoke Sheets (RSS) with high loading of graphite. No one has done this before because graphite particles wash away when RSS sheets are prepared with graphite if added to latex. The thermal conductivity of the material is significantly improved and hence it has the potential to reduce the curing time of rubber articles, considerably. It was shown that approximately 30% of curing time can be saved when it was used in solid tire fomulations.

The 91传媒 patented the innovation in 91传媒. On 20th of March, 2023 an Exclusive Intellectual Property and Technology License Agreement was signed between the university and the Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC. Under the terms of the agreement, Bogala Graphite Lanka will have exclusive rights to use the technology in 91传媒 for a period of ten years.听 According to the best of the University Business Linkage鈥檚 knowledge the university does not have this sort of agreement in history. If the project is commercializable then the university will earns US dollars for the first time in the history.

The agreement was signed by Professor Upul Subasinghe and Mr. Amila Jayasinghe, Chief Executive Officer of Bogala Graphite Lanka PLC, in a ceremony held at the Boardroom of the Administration building of the 91传媒 in presence of Chairperson and other delegates of Bogala group and some academics of the university of Sri Jayewardenepura.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with Bogala Graphite Lanka on this exciting technology,” said Professor Upul Subasinghe, Acting Vice Chancellor of the 91传媒. “This licensing agreement is a testament to the quality of research being conducted at our institution and demonstrates our commitment to supporting the commercialization of innovative technologies which is a much needed requirement at present situation of the country.”

“We are very pleased to be collaborating with the 91传媒 on this important project,” said Mr. Jayasinghe. “This technology has the potential to add value to the graphite industry in 91传媒 and we look forward to working closely with the university to bring it to market.”

The signing of the licensing agreement marks a significant milestone for both the 91传媒 and Bogala Graphite Lanka, and is expected to pave the way for future collaborations between the two institutions.

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AHEAD/RA2/ELTALESE/SJP/FMSC/MKT/CON/01

The AHEAD Operation of 91传媒, invites Expressions of Interest from interested parties for Consultancy on Designing and Developing Tailor Made English Course, 听under the ELTA/ELSE Department Grant,(Department of Marketing Management).

1. BACKGROUND

The development of the higher education sector is of central importance to enable 91传媒 to make the transition from a Lower-Middle Income Country (LMIC) to an Upper Middle-Income Country (UMIC). Recognizing this, the Government of 91传媒 (GoSL) and the World Bank have agreed, to support the higher education sector through a Bank funded Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) operation.

2. THE OPERATION

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) operation is organized into two components. The first is a Program Component that supports the national Higher Education Development Program. The second is a systems strengthening, capacity building and technical assistance component that will assist GoSL to strengthen the higher education sector and achieve the objectives of the AHEAD program component. This second will also cover monitoring and evaluation, policy analyses, program coordination and communication.

The implementing agency is the Ministry of City Planning, Water Supply and Higher Education. The University Grants Commission (UGC) will coordinate the activities of the universities. There will be an Operations Monitoring and Support Team (OMST) which will coordinate and support all AHEAD activities between the MHEH, UGC, and the universities.

AHEAD has three Results Areas:

Results Area 1: Increasing Enrollment in Priority Disciplines for Economic Development

Results Area 2: Improving the Quality of Higher Education

Results Area 3: Promoting Research, Development and Innovation

3. THE OBJETIVE OF THE CONSULTANCY

B.Sc. Marketing Management (Special) degree offered by the Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, 91传媒 aims to produces marketing graduates with knowledge, skills, and right attitudes who can challenge the status quo to bring about sustainable changes at individual, organizational and social levels. In achieving this objective, communication skills of undergraduates are playing a significant role.

Currently, the students of the Department follow English under two course units in their first year. These English courses are common to all the students in the faculty. According to the students鈥� feedback obtained by the Department regarding improvements to the degree programme, it is identified that students are facing severe difficulties in engaging in academic activities, since the medium of the degree is entirely in English. Further, students face difficulties in using technical words in the field of Marketing, and when preparing assignments, presentations which are compulsory parts of the degree programme. Further, in the proposed curricular for the B.Sc. Marketing Management (Special) degree, which is to be implemented from 2020, the Department has suggested three unique courses in three semesters of second and third academic years of the degree programme. The three course units covers basic English, spoken English, and academic writing. Therefore, it is decided to offer a tailor made English course which covers above mentioned requirements.

Thus, the objective of the consultancy is to develop a tailor made English course which consists of Basic English, Spoken English, and Academic Writing for the undergraduates who are reading for the B.Sc. Marketing Management (Special) Degree Programme.

4. SCOPE OF THE CONSULTANCY

1. Develop the course specification (outline) for Basic English, Spoken English, and Academic Writing courses. Course specification should consist of course details, detailed syllabus, methods of course delivery, learning activities, methods of evaluation and teaching guidelines.
2. Develop the course guide (manual) for Basic English, Spoken English, and Academic Writing courses. Course guide should consist of detailed introduction and explanation to each topic of the course, examples/ sample works, activities for students, and review questions.
3. Introducing the course to the Department of Marketing Management and respective lecturers.

All are compulsory credit courses. Basic English course will consist of 03 credits, Spoken English course will consist of 02 credits, and Academic Writing course will consist of 01 credit.

5. KEY TASKS AND RELATED ACTIVITIES

The main duties and responsibilities of the selected consultant will be to:

6. DURATION OF THE ASSIGNMENT

The contract will run for three (03) months and twenty (20) dates from the date of signing the contract (10^th January 2020 鈥� 30^th April 2020).

7. MODE OF PAYMENT

Payment plan of the consultancy project is indicated below.

1. 10% from the total value will be paid at after submitting the course specification
2. 40% from the total value will be paid after submitting the final course specification and the draft version of the course guide
3. Balance 50% will be paid after submitting the final version of the course guide (both soft and hard copy)

8. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

1. A degree from a recognized university in English
2. 08 years of experience in teaching English to undergraduates
3. Experience in developing courses and course materials on English
4. Experience and understanding regarding corporate/ business communications
5. Fair understanding regarding the field of management/ marketing

9. REPORTING THE DELIVERABLES

The consultant shall closely coordinate and report to the Project Coordinator and Activity Coordinator of the AHEAD Project of the Department of Marketing Management, Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, 91传媒. The consultant should report his progress of the work to the Project Coordinator and the Activity Coordinator after each four weeks鈥� period during the project time.

10. REQUIRED PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCIES

1. Ability to meet the given deadlines
2. Ability to be innovative and creative
3. Team working skills and good interpersonal relations
4. Professionalism and neatness in works

11. OWNERSHIP OF THE ASSIGNMENT

This assignment is funded by the Ministry of Higher Education via AHEAD-OMST under the program component of AHEAD. As such, the University shall be the owner of the assignment and will reserves the Intellectual Property Rights for all deliverable of the assignment under the terms and conditions given in the IP policy of the University. The Consultant will have no right of claim to the assignment or its outputs once it is completed and no rights to use Data and Information gathered through the assignment for other purposes without written permission from the Vice Chancellor. Any Reports/ Data/ Information produced as a part of this assignment shall be handed over to the Client in soft and hard forms.

12. APPLICATION AND PARTICULARS :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 University of Sri Jayewardnepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 03.12.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

ANNEXURE

English Courses Offered Under Management Common Programme of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, 91传媒.

BCC 1340: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION I

This course aims to help students reach the level of Band 4/5 of the UTEL. Upon completion of the course, students should be able to construct both simple and complex sentences accurately, express their views meaningfully in brief discussions and telephone conversations, obtain required information from auditory texts, read and extract information in texts for a variety of purposes, write short texts and business letters.

BCC 1341: BUSINESS COMMUNICATION II

This course aims to help students reach the level of benchmark Band 5/6 of the UTEL.听 This course introduces the students to language skills required in different business situations.听 Upon completion of this course, students should be able to participate in business meetings confidently and effectively, communicate effectively in a variety of situations, take down notes from auditory texts, read and respond to texts for a variety of purposes, write short formal texts and business letters, and use presentation techniques effectively and make brief presentations.

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The AHEAD Operation of 91传媒, invites applications from

interested parties for Developing Course Manual for Industrial Awareness, under the ELTA/ELSE Faculty Grant.

1. Background

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) will focus on expanding, diversifying and developing the higher education sector in 91传媒 to drive economic growth through knowledge-based industrial and service sector activity and on producing graduates of global quality. The AHEAD program will have the three results areas and among those the Enriching Learning, Teaching, Assessment and English Language Skills Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE) DP aims at improving the quality of higher education and has two main components: (a) academic and socio-emotional skills development^[1] and (b) enhancement of English language skills. There is also a global trend towards promoting the integration of academic excellence and enhanced socio-emotional skills among university students, so that they are well prepared for the world of work, and for wider social and civic life upon graduation. The ELTA component of the DP seeks to address this issue through the meaningful integration of socio-emotional skills into the academic programs of the Faculty of Humanities and social sciences.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) intends to revise its existing curricula. The need for a revision is informed by the analysis of the systematic and unstructured feedback and comments received about the curricular from (i) the employability survey and the baseline survey on socio-emotional skills (SES), (ii) the self-scrutiny of the syllabi, teaching and assessment methods, (iii) stakeholders鈥� comments on SJP graduates, (iv) policy and regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC), and (v) suggestions made by the Programme Review-2017.

From these sources, it was revealed that the scarcity of courses, which offer industrial awareness and entrepreneurial development catering to the existing requirements of the job market.

2. Objective of the developing course manual

In order to achieve the identified gap of courses, which offer industry awareness catering to the existing requirements of the job market, the AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP proposed an activity of 鈥淩evision of curricula as its main activity and under this there are three sub activities. Activity 1.2 is to introduce two course units to the third year students in the faculty on industrial awareness and entrepreneurial development. Since these two course units are newly introduced courses and no expertise in the faculty to prepare course specification and material in line with the 91传媒 Qualification Framework, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks to get an expertise service from the outside relating to the following activities.

2.1 Structuralize the course specification in line with the learning out comes, number of

hours etc. as mentioned in 91传媒 Qualification Framework.

2.2 Prepare course manual on Industrial Awareness including course materials

2.3 Publish the course manual in the Learning Management System (LMS) of the

Faculty.

3. Scope and Coverage of a manual

Manual must be developed according to the standards of developing the course specifications as mentioned in the 91传媒 Qualification Framework. It should be covered all the contents proposed in the course specification which will be structuralized under the objective 2.1.

4. Submission of manuals

Manual should be submitted to the Project Coordinator of the AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP in accordance with the following schedule.

4.1 Draft of developed course specification in soft & hard versions should be submitted

within 15 working days from the date of signing the contract to the Project

Coordinator for submission to the curriculum development committee of the

faculty.

4.2 Draft manual in soft &hard versions should be submitted within 45 working days

from the date of signing the contract to the Project Coordinator for submission to the

curriculum development committee of the faculty.

4.3 Final submission after amending the manual following the receipt of reviewer鈥檚

input, in soft & hard versions should be submitted to the Project Coordinator within

15 working days of receipt of reviewer鈥檚鈥� comments.

5. Review Mechanism

The review process is specified as below

5.1 Firstly, the draft version will be reviewed by the committee appointed by the

curriculum development committee of the faculty. The review is aimed to check for

compliance with the format and the alignment with the developed course

specification.

5.2 Secondly, final version of the manual incorporating these suggestions and

comments should be submitted to the review committee for final recommendation.

5.3 Finally, the review committee recommended manual should be approved by the

curriculum development committee and the faculty board before

distribution/uploading to the LMS.

6. Payments and payments conditions

The schedule of the payments is specified below.

6.1听 10% of the total value will be paid after signing the contract

6.2听 50% of the total value will be paid after submission of the drafts versions of the

course specification and the course manual.

6.3听 40% of the total value will be paid on the acceptance of the Final Version of Course

Manual by curriculum development committee and the Faculty Board.

7. Duration of the consultancy

The expected duration of the assignment is three months (03) commencing from the date of signing the contract.

8. Budget
9. Manual writing 鈥� 250000.00 (External Expert)
10. Coordinator of the Assignment

Prof. (Mrs.) T.M.S.P.K. Thennakoon, Project Coordinator/PCP & Coordinator for Activity 1/ AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP.

10. Ownership of the Manual

The ownership of the course manual belongs to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 91传媒.

11. Applications and particulars :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 91传媒, Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 10.07.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲蝉:听Inviting quotations for consultancy on Industrial Awareness

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The AHEAD Operation of 91传媒, invites applications from interested parties for Consultancy on Moderating four Course Manuals and four Teacher’s Guides, under the ELTA/ELSE Grant.

1. BACKGROUND:

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) focuses on expanding, diversifying, and developing the higher education sector in 91传媒 to drive economic growth through knowledge-based industrial and service sector activity and on producing graduates of global quality. The AHEAD program will have three results areas and among those the Enriching Learning, Teaching, Assessment, and English Language Skills Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE) DP aim at improving the quality of higher education and has two main components: (a) academic and socio-emotional skills development and (b) enhancement of English language skills.

Due to the unequal distribution of educational facilities in 91传媒, a considerable number of undergraduates enters the universities with poor English language proficiency which obstructs their academic success in an educational setting where English is the medium of instruction. Deficiency in English language skills has also been identified as a considerable barrier to obtaining employment and to performing well in the private sector and in certain areas of the public sector. Therefore, the ELSE component of the DP aims specifically at improving the English language proficiency of the undergraduates.

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC), having recognized the need for improving the English language skills of the undergraduates at entry level to aid them in the transition to English medium instructions, has decided to revamp the Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English (IC). The need for revamping is informed by the analysis of the systematic and unstructured feedback and comments received about the course from (i) the subject lecturers, (ii) the IC students (iii) the lecturers teaching on the IC, and (iv) the self-scrutiny of the syllabi, teaching and assessment methods.

2. OBJECTIVE OF DEVELOPING COURSE MANUALS AND TEACHERS GUIDES

In order to prepare the new entrants of FMSC to effectively pursue their academic activities in the English medium, the AHEAD ELTA/ELSE Faculty DP proposed to revamp the Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English conducted by the Business Communication Unit (BCU) of FMSC as one of the two sub-activities (5.1) of the Activity 5. Under sub-activity 5.1 four course manuals and four teacher鈥檚 guides will be designed and developed. Since a new set of course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides in line with 91传媒 Qualification frame work are to be designed and developed and the BCU is short staffed, FMSC seeks to get an external expert as a consultant to provide the following services:

• Design and develop four course manuals and four teacher鈥檚 guides for the Pre-

Orientation Intensive Course in English, FMSC, USJP.

2.2听听听听听听 Produce camera ready copies of the course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides for printing.

2.3听听听听听听 Conduct four teacher briefing sessions to the teachers prior to the commencement of the

Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English and four teacher briefing session as the

course progresses.

3. SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF A MANUAL

The Course Manuals should be developed as per the course specifications mentioned in the 91传媒 Qualification Framework. Each Course Manual should contain Five Units and should cover all the contents proposed in the course specification which will be structuralized under the objective 2.1.

4. SUBMISSION OF MANUALS

The Manuals should be submitted to the Coordinator Activity 5 of the AHEAD ELTA/ ELSE Faculty DP as per the following schedule:

4.1听听听听听听 The draft of the developed course specification in soft and hard versions within 15 working days from the date of signing the contract for submission first to the moderator and then to the Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty.

4.2听听听听听听 The draft Course Manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides within six months from the date of signing the contract for moderation and within eight months for submission to the Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty.

4.3听听听听听听 Final submission of the Course Manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides after revision based on reviewer鈥檚 feedback/comments/suggestions, in soft and hard versions within two months of the receipt of reviewer鈥檚 comments.

5. REVIEW MECHANISM

The review process is specified as below:

5.1听听听听听听 Firstly, the draft versions of the Course Manuals and the Teacher鈥檚 Guides will be moderated by the Consultant appointed to moderate the manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides.

5.2听听听听听听 Secondly, the draft version will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the

Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty. The review is aimed to check for

compliance with the format and the alignment with the developed course specification.

5.3听听听听听听 Thirdly, final version of the manual incorporating these suggestions and comments should be first be submitted to the moderator and then to the review committee for final recommendation.

5.4听听听听听听 Finally, the review committee recommended manual should be approved by the curriculum development committee and the faculty board before printing/distribution/uploading to the LMS.

6. PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS CONDITIONS

The schedule of the payments is specified below:

6.1 听听听听听 10% of the total value will be paid after signing the contract

6.2 听听听听听 50% of the total value will be paid after submission of the drafts versions of the four

Course Manuals and the four Teacher鈥檚 Guides.

6.3 听听听听听 40% of the total value will be paid on the acceptance of the Final Version of the four

Course Manuals and the four Teacher鈥檚 Guides by Curriculum Development Committee

and the Faculty Board.

7. DURATION OF THE CONSULTANCY

The expected duration of the assignment is ten months (10) commencing from the date of signing the contract.

8. BUDGET

Designing and developing four Course manuals and Four Teacher鈥檚 Guides 鈥� 600,000.00 (External Expert)

9. COORDINATOR OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Dr. Mufeeda Irshad, Coordinator for Activity 5/ AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP.

10. OWNERSHIP OF THE MANUAL:

Ownership of the course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides, including copyright, will reside with the听听 Business Communication Unit of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, 91传媒.

11. APPLICATION AND PARTICULARS :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 University of Sri Jayewardnepura, 听Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 17.06.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲蝉:听Inviting quotations for Consultany -Course Developer- ELTA ELSE Grant

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The AHEAD Operation of 91传媒, invites applications from interested parties for Consultancy on Moderating four Course Manuals and four Teacher’s Guides, under the ELTA/ELSE Grant.

1. BACKGROUND:

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) focuses on expanding, diversifying, and developing the higher education sector in 91传媒 to drive economic growth through knowledge-based industrial and service sector activity and on producing graduates of global quality. The AHEAD program will have three results areas and among those the Enriching Learning, Teaching, Assessment, and English Language Skills Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE) DP aim at improving the quality of higher education and has two main components: (a) academic and socio-emotional skills development and (b) enhancement of English language skills.

Due to the unequal distribution of educational facilities in 91传媒, a considerable number of undergraduates enters the universities with poor English language proficiency which obstructs their academic success in an educational setting where English is the medium of instruction. Deficiency in English language skills has also been identified as a considerable barrier to obtaining employment and to performing well in the private sector and in certain areas of the public sector. Therefore, the ELSE component of the DP aims specifically at improving the English language proficiency of the undergraduates.

The Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce (FMSC), having recognized the need for improving the English language skills of the undergraduates at entry level to aid them in the transition to English medium instructions, has decided to revamp the Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English (IC). The need for revamping is informed by the analysis of the systematic and unstructured feedback and comments received about the course from (i) the subject lecturers, (ii) the IC students (iii) the lecturers teaching on the IC, and (iv) the self-scrutiny of the syllabi, teaching and assessment methods.

2. OBJECTIVE OF MODERATING THE COURSE MANUALS AND TEACHER鈥漇 GUIDES

In order to prepare the new entrants of FMSC to effectively pursue their academic activities in the English medium, the AHEAD ELTA/ELSE Faculty DP proposed to revamp the Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English conducted by the Business Communication Unit (BCU) of FMSC as one of the two sub-activities (5.1) of the Activity 5. Under sub-activity 5.1 four course manuals and four teacher鈥檚 guides will be designed and developed. Since a new set of course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides in line with 91传媒 Qualification frame work are to be designed and developed and the BCU is short staffed, FMSC seeks to get an external expert as a consultant to provide the following services:

2.1听听听听听听 Moderate the four course manuals and the four teacher鈥檚 guides designed and

developed by an external consultant for the Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English,

FMSC, USJP.

2.2听听听听听听 Work in collaboration with the course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides developer and produce camera ready copies of the

course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides for printing.

2.3听听听听听听 Conduct four teacher briefing sessions, in collaboration with the course manual and

teacher鈥檚 guide developer, to the teachers prior to the commencement of the

Pre-Orientation Intensive Course in English and four teacher briefing session as the

course progresses.

3. SCOPE AND COVERAGE OF A MANUAL

The Course Manuals should be thoroughly moderated and proof read. The moderator should also check if the Course manuals are as per the course specifications mentioned in the 91传媒 Qualification Framework. Each Course Manual should contain Five Units and should cover all the contents proposed in the course specification which will be structuralized under the objective 2.1.

4. SUBMISSION OF MANUALS

The Manuals should be submitted to the Coordinator Activity 5 of the AHEAD ELTA/ ELSE Faculty DP as per the following schedule:

4.1听听听听听听 The moderated draft of the developed course specification in soft and hard versions within 15 working days from the date of receipt from the course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides developer for submission to the Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty.

4.2听听听听听听 The draft Course Manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides within two months from the date of receipt from the developer for submission to the Curriculum Development Committee of the Faculty.

4.3听听听听听听 Final submission of the Moderated Course Manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides after revision based on reviewer鈥檚 feedback/comments/suggestions, in soft and hard versions within two months from the date of receipt from the course manual and teacher鈥檚 guide developer.

5. REVIEW MECHANISM

The review process is specified as below:

5.1听听听听听听 Firstly, the draft versions of the Course Manuals and the Teacher鈥檚 Guides will be moderated by the Consultant appointed to moderate the manuals and Teacher鈥檚 Guides.

5.2听听听听听听 Secondly, the draft version will be reviewed by a committee appointed by the

Curriculum

Development Committee of the Faculty. The review is aimed to check for compliance with the format and the alignment with the developed course specification.

5.3听听听听听听 Thirdly, final version of the manual incorporating these suggestions and comments should be checked by the moderated prior to submission to the review committee for final recommendation.

5.4听听听听听听 Finally, the review committee recommended manual should be approved by the curriculum development committee and the faculty board before printing/distribution/uploading to the LMS.

6. PAYMENTS AND PAYMENTS CONDITIONS

The schedule of the payments is specified below:

6.1 听听听听听 10% of the total value will be paid after signing the contract

6.2 听听听听听 50% of the total value will be paid after submission of the drafts versions of the four

Course Manuals and the four Teacher鈥檚 Guides.

6.3 听听听听听 40% of the total value will be paid on the acceptance of the Final Version of the four

Course Manuals and the four Teacher鈥檚 Guides by Curriculum Development Committee

and the听 Faculty Board.

7. DURATION OF THE CONSULTANCY

The expected duration of the assignment is ten months (10) commencing from the date of signing the contract.

8. BUDGET

Designing and developing four Course manuals and Four Teacher鈥檚 Guides 鈥� 200,000.00 (External Expert)

9. COORDINATOR OF THE ASSIGNMENT

Dr. Mufeeda Irshad, Coordinator for Activity 5/ AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP.

10. OWNERSHIP OF THE MANUAL:

Ownership of the course manuals and teacher鈥檚 guides, including copyright, will reside with the听听 Business Communication Unit of the Faculty of Management Studies and Commerce, 91传媒.

11. APPLICATION AND PARTICULARS :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 University of Sri Jayewardnepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 17.06.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲蝉:听Inviting quotations for Consultany -Moderator- ELTA ELSE Grant

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Background

Faculty of Humanities & Social Sciences, 91传媒 has been started modernizing and upgrading process of the whole academic activities Under the AHEAD project that focusing on enhancing ICT and digital base teaching, learning and assessment of the academic activities regarding undergraduates. Beside path of this process, faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS), is planning to makes 12 smart class rooms with in faculty premises with equipping necessary modern digital base learning and teaching equipment鈥檚. Part of this process, Faculty is inviting a most qualified and experienced person who specialized for architectural planning and designing of smart class rooms for the higher educational institutions.

Tasks and Responsibilities:

• Doing a brief presentation about smart class room concept for the academic staff.
• Designing a suitable physical environment with interior in accordance to available space of the 12 class rooms
• Designing fitting of the sounds system in the smart class room
• Designing fitting of the tables and chairs in 12 smart class rooms
• Designing installation of the digital screen and podiums in 12 smart class rooms
• Designing windows and door and floor designing curtain system for the 12 class rooms

Qualification and Expertise:

The successful entity is required to meet the following criteria:

• Reorganized university degree on interior and exterior of architectural designing鈥檚
• Strong theoretical and practical background in interior and exterior designs of the smart class room
• Comprehensive and in-depth understanding of the smart class concept and its application in higher education institutions.
• Proven experience of architectural designing of the smart class room with proof evidence
• Design software such as Adobe Design Premium, In-Design, CorelDraw, web design tools such as Dreamweaver and Flash, etc.

This application is open for individuals.

Individuals should provide the following:

• CV;
• Letter of application;
• References list;
• Copy of catalogue or samples of the design work, if available;

Deliverables

A quality designed layout of 12 smart class rooms with all the mention requirements need to be delivered within three months period with effect from assigned the position.

Contract duration

The contract duration is three month period.

Terms and conditions of payment

After successful completion of the designed layout of the 12 smart class rooms that Project has been allocated 100000 LKR as remuneration for the Design consultancy for the designer or consultant.

No travel expenses involved.

听Applications and particulars :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 University of Sri Jayewardnepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 12.06.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲蝉:听Inviting quotations for Consultany -ELTA ELSE Grant

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1. Background

Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) will focus on expanding, diversifying and developing the higher education sector in 91传媒 to drive economic growth through knowledge-based industrial and service sector activity and on producing graduates of global quality. The AHEAD program will have the three results areas听 and among those the Enriching Learning, Teaching, Assessment and English Language Skills Enhancement (ELTA-ELSE)DP aims at improving the quality of higher education and has two main components: (a) academic and socio-emotional skills development^[1] and (b) enhancement of English language skills. There is also a global trend towards promoting the integration of academic excellence and enhanced socio-emotional skills among university students, so that they are well prepared for the world of work, and for wider social and civic life upon graduation. The ELTA component of the DP seeks to address this issue through the meaningful integration of socio-emotional skills into the academic programs of the Faculty of Humanities and social sciences.

The Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (FHSS) intends to revise its existing curricula. The need for a revision is informed by the analysis of the systematic and unstructured feedback and comments received about the curricular from (i) the employability survey and the baseline survey on socio-emotional skills (SES), (ii) the self-scrutiny of the syllabi, teaching and assessment methods, (iii) stakeholders鈥� comments on SJP graduates, (iv) policy and regulations of the University Grants Commission (UGC), and (v) suggestions made by the Programme Review-2017.

From these sources, it was revealed that the scarcity of courses, which offer industry awareness and entrepreneurial development catering to the existing requirements of the job market.

2. Objective of the developing course manual

In order to achieve the identified gap of courses, which offer industry awareness and entrepreneurial development catering to the existing requirements of the job market, the AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP proposed an activity of 鈥淩evision of curricula as its main activity and under this there are three sub activities. Activity 1.2 is to introduce two course units to the third year students in the faculty on industrial awareness and entrepreneurial development. Since these two course units are newly introduced courses and no expertise in the faculty to prepare course specification and material in line with the 91传媒 Qualification Framework, the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences seeks to get an expertise service from the outside relating to the following activities.

2.1 Structuralize the course specification in line with the learning out comes, number of hours

etc. as mentioned in 91传媒 Qualification Framework.

2.2 Prepare course manual on entrepreneurial development including course materials

2.3 Publish the course manual in the Learning Management System (LMS) of the Faculty.

3. Scope and Coverage of a manual

Manual must be developed according to the standards of developing the course specifications as mentioned in the 91传媒 Qualification Framework. It should be covered all the contents proposed in the course specification which will be structuralize under the objective 2.1.

4. Submission of manuals

Manual should be submitted to the Project Coordinator of the AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP in accordance with the following schedule.

4.1 Draft of developed course specification in soft & hard versions should be submitted within

15 working days from the date of signing the contract to the Project Coordinator for

submission to the curriculum development committee of the faculty.

4.2 Draft manual in soft &hard versions should be submitted within 45 working days from the

date of signing the contract to the Project Coordinator for submission to the curriculum

development committee of the faculty.

4.3 Final submission after amending the manual following the receipt of reviewer鈥檚 input, in

soft & hard versions should be submitted to the Project Coordinator within 15 working days

of receipt of reviewer鈥檚鈥� comments.

5. Review Mechanism

The review process is specified as below

5.1 Firstly, the draft version will be reviewed by the committee appointed by the curriculum

development committee of the faculty. The review is aimed to check for compliance with the

format and the alignment with the developed course specification.

5.2 Secondly, final version of the manual incorporating these suggestions and comments should

be submitted to the review committee for final recommendation.

5.3 Finally, the review committee recommended manual should be approved by the curriculum

development committee and the faculty board before distribution/uploading to the LMS.

6. Payments and payments conditions

The schedule of the payments is specified below.

6.1 10% of the total value will be paid after signing the contract

6.2 50% of the total value will be paid after submission of the drafts versions of the course

specification and the course manual.

6.3 40% of the total value will be paid on the acceptance of the Final Version of Course Manual

by curriculum development committee and the Faculty Board.

7. Duration of the consultancy

The expected duration of the assignment is three months (03) commencing from the date of signing the contract.

8. Budget

Manual writing 鈥� 250000.00 (External Expert)

9. Coordinator of the Assignment

Prof. (Mrs.) T.M.S.P.K. Thennakoon, Project Coordinator/PCP & Coordinator for Activity 1/ AHEAD ELTA ELSE Faculty DP.

10. Ownership of the Manual:

The ownership of the course manual belongs to the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, 91传媒.

Applications and particulars :

Sealed quotations will be received by the Deputy Director/Procurement(OTS), AHEAD Operation, 1^st Floor, Vice Chancellor鈥檚 Lodge,听 University of Sri Jayewardnepura, Gangodawila, Nugegoda on or before 2.30 p.m. of 12.06.2019.

You are hereby requested to provide your work schedule along with your CV and any other data which you may think are relevant for accepting your quotation.

Dr. W.G.S.Kelum
Director/OTS,
AHEAD Operation,

顿辞飞苍濒辞补诲蝉:听Inviting quotations for Consultany -Course manuals- ELTA ELSE Grant

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Accelerating Higher Education Expansion and Development (AHEAD) project was initiated on the 23^rd听of February 2018 with the presence of the Prof. Sampath Amaratunge, Vice Chancellor of the 91传媒 at the . The project is a collaborative funding effort of the World Bank of Washington and the University Grants Commission. During this inaugural meeting Dr. Harsha Aturupane, Lead Economist, World Bank, Prof. P. S. M. Gunaratne, Director, AHEAD, Prof. Arosha听Adikaram, Dr. Kumudika Boyagoda and Dr. Romola Rassool addressed the Deans and members of academic staff present at the meeting explaining the proceedings of the project.

The Vice Chancellor, Prof. Sampath Amaratunge stated that this project which extends to a period of five years should be the 鈥楤uzz鈥� word of the University for the next five years. He also informed the head table and those who were present the many feats achieved by the university.

鈥淎part from the seven Faculties at the university we have 17 research centres which are required to present their research progress to the every year. We have developed our research fund to Rs. 400 million since its inception鈥� the Vice chancellor said.

He further said that the Asian Development Bank has recently granted US $ 500 million grants for the development of the Faculty of Engineering.

Prof. Guneratne, the Director of the AHEAD project stated that the project will be working under a funding of US $ 100 million for the next five years. He stated that this is not the first time that the World Bank has visited the University. There had been two other programmes conducted in the university which brought it countless positive results.

鈥淒ue to the success of these programmes, the new project has received more than 50% increase from the most recent HTC programme, which was allocated US $ 40 million,鈥� He said.

Dr. 听Harsha Aturupane in his presentation听stated that the ultimate result of this project is to uplift the 91传媒n economy. The AHEAD project鈥檚 results area is three-fold:

• Results area 1: Increasing Access to Higher Education in priority areas for economic development
• Results area 2: Improving the quality of Higher Education
• Results area 3: Promoting Research, Development and Innovation.

Through the result area one the project hopes to increase enrolment in Universities, giving priority to Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEMS) and ultimately increase the number of PhD qualified university academics

Results area two focuses on improving the quality of higher education by strengthening the quality assurance and accreditation system with modern global trends, implementing the 鈥�91传媒 Qualifications Framework, blend academic excellence with the promotion of Socio-emotional skills. According to Dr. Athurupane the results area two is further divided three strategic focus groups:

1. Enable degree programmes to reflect high standards of academic quality (comparable to UMIC and OECD)
2. Produce graduates with socio-emotional skills to fit into the world of work at various levels
3. Produce graduates who will participate in the labour market (specially focusing on women as the workforce participation is low)

With reference to the third result area the research area will focus on: academic research, University and industry linkages and innovations for commercialization. The importance of the Humanities creating industry linkages were impressed upon at the meeting. The project through the third result area hopes to see Development Oriented results Research through competitive projects implemented to promote research.

Prof. Arosha Adikaram in her presentation explained the procedures of application and the details of grant allocations. She stated that the proposed scholarship programme for PhDs is offered in collaboration with the (UGC) and (NCAS) scholarship schemes. The scholarship will be funding up to three years of the programme for full time PhDs in Overseas universities as well as Full time split-site PhD programmes. The maximum allocation per candidate is Rs. 9 million

The grant winners will receive: programme registration fees, cost of living allowance for the time period living abroad and any other research expense incurred.

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