The awarding ceremony of the Eighth Certificate Course in Teaching in Higher Education (CTHE) was held at the Senate Board Room of the University on 19th February 2020 and the ceremony was graced by Prof. J.L. Ratnasekera, the Vice Chancellor of the Uva Wellassa University, the Deans of Faculties, the Registrar, the Bursar and the Resource Personnel of CTHE course.

The eighth CTHE was commenced on 15th March 2020 and concluded on 23rd of October 2019 by completing 150 hours of lectures according to the HETC guidelines (CDP/Academic/04). Academic portfolios submitted by the staff members were evaluated by a panel of resource personnel to the Induction Programme according to the standard Portfolio Evaluation Guidelines.

Twenty two staff members successfully completed the CTHE this time by completing the course modules and submitting the Academic Portfolio and are eligible to receive the CTHE Certificate with the effect from 23rd of October 2019. According to the awarding scheme introduced in 2017, following staff members who performed well in the CTHE programme were rewarded this year.

The Best Portfolio
Ms. V.P. Ellepola

The Best Presenters
Ms. P.O. De Silva
Ms. V.P. Ellepola

The Best Overall Performer
Ms. V.P. Ellepola

Two- day workshop which was jointly organized by SLASSCOM and Sri Lanka Export Development Board in collaboration with Department of Computer Science and Informatics of Uva Wellssa University was successfully held on 19th and 20thDecember, 2019 at main lecture theater and E3 laboratory of Uva Wellassa University. The main objective of this program was to build awareness about the Sri Lanka IT/BPM Industry, the requirements of the industry and the future prospects.

As the first day of workshop, an awareness session was conducted for 200 and 300 level students of Department of Computer science and Informatics with the students of Vocational Training centers. As the first speaker in this workshop, Mr.Kelum from VitalHub discussed about blockchain technology. The topic of role of developer, test automation, employability skills and effective communications were explained by Mr.Nayanjith Pilapitiya from ISM APAC, Mr.Kelum from VitalHub, Mr.Dilan Rajapakse from VitalHub, Mr.Harindu Abeygoonaratne from SimCentric Technologies consecutively.

Morning session of the 2nd day, the 300 level students of department of Computer Science and Informatics, Uva Wellassa Universiy and students of Vocational Training Centers were able to expose to a hands on session with the collaboration of resource persons from IT sector. As the Initial speaker Mr. kelum from VitalHub conducted a technical session on Java/Javascripts. Mr.Nayanjith Pilapitiya from ISM APAC gave his enormous support by doing C# session and Mr.Waruna Tennakoon from SimCentric Technologies has done a valuable session regarding source control.

The evening ceremony of day two was conducted at main lecture theater with the participation of Prof.Sisira Ediriweera, Dean, faculty of Applied Sciences, Dr.Saranga Premathilake, Head, Departement of Computer Science and Informatics. In the ceremony, Mr. Haridhu Abeygoonaratne – MD/ Simcentric Technologies, Director SLASSCOM, Mr. Saman Maldeni – Director Export Services /EDB, Ms. Vajira Kularathne – Assistant Director/ EDB, Mr. Kanishka Weeramunda – Founder Paymedia, Mr. Dilan Rajapakse Managing Direct VitalHub | General Council SLASSCOM were addressed the audience and shared their valuable experiences. Panel discussion was handled by Ms. Harshini Wickramarathne, Senior Lecturer, Department of Computer Science and Informatics in an effective manner and this program has become an outstanding event within the year 2019.