A BTEC week would be three day class per week and we have, besides lectures, different activities,
debating, management games or some long discussions, analysing data, pop quizzes.
These pop quizzes actually help us keeping track of what we do in class so that we don't lose touch of it
One that I particularly enjoyed was the small business enterprise, that was basically where
in the assignment we had to create our own company and go through all of the finances
and the resources that were required for us to create a company. So it sort of gave us
a small idea about what it's like to actually start your own company in the future because
obviously a lot of us want to be our own entrepreneurs and have our own companies so this was a good
way that we could actually learn or understand what is needed to do that.
What I enjoyed most about BTEC's way of learning was the group presentations and the group
practicals we did along with my friends and it is very helpful to bring each other's knowledge
into one and when we do a presentation where we put all of our knowledge into one and then
present, so that helps you when you go on to the field with your staff, your patients
etc.
And in your assignments it's not just like exams. Exams you just learn your material
and then you test yourself on it, but assignments actually help you improve your research skills
and you learn more information, you come across them, and at the same time you're refreshing
your module material as well. And it also is a chance for you to you to get more creative
and your analysis skills also get improved as well.
So it sort of helped me realise that the BTEC course is indeed a sort of necessity for us
to get into the field. And also it helped me to realise what sort of soft skills that
the industry is looking into, for example presentation skills, a good command in English,
good communication skill. These are sort of things that the industry is looking into and
these are also the things that BTEC is helping us to achieve.
When it comes to the BTEC HND, apart from the Business Management, when it comes to
the IT as well as the Psychology, it creates a good foundation for a student because you're
able to learn all the ins and out of everything to do with that particular field of study
and so you're able to actually learn a lot more than what you normally would in the A
levels, as they would really put you on a path of where you feel you want to go. But
through the BTEC HND you're able to understand what exactly you like about that particular
field of study and where you want to progress in life.
I'm currently following the top-up degree in biomedical science, so the HND which I
did was for two years and the third year is for the completion of the whole degree and
the HND Biomedical Science which I did was very helpful now because it's a little bit
more advanced and it's very helpful in completing the whole degree.
Since I finished my BTEC HND I have now enrolled myself in a degree programme and after that
I plan on then heading overseas to find a job in a multinational company, either as
a management trainee or in a firm management position and then progress my career in the
company.
I plan to sort of join a really good software company, maybe Virtuserve or Millennium IT
in Sri Lanka and parallel along with that complete my top-up in software engineering
and in a couple of years' time, planning on starting up my own company specialising in
the artificial intelligence field.
I recommend taking the BTEC to others, because the practical knowledge you gain, like when
you go into, when you start working you work as employee it's very helpful for you to have
the practical knowledge as well as your theory, so doing a BTEC gives you the chance to understand
the practical basis more.