Mercury Institute identifies demand for multi-qualified professionals in job market

Mercury Institute of Management, established in 2001, is synonymous with quality tertiary tuition and unparalleled excellence. Time after time, at every examination session, Mercury has consistently proven its ability in achieving first time passes and producing local and world prize winners.
Apart from all this, what makes Mercury truly unique is the fact that they understand the current trends in the job market and the requirement of employers to recruit multi-qualified professionals who are geared to be high performers in a dynamic and demanding business environment.
Students who enrol for ACCA at Mercury are making the right choice. ACCA is an accountancy qualification that is recognised worldwide as one which transforms students into complete finance professionals. Mercury is the one and only ACCA Platinum Status Tuition Provider in Sri Lanka and is offering a Rs. 50,000 discount on the enrolment fee, while providing free Kaplan text material at no extra cost. Students following ACCA have the added benefit of gaining a BSc. (Hons) in Applied Accounting from Oxford Brookes University, in addition to the ACCA professional qualification, all within a period of 2½ years.
For students aspiring to distinguish themselves as Management Accountants, then CIMA would be the qualification they are looking for. Another globally recognised accountancy body based in the UK, the CIMA qualification moulds students into business management specialists. Mercury, being recognised by CIMA as a Quality Tuition Provider and backed by decades of industry experience, ensures that students develop their analytical and decision-making skills to help them in their careers. Mercury also provides free text books which are endorsed by CIMA, UK.
The range of BSc. (Hons) degrees from the University of London offered by Mercury, such as the BSc. (Hons) in Business and Management, BSc. (Hons) in Economics and Management and BSc. (Hons) in Accounting and Finance, would no doubt add value to students pursuing any one of the above professional accountancy qualifications. For instance, if ACCA is pursued alongside a University of London degree, within 3 years, by the age of 22, a student would have ACCA, a degree from Oxford Brookes University and a degree from the University of London. On the other hand, if a student following CIMA concurrently follows a University of London degree, he or she can be guaranteed of a value addition that will take his or her career to new heights.
All this is facilitated only by Mercury through the special value addition whereby if a student registers for either ACCA or CIMA and a degree from the University of London at Mercury, they would be awarded a 100% scholarship on the tuition fee of the second qualification, whichever it may be. This may amount to a substantial cost-saving which cannot be matched elsewhere.
The rationale behind this “Two for One” offer is that Mercury, being an institute specialised in the fields of Accounting, Finance and Management and possessing vast economies of scale, has identified the demand for multi-qualified professionals in today’s job market. Such substantial discounts, in addition to Mercury’s experienced lecture panel and policy of size-controlled classroom learning ensures that students are not under any pressure, are comfortable, well-tutored and naturally, the pass rates are consistently above world pass rates.
In line with correctly identifying and understanding current industry trends, Mercury has developed an in-house Job Bank, through which its students are assured of job placements. Of the top corporates which Mercury has partnered up with include those from the Banking and Finance, Investment, Apparel, BPO, Logistics, Airline and Audit sectors and various other diversified conglomerates.
Abigail Elisha, a student of Lyceum International School, Wattala who joined Mercury immediately after her London A/Ls was one such student who claimed this ‘two for one’ offer. She said: “I enrolled for the BSc. (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the University of London at Mercury and now I am following ACCA tuition-fee free!  Mercury is helping me live my dream of being a young high achiever.”