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20/12/2023

Here's what my "DAY IN THE LIFE" at Cambridge University looks like 🌟

I've always wanted to try a new video format and do a "DAY IN THE LIFE" video especially. Trust me before coming here, I've gone through all the day-in-the-life videos of Cambridge haha. I found them super useful and helped me experience a glimpse of what it actually looks like ✨🏛🚣‍♂️

Here is my first attempt at it! This was recorded in the first week and thought of posting now because I got a bit of free time. Love to hear your suggestions! 👀

Cheers!!!

Link: https://youtu.be/ls3s7DJ5Qss?si=LJ71_eLFEVb-VOXp

If you are new to the channel, I am Deepesh, a final year PhD student working with the Institute for Manufacturing, the University of Cambridge. Today is my ...

16/12/2023

✨Here we discussed about some of the new VISA schemes announced by the UK and multiple ways to get settlement status in the UK in a relatively short period of time (03 YEARS). This is called “Indefinite Leave to Remain” which is similar to “Permanent Residency” in other countries.

🇬🇧Once you have ILR you can even apply for UK Citizenship. General route take 10 years to get to settlement status.

🚀But the new visas introduced recently fast track this process cutting down the time to settlement in half or even less in the case of Global Talent visa.

Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
01:10 | Challenges of Student Visa in obtaining ILR
01:30 | Different ways to get settlement status in the UK: ILR routes
03:38 | High potential Individual Visa (NEW) - Visa granted up to 2-3 Years
05:38 | Graduate Visa - Visa granted up to 2 Years
07:54 | Global Talent Visa (NEW) - Visa granted up to 5 years and ILR in 3 Years
14:50 | Visa Cost (Application Fee + Health Surcharge)
16:30 | UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) endorsed funders
17:00 | Should you apply visa for 3 years or 5 years?
17:37 | Benefits of Global Talent Visa vs Skilled Worker Visa
20:55 | How to get more information
22:11 | Endorsement process
22:47 | When should you apply for Global Talent Visa?

Feel free to share!

Here’s the link:
https://youtu.be/_kO2_tbS2bw?si=GDP3Z4dFYgJrbsEp

This is a discussion with Dr Vihanga Munasinghe about new routes to get UK settlement (in a relatively short time period) status including High Potential Ind...

08/10/2023

Well, I thought of experimenting with a new format of videos. Need some feedback 😊

Here’s the link:

So, I got accepted to work with THE University of Cambridge, Institute for Manufacturing and I thought of bringing all of you along my journey from Scotland ...

11/03/2023

USA Undergraduate Study (Bachelors) ගැන සියලුම දේ!

Link: https://youtu.be/SSgbKnJb0uA

This is a discussion with Shavindi who was an undergraduate at the Northern Arizona University, USA. She first started her Bachelors at ANC (American National College), Sri Lanka affiliated with Northern Arizona University, USA (2+2 Program). Then, she went on to complete her Bachelors at Northern Arizona University. Currently, she is a PhD Student pursuing her research in Molecular and Cellular Biology at the University of Arizona. Here we discuss everything you need to know about studying an undergraduate program in the USA.

Timestamps
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00:00 | Recap from Part 01 & Highlights from Part 02
00:43 | Introduction
01:02 | Summary of the discussion
01:15 | Welcoming Shavindi
01:28 | USA undergrad experience discussion
01:41 | Difference between MAJOR and MINOR
02:01 | What is an EMPHASIS?
02:26 | Dual Majors
02:40 | General Education Component (must do in Every degree program)
04:08 | More details on Major and Minor
04:48 | Research Credit Courses
05:28 | Optional courses as an undergraduate
07:24 | Taking graduate level courses as an undergraduate
08:42 | What is a CAPSTONE course?
10:09 | Research experience as an undergraduate
11:53 | Teaching Assistant experience
12:56 | Extra curricular work
14:25 | Research poster presentation
15:30 | Thoughts on Women in Science
17:23 | Importance of networking
20:14 | Importance of risk taking

This is a discussion with Shavindi who was an undergraduate at Norther Arizona University, USA. She first started her Bachelors at ANC (American National Col...

31/01/2023

"AL වලට S3 සිට Australia වේ Data Scientist කෙනෙක් දක්වා ආ ගමන් මග"

AL වලට results අඩු උනාම ගොඩක් ළමයි demotivate වෙනව. මෙතනින් එහාට යන්න බෑ කියල මගරිනව. නමුත් එහෙම demotivate නොවි step by step ටිකෙන් ටික challenges ජයගෙන, SLIIT එකේ IT කරල එතනින් නවතින්නේ නැතුව higher studies වලින් යන්න පුළුවන් උපරිම දුර: PhD (Monash University), Postdoctoral studies (RMIT) දක්වා ඉගෙන ගෙන මේ වෙනකොට Melbourne වල Data Scientist කෙනෙක් විදියට වැඩකරන Dr Dilini Rajapaksha ගැන තමයි මේ video එක. Private campus ගිහින් Higher studies වලට Australia (or වෙන ඕනෑම රටකට) යන්න plan කරන හැමෝටම මේ discussion එකෙන් ඉගෙන ගන්න ගොඩක් දේවල් තියෙනව.

Link: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u8IZMfjdtG4

Timestamps
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00:00 | Highlights
00:33 | Introduction
01:22 | Welcome Dr Dilini Rajapaksha
01:50 | Current work place/role intro - Coles Group Australia
02:40 | Journey from AL to PhD
03:50 | Undergraduate study experience at SLIIT
05:42 | Internship experience (QA Engineer)
06:32 | Switching to part time study
08:07 | Internship interview experience
09:37 | Professional qualifications
10:10 | Final year project (turning point)
11:06 | Publishing your research as an undergraduate
13:10 | First data science experience in Sri Lanka
14:07 | Achievements and awards as an undergraduate
16:13 | First research experience in Sri Lanka

This is a discussion (Part 01) on Australian Study (Student) Experience with Dr Dilini Rajapaksha who studied her Bachelors at Sri Lanka Institute of Informa...

18/01/2023

ChatGPT වගේ artificial intelligence tools අපේ jobs වලට challenge එකක්ද?

Job market එකේ competitive වෙන්න නං අලුත් technologies එක්ක අපිට evolve වෙන්න, එහෙම නැත්නං අනුගත වෙන්න වෙනව. මේ අතරින් AI tools ලෝකෙ වටේ මේ දවස්වල trend එකක් වෙලා. ඒක නිසා මට හිතුන AI tools (ChatGPT + MidJourney) combine කරලා කෙටිකාලෙකින් website එකක් හදන්න පුලුවන්ද කියල හොයල බලන්න. Video එක බලල ඔයාලගෙ අදහස් comment කරන්න!

Link: https://youtu.be/-kwGaOxqqvY

This is an introductory video on the trending Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools ChatGPT and Midjourney (in Sinhala/සිංහල). AI tools will revolutionize the way we work in the foreseeable future. Big tech companies are already placing huge bets on them (Microsoft is investing $10 Billion for 49% stake in Open AI).
Future is today? This video demonstrate a use case on how these tools can be potentially utilized to develop a website in a relatively short period of time.
Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
01:26 | How to create/log in - ChatGPT account (free)
02:10 | Introduction to ChatGPT
02:53 | ChatGPT use case (example: web development)
05:39 | How to generate a code for a website
06:40 | How to generate an outline (proposal/documentation) for a web development project
07:20 | UI/UX development for a website using Midjourney
07:35 | How to create/log in - Midjourney account (free)
07:57 | Introduction to Midjourney
09:16 | How to access Midjourney using Discord
09:58 | Midjourney use case (example: web development)
11:22 | How to customize image using 'stylize' argument in V4

This is an introductory video on the trending Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools ChatGPT and Midjourney (in Sinhala/සිංහල). AI tools will revolutionize the ...

22/10/2022

Private Campus ගිහින් ඇත්තටම වැඩක් තියෙනවද කියන එක මේ දවස් වල social media වල ගොඩක් කතාබහ වෙන main topic එකක්. ඒක නිසා මාත් ඒ ගැන පොඩ්ඩක් හොයල බැලුව 🙂

Link: https://youtu.be/dNCMgrKJW88

This video is part of the video series ‘Undergraduate to Professional’ and in the first episode I engaged in a fruitful discussion with a postgraduate student from the University of Bristol, UK. Here I asked him about his undergraduate experience, internship experience, industry experience and finally what was his journey to one of the Top 10 universities in the UK like. He has studied his undergraduate studies in Civil Engineering at the CINEC Campus in Sri Lanka and currently pursuing his Masters in Business Analytics.

Timestamps
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00:18 | Introduction
00:55 | ලංකාවෙ Private Campus ගිහින් ඇත්තටම වැඩක් තියෙනවද?
03:03 | Student accommodation by Amber
04:15 | Introduction to the University of Bristol
05:17 | Welcome Satchin Semage
05:45 | Undergraduate student experience in Sri Lanka, CINEC Campus
13:40 | Undergraduate internship experience in Civil Engineering
20:57 | Industry experience in Sri Lanka, Career Change?
26:46 | Voluntary work experience in Sri Lanka, SLASSCOM
36:19 | Postgraduate journey to the University of Bristol, MSc Business Analytics

39:50 | Masters Scholarship, Think Big Scholarship

This video is part of the video series ‘Undergraduate to Professional’ and in the first episode I engaged in a fruitful discussion with a postgraduate studen...

25/09/2022

This video session is about the most frequently asked questions on UK student/dependant visa categories. Here I discuss these questions with a professional to find the most up to date answers. He is an experienced visa consultant and the Director of Right Move Consultancy, Risitha Denipitiya.

Link: https://youtu.be/6QvHmymnDOY

Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
00:51 | University offer letters ඇයි පරක්කු වෙන්නෙ?
02:11 | ඵ්කට ලංකාවෙ financial crisis එක හේතුවක් ද?
04:24 | Course fee full payment එක 100% එකපාරට ගෙවන්න ඕනද?
05:21 | IELTS අත්‍යාවශද? waive off කරන්න බැරිද?
06:43 | Age limit ඵකක් තියෙනවද studies වලට යන්න?
09:34 | Show money / Financial requirements arrange කරගන්නෙ කොහොමද?
13:38 | Scholarships
14:39 | SOP (statement of purpose) එක ගැන අදහසක් Share කරන්න පුළුවන්?
18:36 | Visa consultancy fee? free of charge?
20:10 | Visa consultant විදියට Right Move Consultancy ලබාදෙන services මොනවාද?
21:21 | Summary (Step by step visa application process)

This video session is about the most frequently asked questions on UK student/dependant visa categories. Here I discuss these questions with a professional t...

02/06/2022

🎯 New video alert | UK Dependant Visa 🎯

I got this request from many of you and therefore, today I decided to make a video on how to apply dependent visa from Sri Lanka! This video may not cover everything but covers all the basic information that you must know before applying. In the next video I will have a discussion with one of my friends who already applied for dependent visa and was successful.

Link: https://youtu.be/pRj97PcDDY8

Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
01:52 | Dependant visa under student visa category
05:00 | Funds required under student visa category
08:45 | Can you extend your dependant visa?
11:10 | Switch from Dependant to Student visa, is it possible?
11:40 | Dependant visa under skilled worker visa category
15:04 | News alert

If you have any questions, please comment and I will try my best to answer all of them.

All the best!

08/10/2021

This video is about the new Graduate Visa (commonly known as post-study work visa) offered to international students in the UK. Please find the timestamps below.

Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
01:20 | 2 year post study work visa announcement (graduate visa)
02:13 | Graduate visa eligibility criteria
03:18 | How long can you stay in the UK?
04:15 | When to apply?
04:52 | How much it costs?
05:10 | Frequently asked questions

Video link: https://youtu.be/g8Npz2tskug
Graduate visa: https://www.gov.uk/graduate-visa
Frequently asked questions: https://www.findamasters.com/advice/blog/5194/uk-graduate-route-visa-now-open-guide-and-faqs-for-postgraduate-students

This video is about the new Graduate Visa (commonly known as post-study work visa) offered to international students in the UK. Please find the timestamps be...

28/09/2021

I have seen many students struggle to speak good English but, this is a very important skill that everyone should improve specially university students! This video highlights 4 tips to improve your English speaking skills!

Link: https://youtu.be/wC9SxYfwWLU

Timestamps
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00:00 | Introduction
00:40 | Why speaking in English is important
01:45 | Tip #1
02:40 | Tip #2
05:04 | Tip #3
06:26 | Tip #4

I have seen many students struggle to speak in good English but, this is a very important skill that everyone should improve specially university students! T...