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Responding to COVID-19

A UWC COVID-19 Response Task Team consisting of University management, officials and medical experts is closely monitoring and following recommendations from the National Institute for Communicable Diseases, the National Department of Health, the World Health Organization (WHO) and other official sources.
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Visit Pillar Seven - UWC's new platform for Continuing Education

Visit Pillar Seven - UWC's new platform for Continuing Education

UWC has just launched an exciting new chapter in its academic programme.

Offered under its new entity called Pillar Seven, UWC will be changing the dynamic of continuing education (short courses) and Continuing Profession Development (CPD) offerings via a new platform through which its continuing education (CE) courses will be offered to the market.
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Research and Innovation

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Research and Innovation

UWC’s Brand new STEP Programme launches

The atmosphere was electric in the Jakes Gerwel Hall at the launch of the much-anticipated Student Training for Entrepreneurial Promotion (STEP) programme which aims to strengthen entrepreneurship at universities – especially in countries of the Global South.

The programme was launched at the University of the Western Cape (UWC) last Thursday, 11 August 2022.
  
“Today, we are standing up for new ideas! For a better tomorrow!” said Abraham Olivier, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, during his closing remarks. “For ways to reduce graduate unemployment and for silos to be broken down.” 

Oliver was addressing a host of dignitaries from the business and education sectors, the South African and German Commissions for UNESCO, and a group of excited students. He encouraged students to take full advantage of the many benefits STEP will offer them. 

 

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Learning and Teaching

UWC dedicated to care and support for teaching and learning

Care and Support for Teaching and Learning (CSTL) is a regional initiative adopted by the member states of the Southern African Development Community. The initiative has been developed to realise the educational rights of children and build human capital for sustainable development by ensuring that every school becomes a site of transformational, quality and inclusive education. 

Recently the University of the Western Cape (UWC) was invited to be a partner in a research programme launched by the Department of Basic Education (DBE) and MIET (Africa) in collaboration with the Human Science Research Council (HSRC) and the National Education Collaboration Trust (NECT).

The research programme aims to contribute specifically to growing the knowledge and evidence base of CSTL; building leadership and implementation capacity for CSTL; and strengthening the system for effective delivery of school-based care and support services. 

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Community Engagement 

EMS Faculty hosts Women’s Month webinar series in support of women entrepreneurs

During Women’s Month, the Faculty of Economic Management Sciences (EMS) focus on entrepreneurship education. Researchers isolated three key obstacles for small business owners: finanwill host panel discussions to address these issues. The event will focus on working collaboratively with small business owners who have been left in the cold.

There will be a particular focus on women entrepreneurs and their ability to kick start a business idea or to get support, whether it is from investors or financial institutions. Women in the peri-urban or the rural parts of our country face even more challenges than women entrepreneurs in urban cities, with poverty levels being much higher in the rural parts of our country. According to StatsSA (2017), the poverty headcount is 81.3% compared to 40.7% in urban areas.

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