College of Economic and Management Sciences

CEMS gather gifts for children

CEMS staff with the gifts they bought

CEMS staff recently made the Christmas dreams of more than a hundred children come true when they bought the items on the children’s wish lists.

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Cape students get an earful

CEMS' Manager: Tuition, Prof Truida Oosthuizen, explains curriculum changes on community radio

CEMS students in the Cape region can invite Unisa into their homes by tuning into a community radio station close to them.

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CEMS wants to lead ODL research

CEMS wants to measure its research into Open and Distance Learning (ODL) with the best in the world.

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CEMS study shows Unisa’s commitment to OERs

Unisa compares well with international practices in the use of Open Educational Resources (OERs)a study by two CEMS academics shows.

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CEMS recognises excellence in research

“You should do research for which you can receive national and international recognition,” Prof Mamokethi Phakeng, Vice-Principal: Research and Innovation, challenged CEMS academics recently.

She addressed award winners at

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Makhulu Vho-Munzhedzi (101) goes to the big city

Munzhedzi(101)left her village for the first time in 70 years to witness her grandson receive his doctorate degree – the first in the family.

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CEMS reports on Western Cape youth research

Representatives from the participating schools with their certificates for participating in the research

The CEMS Youth Research Unit recently reported on their latest findings into the influence of drug and alcohol abuse, youth violence and cellphones on the living and learning styles of the youth in the Western Cape.

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Strengthening relations with government

From left: Prof A Brits (Prof in the department), Mrs Kholadi Tlabela (Director: Research of Dept Tourism), Prof C van Zyl (COD of Transport Economics, Logistics and Tourism), Ms Lesedi Nduna (registered tourism master’s student and lecturer in the department), Bernhard Meyer (Chief Director: Research and Knowledge Management for Dept of Tourism)

The Department of Transport Economics, Logistics and Tourism hosted a meeting with the National Department of Tourism to establish future research collaboration.

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Small interest rate increase, big impact

Dr Johan Jordaan (left) received the award and a cash prize from Mr Danie van den Bergh of Momentum for the best finance paper at the 2012 Personal Finance and Tax conference

Some 26000 people lose their jobs when the interest increases by a single percent.

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How-to guide for creating graduate excellence launched

From left: Prof Elmarie Sadler (Acting Executive Dean: CEMS); editor-in-chief, Prof Melinde Coetzee (Department of Industrial and Organisational Psychology); and Mr Wilhelm Crous (MD: Knowledge Resources Publishing)

What constitutes graduateness and what makes a student employable? A new publication with many contributions from the College of Economic and Management Sciences adresses these issues.

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