During March New Start Voluntary Counselling and Testing teams visited all the Varsity College campuses, offering students access to the highest quality HIV counselling, testing and referral services.
This initiative, which was rolled out by Varsity College nationally last year, is well received and supported by students.
The Society for Family Health (SFH) developed the New Start HIV Counseling and Testing programme in partnership with the Government of South Africa (GOSA). New Start is funded by the Global Fund via the South African National Department of Health and the US President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) through the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Wednesday, 18 August 2010
REACH FOR A DREAM FOUNDATION BENEFITS FROM STUDENTS’ GREAT SENSE OF VOLUNTEERISM
Every Varsity College student is encouraged to become actively involved in the life of the Varsity College community. Under the banner of VC Cares, students are given the opportunity to give back to the community through social responsibility and community outreach programmes. The ANNUAL national Varsity College community outreach event was held for terminally ill boys or girls in the care of The Reach for a Dream Foundation (RFAD). The campuses either hosted a ‘Queen for a Day’ for the girls or a ‘Captain Courage’ for the boys. The events were a huge success!!
Warning
This is a courteous warning to all prospective Varsity College students not to divulge personal information or make payment of any kind to anyone posing as a Varsity College agent. The only agent used by Varsity College is Caro Van Der Merwe at Careers Abroad in Zimbabwe. If you are unsure, please contact your nearest Varsity College campus to confirm details.
GRADE 12’S!! MAKE THE MOST OF THE LONG MID-YEAR HOLIDAY
Attention all Grade 12 learners -- contact your nearest Varsity College campus during the long June holidays for some sound study advise. Make an appointment to see one of our Student Advisors to chat about your study options for 2011. All campuses will be open throughout the holiday period (despite the 2010 World CupTM) to assist you with all the information you need in order to make one of the most important decisions of your life – WHAT TO STUDY AFTER GRADE 12?
Attention UNISA students
To all UNISA students registering for subjects in the second semester - Varsity College is offering tuition on select modules. So if you are finding studying via correspondence just a little challenging, contact your nearest Varsity College campus to find out more about attending lectures in the second semester for select UNISA modules.
Community engagement events - the heart of VC
During July and August a variety of community engagement events, co-ordinated by the Student Relations Managers (SRMs), will take place on the Varsity College campuses nationally. These include Reach for a Dream events, CHOC “Pay it Forward” cake sales, SANCA awareness drives, Blood Clinics etc. Details of these events will be announced via the campus PA system and will also be available on the campus communications screens. Students are invited to participate in these events - the heart of Varsity College.
Youth vote a resounding "Yes!" to Varsity College
Varsity College has been ranked in the top ten tertiary education providers in South Africa for the second consecutive year in the 2010 Sunday Times Generation Next Survey. It was the only private tertiary education provider to feature in the survey brand. Notably Varsity College was ranked third in the young adults category (aged 18-22), with UCT appearing in top spot. The Sunday Times Generation Next Survey, which polled the opinions of over 5,800 young urbanites between the ages of 8 and 22 from six major provinces in South Africa, was conducted by HDI Youth Marketers in February/ March 2010.
VC Launches Career Centre For VC Students
An exciting new prospect awaits Varsity College students as they start their second semester. On-site Career Centres have just been launched at all seven the Varsity College campuses nationally. The Career Centres will, among other things, provide students with practical skills which will add value to the theoretical knowledge gained in the lecture room thereby increasing their employability.
Says Trish Trompeter, National Head of Department: “We are very excited about this initiative, which forms part of our commitment to deliver on our brand promise of developing students for their careers. Although students are not guaranteed placement in industry, the Centres are expected to make a marked contribution towards our students’ level of employability”.
The Career Centre will be launched in three phases over the next 18 months:
Phase 1: Part time work: the Career Centres offer the Job Café, a web based IT solution, which will enable the Career Centre Co-ordinator to match students with possible employers in part time work situations. As this is a support function only, it is important to note that part time work is not guaranteed.
Phase 2: World of Work (WoW): students to complete the WoW programme, run on campus, which will equip them with work readiness skills and expose them to appropriate industry knowledge.
Phase 3: Graduate Placement Programme (GO: graduate opportunities): Once students have completed the WoW programme and are working part time, will be able to register for this programme in their final year of study. This placement programme promotes successful and dedicated Varsity College students within the relevant industry for possible placement once they graduate.
Varsity College strongly encourages current students to make contact with the Career Centre Co-ordinator on campus
Says Trish Trompeter, National Head of Department: “We are very excited about this initiative, which forms part of our commitment to deliver on our brand promise of developing students for their careers. Although students are not guaranteed placement in industry, the Centres are expected to make a marked contribution towards our students’ level of employability”.
The Career Centre will be launched in three phases over the next 18 months:
Phase 1: Part time work: the Career Centres offer the Job Café, a web based IT solution, which will enable the Career Centre Co-ordinator to match students with possible employers in part time work situations. As this is a support function only, it is important to note that part time work is not guaranteed.
Phase 2: World of Work (WoW): students to complete the WoW programme, run on campus, which will equip them with work readiness skills and expose them to appropriate industry knowledge.
Phase 3: Graduate Placement Programme (GO: graduate opportunities): Once students have completed the WoW programme and are working part time, will be able to register for this programme in their final year of study. This placement programme promotes successful and dedicated Varsity College students within the relevant industry for possible placement once they graduate.
Varsity College strongly encourages current students to make contact with the Career Centre Co-ordinator on campus
Hotel students show great hearts
Varsity College has identified the Starfish Greathearts Foundation as its national corporate social investment (CSI) initiative this year. The third year Hotel students will be brand ambassadors for Varsity College across the country by all working together to contribute towards this great cause. Each relevant campus will host a Starfish “Dinner of Hope”. The ‘Dinner of Hope’, a Starfish initiative that the hotel students are adopting as part of their fundraising efforts, will be hosted by the hotel students in any form or fashion with a theme and venue of their choice. Starfish Greathearts Foundation is an international development charity, aiming to bring life, hope and opportunity to children in South Africa, who have been orphaned or made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS. They currently support approximately 36 000 children and would like to further their reach.
Monday, 01 March 2010
2010 FULL-PROGRAMME TUITION BURSARIES WINNERS NAMED!
Varsity College has changed the lives of ten lucky students through its annual bursary competition. Up to R900,000 worth of bursaries were up for grabs this year. This is also the first time since the inception of the national bursary competition four years ago, that students won full-programme tuition bursaries which means that all Varsity College tuition fees for the duration of their programme whether it is a 2 year diploma or a 4 year degree, are covered by the bursary.
The10 lucky recipients are: Prospective / new students
Campus Name
Sandton Sandile Wiseman
Pretoria Victoria Selokela
Durban North Tatum Kalyan
Westville Kelly Jade Rencken
Pietermaritzburg Lauren Holmes
Port Elizabeth Leache Moodley
Cape Town Judd Burger
current students:(lucky draw)
Durban North Mel Emanuel
Pretoria Zelia Phukuile
Durban North Colin Eales
“The screams of delight and tears of joy when recipients heard that they had won a bursary, reinforces what a life changing initiative this annual bursary competition is,” says Odette Francesconi, MD of Varsity College.
Congratulations again to all successful bursary recipients!
The10 lucky recipients are: Prospective / new students
Campus Name
Sandton Sandile Wiseman
Pretoria Victoria Selokela
Durban North Tatum Kalyan
Westville Kelly Jade Rencken
Pietermaritzburg Lauren Holmes
Port Elizabeth Leache Moodley
Cape Town Judd Burger
current students:(lucky draw)
Durban North Mel Emanuel
Pretoria Zelia Phukuile
Durban North Colin Eales
“The screams of delight and tears of joy when recipients heard that they had won a bursary, reinforces what a life changing initiative this annual bursary competition is,” says Odette Francesconi, MD of Varsity College.
Congratulations again to all successful bursary recipients!
VARSITY COLLEGE ANNOUNCES SPONSORSHIP OF THE MARINE SURFSKI SERIES 2010!
Varsity College is proud to announce that they are the new title sponsor of the world’s biggest surfski series. The Varsity College Marine Surfski Series shifts into a new era with the first leg of the popular series getting underway at Ushaka Beach on Friday 15 January. This substantially invigorated ten leg series now offers bigger prizes and incentives to the top performers across the various categories.
"Varsity College is dedicated to delivering on its philosophy of promoting a balanced student life", said Carole Adam, Varsity College Sport & Social Manager. "This is evident in our ongoing involvement with the two Durban and Cape Town surfski schools and now our title sponsorships of the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series."
Continuing with this vision in 2010, Varsity College will be launching their new SportsLife Program, an exciting new sporting initiative, across its seven campuses. The focus is on mass participation sports that are fun, modern, healthy, outdoor, individualistic and that one can continue to be involved in for the rest of one’s life. At Varsity College a top priority is preparing students for their career ahead by encouraging a balanced lifestyle with focus on mind, body, social and community! Balance is important in the working environment where social skills, networking opportunities and health can have as much bearing on career success as formal academic grounding. Some of these exciting sports that Varsity College will incorporate into its SportsLife programme are: Mountain Biking, Surfsking, Canoeing, Triathlons and Multisport/Xterra Events and Running.
With the consistent growth in popularity of surfski racing, and Durban's undisputed status as the world's capital of the sport, the series dovetails neatly the Varsity College SportsLife program. Many of the novices who have been learning the ropes through the Varsity College Surfski School, run in Durban by SA paddler Barry Lewin, will be confident and competent enough to take part in the series races.
The Varsity College Marine Series boasts more paddlers taking part over the duration of the ten race series than any other series in the world, while individual race entries for a few other major surf ski races top the regular weekly entry of the Marine series events.
The series has also been boosted by the inclusion of the first ever Varsity College SA Schools Surfski Championships, which will be hosted on the final leg of the series on 9 April. "I am thrilled that Canoeing South Africa has backed this move and made it a formal national schools championship," said Lewin. "Paddling is thriving at school level across the country, and there is a growing interest in surfski paddling amongst the youngsters."
The Varsity College Surfski School will be hosting clinics for schools and has already confirmed interest from eight KwaZulu-Natal schools, five from the Western Cape and five from the Eastern Cape, eager to send teams of athletes to the championship event, and encouraging the pupils to take part in as many of the other series races as part of their preparations.
Varsity College Marine Surf Ski Series 2010
Races take place on Friday evenings at 5:30pm on the following dates:
15 January
29 January
5 February
12 February
19 February
26 February
5 March
12 March
19 March
9 April
"Varsity College is dedicated to delivering on its philosophy of promoting a balanced student life", said Carole Adam, Varsity College Sport & Social Manager. "This is evident in our ongoing involvement with the two Durban and Cape Town surfski schools and now our title sponsorships of the Varsity College Marine Surfski Series."
Continuing with this vision in 2010, Varsity College will be launching their new SportsLife Program, an exciting new sporting initiative, across its seven campuses. The focus is on mass participation sports that are fun, modern, healthy, outdoor, individualistic and that one can continue to be involved in for the rest of one’s life. At Varsity College a top priority is preparing students for their career ahead by encouraging a balanced lifestyle with focus on mind, body, social and community! Balance is important in the working environment where social skills, networking opportunities and health can have as much bearing on career success as formal academic grounding. Some of these exciting sports that Varsity College will incorporate into its SportsLife programme are: Mountain Biking, Surfsking, Canoeing, Triathlons and Multisport/Xterra Events and Running.
With the consistent growth in popularity of surfski racing, and Durban's undisputed status as the world's capital of the sport, the series dovetails neatly the Varsity College SportsLife program. Many of the novices who have been learning the ropes through the Varsity College Surfski School, run in Durban by SA paddler Barry Lewin, will be confident and competent enough to take part in the series races.
The Varsity College Marine Series boasts more paddlers taking part over the duration of the ten race series than any other series in the world, while individual race entries for a few other major surf ski races top the regular weekly entry of the Marine series events.
The series has also been boosted by the inclusion of the first ever Varsity College SA Schools Surfski Championships, which will be hosted on the final leg of the series on 9 April. "I am thrilled that Canoeing South Africa has backed this move and made it a formal national schools championship," said Lewin. "Paddling is thriving at school level across the country, and there is a growing interest in surfski paddling amongst the youngsters."
The Varsity College Surfski School will be hosting clinics for schools and has already confirmed interest from eight KwaZulu-Natal schools, five from the Western Cape and five from the Eastern Cape, eager to send teams of athletes to the championship event, and encouraging the pupils to take part in as many of the other series races as part of their preparations.
Varsity College Marine Surf Ski Series 2010
Races take place on Friday evenings at 5:30pm on the following dates:
15 January
29 January
5 February
12 February
19 February
26 February
5 March
12 March
19 March
9 April
Tuesday, 23 February 2010
BUY TEXTBOOKS ONLINE AND SCORE
If you buy your textbooks online through Van Schaik’s Online Bookstore on www.vanschaik.com before 21 March 2010, you can earn Fanatics points which can be spent at any branch of Exclusive Books.
Van Schaik’s has more than 80 000 academic titles in stock and will deliver directly to your doorstep or to your post box.
Van Schaik’s has more than 80 000 academic titles in stock and will deliver directly to your doorstep or to your post box.
WELCOME TO THE VC FAMILY!
What a privilege to be able to welcome new students on campus and to say ‘Hi again’ to our current students. Varsity College congratulates you on your wise decision to study with us and wishes you the experience of a lifetime as you take each important step towards your future with us.
Please remember that we have an open door policy, and if you need anything on an academic, sport or social level, just ask at your campus’ reception and they will point you in the right direction.
Please remember that we have an open door policy, and if you need anything on an academic, sport or social level, just ask at your campus’ reception and they will point you in the right direction.
NOT TOO LATE TO REGISTER FOR A DEGREE IN 2010!
If you still want to study towards a degree in 2010 but perhaps were too late to apply or have, for academic or other reasons, been unable to gain access to a University, you are still able to apply and register to study towards a degree through Varsity College.
Varsity College has been able to structure a number of very exciting pathway options for students wanting to study towards a degree in 2010. These offerings include academic orientation, short learning programmes and UNISA modules that will allow interested students to make progress with their studies, without having to wait until 2011.
For additional information on these pathways, please make contact with a Student Advisor at your nearest campus as soon as possible. Very attractive academic bursaries are on offer and demand is likely to be such that space on these special programmes will be limited.
Varsity College has been able to structure a number of very exciting pathway options for students wanting to study towards a degree in 2010. These offerings include academic orientation, short learning programmes and UNISA modules that will allow interested students to make progress with their studies, without having to wait until 2011.
For additional information on these pathways, please make contact with a Student Advisor at your nearest campus as soon as possible. Very attractive academic bursaries are on offer and demand is likely to be such that space on these special programmes will be limited.
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