Varsity College Announces New Qualifications

Together with the IIE, Varsity College constantly evaluates its programme offerings. This is to ensure that they remain current, relevant and in line with local and global standards, trends and best practice. We would like to inform you of the most recent developments. Post Graduate Degrees Currently, we offer support to the post graduate UNISA degrees in Accounting Science and Psychology. In order to extend this offering we be launching the UNISA BCom Honours in Business Management in 2013. This exciting programme will allow students aspiring towards a career in Business Management to further their studies, and also allows our current UNISA BCom students an option to enrol for tuition in this UNISA Honours programme at Varsity College. In addition to the above degree, we will also be launching two post graduate programmes from the IMM Graduate School of Marketing. Firstly the B.Phil Honours in Marketing Management will allow students who have studied marketing in their undergraduate qualification to further their studies in this exciting field. The second post graduate launch is that of the Post Graduate Diploma in Marketing Management, allowing students with no marketing background in their undergraduate degree to achieve a qualification in mark Independent Institute of Education (IIE) Qualifications We have worked very closely with the IIE in the design, structure and development of various degrees, diplomas and higher certificates. We are enormously proud to announce that Varsity College will be offering the following programmes from 2013. The IIE BBA degree in Hospitality Management Our fourteen-year journey to this point has included collaborating with the International College of Hotel Management (ICHM) in Adelaide, Australia. We are delighted to announce that we are now able to offer our own fully accredited 3 year degree programme in hospitality, one of only 3 in the country. We will definitely continue our relationship with the ICHM and discussions will start shortly around the definition of this relationship into the future. As we offer more IIE degree programmes the need arises to offer access programmes into these degrees for students who may have not have achieved the entrance requirement at school level. Not only do these programmes offer credit for some modules into subsequent programmes, but they provide options for students who want to study a CHE accredited programme in a year. To this end Varsity College will, from 2013, offer the following IIE Higher Certificates. The IIE Higher Certificate in Event Management South Africa finds itself more and more on the world stage, hosting a variety of global events as well as more standard functions such as conferences and weddings. This makes event management an exciting opportunity we are pleased to be able to cater to specifically. The IIE Higher Certificate in IT Support Services This certificate offers students the opportunity to enter the rapidly changing and lucrative field of IT support after one year. It also allows the opportunity to access our two existing IT qualifications (Network Management and Software Development) with credit for some of the subjects they have studied in the Higher Certificate. We are confident that the quality and relevance of these programmes will not only take our qualifications to the next level, but also our student’s experience, their employability and career opportunities. Should you be interested in further detailed information on the curricula of these new programmes, this is available on all of our campuses.

Sports News from around the campuses

Swimming Riaan Schoemann (Durban North student) did an Olympic Qualifying time in the 400m IM and will be heading to the London Olympics in July. Varsity College Marine Sursfki Series Grant v d Walt finished an impressive 2nd overall in the Marine Series only a few points behind World Champ Hank McGregor. Check out the TV coverage TONIGHT (9th May) on SuperSport6 at 18h30 Trial Running CPT Trail Running Captain, Daniel Matthews, recently took part in the grueling Platteklip Charity Challenge on Table Mountain. The idea of the race is to test the runners to see who can summit Table Mountain the most times. Against some of the top contenders in the country, Daniel truly did us proud coming in joint 3rd, summiting our wonder of the world an awesome 9 times. Karkloof MTB Classic This event was a superb example of how the Sports Life initiative has evolved and making some waves in the MTB arena. There were 3 races over the weekend and we had 6 campuses participating (Sandton, Midrand, Pretoria, PMB, Westville & Durban North) with more than 22 students and staff all racing in VC colours. We created a mini VC student village as the students camped in Karkloof for the weekend. We got some fantastic results in all three races so it was a great combination of social and competitive participation as well as great camaraderie and fun! * Friday - Westville’s captain Evan Van Der Spuy (Buck-Norris) placed 2nd overall in the 20km Night Race * Saturday – Travis Browning from PMB placed 3rd in the downhill Enduro race * Sunday – Evan was placed 13th in the 60km race and 2nd junior category. Mark Malherbe (PMB MTB Captain) also participated in the 60km and came 15th overall. In the 40km race Dani Jenson from PMB came 17th overall and 3rd in his age group. Varsity College Golf Academy At the recent KZN Club Championships Bryce Bibby played superbly well to come 3rd at Royal Durban tournament and Kurt Northmore finished in the top 10 at Kloof Country Club tournament. Dusi Marathon Race & Non-Stop Dusi Kwanda Mlope (PMB Canoe Captain) achieved fantastic results in both the main Dusi race finishing 4th and 2nd in the non-stop Dusi race. Fantastic Results! Tsitsikamma MTB Challenge PE MTB club took part in the Tsitsikamma 23km challenge. It was a great weekend as they all travelled up the night before, the team bonded and woke up ready for the day ahead. Sam Berrington the captain did very well and finishing 3rd, Sadi Shelan came in 2nd in the ladies race and Eric Berrington came 5th overall. It was the 1st trip away as a club and it was a brilliant weekend of good healthy fun. GBUL Basketball League Sandton Men’s Basketball team as has achieved some great results in the GUBL winning their 1st match against UJ 40-36 and beating Vaal University of Technology (VUT) in another very intense and closely contested game 56-54. COMING UP... Varsity College is the new title sponsor of the multisport series and building on the many Sports Life success to date we believe it will take our Sports Life initiative to the next level. This multisport series is perfect fit as it’s designed around the family and about getting out there and having fun. Trail Running, Mountain Biking and Paddling make up the three core disciplines. Follow us on twitter @vcmultisport or www.facebook/multisportseries For more details please log onto http://www.maxcluer.com/ It’s all about having fun and showing everyone what Varsity College Sports Life is all about!

Varsity College Durban Surfski School Gets Gauteng Paddlers into the Sea!

Varsity College and Sigma Academy have created a programme full of excitement, adventure and personal development. The Varsity College Durban Surfski school conducted a clinic over the weekend 5-6 May, to give 10 aspiring paddlers from Gauteng their first opportunity to see, and experience, paddling in the sea. The Gauteng Canoe Union identified a number of young paddlers from various areas in Gauteng who had, due to income restraints, never had an opportunity to travel and see the sea. Shaun Austin, a Varsity College Sports Life Captain, coached the clinic and was so impressed with the enthusiasm and abilities of the paddlers that they were entered into the first surfski race of the season, held on Sunday 6 May. After three days of fresh sea air, the Gauteng paddlers went back, determined to get back to the sea again as soon as they can!

Doing the ‘Braindance’ netted Stefan Heyns a R100 000 Varsity College Bursary

Varsity College ran an online competition called the ‘Braindance’, which saw hundreds of students and would-be students creating virtual dances and having lots of fun. The lucky winner, Stefan Heyns, from Pretoria, won a bursary worth R100 000k to study. We have a quick Q & A session with Stefan to find out how it feels to win big! How does it feel to have won a bursary worth R100 000? It feels awesome! I think it is any student’s dream to win this kind of prize and I am very excited about this opportunity. How do you plan to use the bursary? I plan to use the bursary to further my Bcom degree, with majors in management, accounting, mercantile law and economics. How will receiving this bursary change things for your studies? This bursary will open up a lot of possibilities for me and will alleviate some of the stresses that come with studying whilst working and obviously the strain of financing it myself. It will also give me the opportunity to take classes which are very beneficial, especially when taking accounting and economics modules which can be a real killer when you’re studying them by yourself. Tell us about yourself: who you are, interests, what career you’re interested in. Well, I am a part-time student, doing my Bcom through Unisa while working night-shift at a psychiatric hospital in Pretoria. I have a girlfriend, we have been together for three years. I enjoy socializing when my schedule allows for it; unfortunately I don’t have any hobbies at this stage as my studies don’t allow it. I am very interested in finance, especially in derivativesand hedgefunds and hope to pursue a career in a corporate environment, ideally working forand eventually becoming CEO of a fortune 500 company. My degree choice was made so as to prepare me to fulfill a meaningful role in any firm and, in time, to progress to executive level. After completing my studies I hope to do an internship programme at a respectable firm and progress from there, eventually I would like to get my accreditation as a CA SA.