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“The School will be offering the MBA programme and a variety of quality academic programmes that will be delivered by highly-quali ed and experienced academics from all over South Africa.The Executive Education division of the Business School will offer specialised executive education courses and short course for individuals who are keen on professional development. In addition, this division will also focus on customised learning solutions that meet the needs of the private and public sector,” said Prof Rawjee.
She advised those who require a customised course to be developed to contact Dr Sean Jugmohan via email on: seanj@dut.ac.za.
Speaking about her involvement at the School, Prof Rawjee said that she was tasked as the Project Leader by DUT’s Executive Dean: Faculty of Management Sciences Prof Fulufhelo Netswera. She explained that she was tasked to set up the Business School and ensure that by 2021, it was ready to deliver its academic programmes, including its agship programme the MBA. Furthermore, Prof Rawjee said that she was also tasked to integrate the old Business Studies Unit into the Business School.
“The responses have been good; we are currently underway with registration for postgraduate and advance diplomas as well as various higher certi cates. These programmes will commence in the rst semester, which resumed in March 2021. We also intend offering various short learning programmes during the year such as Project Management and Disaster Management. Applications for the MBA opened on 15 February and thus far, we have received many enquiries around the programme and application requirements,” she said.
According to Prof Rawjee, what sets the School apart from others is that DUT is an established university that has an existing footprint in KwaZulu-Natal, with approximately 33 000 students, making it the rst choice for higher education in the Province. She proudly said in 2020, the University was ranked among the Top 500 universities globally and top 5 in South African universities, which makes the Business School well positioned within the larger university.
“The Business School will align with the DUT’s ENVISION2030 strategy, which is to see its people become entrepreneurial and innovative. The programmes will be delivered by well-credentialed, experienced facilitators together with active practitioners in various specialised elds. Our future plans are to locate the School in its own building. Plans for this are underway. Our teaching and learning will follow a blended, online, multimodal format, in keeping with DUT’s teaching and learning strategy during the COVID-19 pandemic,” said Prof Rawjee.
Lastly, Prof Rawjee said that the DUT Business School has an advisory board that brings together members of society to represent, among others, corporate, academia and Government, both nationally and internationally.The Board members are well-credentialed leaders in their respective professions and representatives of various sectors. They are at the cutting edge of their profession – deeply aware of what employers’ expectations are of a business school graduate and attributes in both hard and soft skills and applied research.
The DUT Business School Board members are as follows:
• Mr Eric Apelgren: Head of Department (HoD): International
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