Milpark Education joins project to support African entrepreneurs
Milpark Education was recently announced as one of the seven African higher education institution’s to work with the UK’s University of Wolverhampton to spearhead a £1.3 million project to support the education of entrepreneurs in Africa. The innovative five-year project will be funded by the European Union.
The University of Wolverhampton’s Centre for African Entrepreneurship and Leadership (CAEL) will lead the project that will focus on strengthening communities by enhancing awareness of self-employment opportunities. Milpark Education has been leading the call for entrepreneurship education with its Bachelor of Commerce and Bachelor of Business Administration qualifications focusing on self-employment opportunities through entrepreneurship education.
The seven African partners include Addis Ababa University (Ethiopia), Makerere University (Uganda), Kyambogo University (Uganda), University of Ghana (Ghana), Milpark Education (South Africa), Ministry of Education Uganda and the Private Sector Foundation Uganda.
Dr Joseph Sekhampu, Dean School of Commerce says: “Our participation, as the only South African higher education institution, is in recognition of our leading role in the area of entrepreneurship education development over the last few years. The partnership also allows us to adopt the challenges that currently face the local economy. The project will allow us to come up with innovative solutions and contribute towards a more entrepreneurial society.”
Dr Sam Koma, head of department, Milpark School of Government and Public Management says the project partners “signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) agreeing to foster and hearten the development of student and staff academic exchange and embed entrepreneurship education delivery in the thematic fields of Business, Administration and Law.” The agreed partnership MoU, he continues, “represents an assurance and vow from the partners to promote sustainable development, ultimately contribute to poverty reduction through increasing the availability of educated and qualified high-level manpower in Africa.”
Dr Koma says the five-year project that will kick off in 2018 “will involve academic exchange programmes to share ideas and expertise, guest lectures, research fellowships, hosting joint academic conferences, symposia and seminars based on entrepreneurship-related topics as well as social and economic development within communities across Eastern, Western and Southern African regions.”
For more information on the Milpark School of Commerce and the project, visit: http://www.milpark.ac.za/school-of-commerce
Milpark Education will help students `Learn To Thrive’
Milpark Education, the award-winning private higher education institution, is excited to introduce its new corporate identity and brand platform. The new look and feel titled `Learn To Thrive’, ushers in a fresh modern look for the 20-year old brand, that has become synonymous with world-class business education and is home to South Africa’s number #2 MBA (Master of Business Administration), as ranked by PMR.africa, in 2017. This ranking reflects the success of Milpark graduates, as rated by South Africa’s top employers.
The new brand platform and the strapline, `Learn to Thrive’, acknowledge the employability and impact of the high-quality graduates Milpark’s six schools continue to produce. The straplines double meaning notes an innovative change in learning modes – from traditional distance and on-campus learning to pioneering high engagement distance learning online (DLO). Furthermore, it affirms the institution’s commitment to producing graduates who not only secure jobs but also help create jobs, so that the world thrives along with them.
“We are excited about what the new brand platform represents,” says Julian van der Westhuizen, CEO. “We deliver contemporary curricula in a high engagement model online, or in class, with the assistance of experienced professionals - this is a powerful formula, one that equips graduates with the functional competence and work-readiness needed to make an impact from day one on the job, or the confidence to start their own businesses and become successful entrepreneurs”, adds van der Westhuizen.
The new corporate identity will be brought to life during a full through-the-line marketing campaign that will unpack the concepts of learning and thriving. The advertising campaign will encompass static and moving media across social media, press, out of home, radio and television, amongst other channels.
Esther Venter, Executive Dean of Milpark Education says the private higher education institution has created innovative products that are unrivalled in South Africa’s distance learning landscape. This is because Milpark understands the daily challenges that students face. “Distance Learning Online transforms the traditional distance learning offering into a high engagement experience in the increasingly wired and ever-evolving education sector, and is what makes us the leader in distance learning in the country,” says Venter. Milpark Education launched its online MBA, Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) and Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) programmes in 2016, further anchoring this DLO leadership position.Further announcements on the new advertising campaign and delivery of modern learning will be made at the end of October 2017.
Further announcements on the new advertising campaign and delivery of modern learning will be made at the end of October 2017.
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