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On the 5th of February, several hundred community members of the Mbashe Region (near Dwesa Nature Reserve), staff and students from Rhodes and Fort Hare Universities as well as representatives from industry and government took part in the launch of the Digital Access Node (DAN) at Ngwane Junior Secondary School in the former homeland of Transkei, in the Eastern Cape.
The University of Fort Hare and the BANKSETA have launched a new Centre of Excellence to help build capacity to in the field of Financial Markets. The function was held at the Regent Hotel, East London on 23 February 2010 and was marked by the unveiling of a commemorative plaque.
This re-affirms the sound relations that exist between the financial sector and the Faculty of Management and Commerce. The new Center is located in the Department of Economics. Other examples are the Nedbank Chair in Economics and the Sanlam Chair in Business and Enterprise.
For the next in our series of public dialogues,the Daily Dispatch and the University of Fort Hare will patner the Eastern Cape Department of Finance to get public input on the recent budget and look at what needs financial emphsis in the province both at micro and macro level.The dialogue will take place on Wednesday the 10th of March 2010 at the SANLAM Hall(old ABC Hall),University of Fort Hare,East London Campus,50 Church Street, East london.
The University Of Fort Hare's Division of Marketing and Communications in conjunction with Standard Bank is hosting a Career Exhibition Week from the 8th to the 12th of March 2010, at its East London Campus. The career exhibition serves as an interactive platform for businesses, government, undergraduates and graduates to get together and share information about career development programmes. Useful resources about career and study opportunities will be available on site from the numerous companies that will be exhibiting.
The Registrar (Dr. N. Mrwetyana) cordially invites all members of the Convocation of the University of Fort Hare to an Annual General Meeting to be held on the Alice Campus on Friday, 12 March 2010 at 10H00am. Members of the Convocation includes the following: the Vice-Chancellor; Deputy Vice- Chancellor; persons to whom a diploma or a degree has been awarded or conferred by the University; academics holding permanent positions; professors emeriti and retired academics of the University.
The University of Fort Hare participated in a first-of-its-kind recruitment drive in Libode Mega District in the Transkei region.
Besides a strong presence from Fort Hare, the recruitment drive was also graced by University of South Africa (UNISA), Vaal University of Technology (VUT), Central University of Technology (CUT), University of Johannesburg (UJ), Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU), Rhodes University, the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS), Eskom Bursaries, Central Applications Office (Kwa-Zulu Natal), Standard Bank and UNITRA Radio.
South Africa's first Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr Blade Ndzimande, visited the University of Fort Hare last week as part of his national visits to Higher Education and FET colleges to familiarize himself with their challenges. His visit also coincided with the official academic opening ceremony at the East London campus held on Tuesday, the 8th of February.
