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Faculty News and Highlights

Student apprentices rise to the challenge (14/05/2012) NEW
	UCT students showed off some winning business acumen at the first installment of the twice–yearly AIESEC Student Apprentice Challenge (SAC) in early May. The SAC – hosted at UCT for the first time since its 2005 inception – pitted 64 ambitious students from around South Africa in a five–day face–off‚ testing core business disciplines such as project management‚ networking‚ logistics and bargaining. The challenge was jointly organized by AIESEC’s UCT chapter and AIESEC South Africa. Read More...
Derivatives market low in Africa, study (10/05/2012) NEW
	The global derivatives industry is valued at around US$700 trillion. Yet‚ except for South Africa‚ few African companies have a finger in this pie. So said Professor Glen Holman‚ head of UCT’s new Department of Finance and Tax‚ in his 8 May lecture‚ Derivatives in Africa. The lecture tripled up as part of the university’s Celebrating Africa Month schedule‚ and as the formal launch of the new department. Read More...
College of Accounting makes Transformational strides (09/05/2012) NEW
	The College of Accounting (formerly Department of Accounting) at UCT has made significant strides to transforming the profession with more than half of the successful candidates in the latest round of board exams belonging to previously-disadvantaged groups. In January the department was renamed the College of Accounting‚ partly to reflect its commitment to training future Chartered Accountants and other professionals. Professor Mark Graham‚ founding head of the college‚ said the change is part of a plan to improve both the quantity and quality of accounting professionals‚ such as chartered accountants‚ auditors‚ financial managers and tax experts‚ and more importantly to help transform the profession. Read More...
On the value frontier of South African wines (09/05/2012) NEW
	You may be missing out on some great wines when you shun the bargain bin. So says Dr David Priilaid‚ who has developed an algorithm that cuts through the labels‚ snobbery and guesswork and will help wine lovers pick up some well-thought-of bottles at very good prices. Back in the days when Dr David Priilaid was‚ as he says‚ "a poor (and thirsty) UCT student"‚ he always felt that buying wine was a hit-and-miss affair. What with wines often typecast by price and recognisable only by brand and award-stickers‚ he somehow needed to cut through the clutter. Read More...
Zimbabwean brings glory to UCT (08/05/2012) NEW
	Zimbabwean economist Dr Farayi Gwenhamo‚ who is currently working at the International Monetary Fund in the United States‚ has landed a gold-plated medal‚ bringing the fourth such honour to the School of Economics in the Faculty of Commerce at the University of Cape Town. Editorial Secretary Ms Titia Antonites said: "The Council of the Economic Editorial Secretary Ms Titia Antonites said: "The Council of the Economic Society of South Africa is pleased to award the 2011 JJI Middleton medal for the best first article published in the South African Journal of Economics to Dr Gwenhamo‚Farayi for her paper entitled Foreign Direct Investment in Zimbabwe: The Role of Institutional and Macroeconomic Factors." Read More...
Prof Simpson teams up with Trevor Noah (07/05/2012) NEW
	Prof John Simpson‚ director of the UCT Unilever Institute of Strategic Marketing in the Faculty of Commerce at UCT and his team have collaborated with the likes of comedian Trevor Noah and Cell C to develop cutting-edge video material for students with a dynamic new educational series dubbed Mar:Com. The dynamic philosophy of Integrated Marketing Communications has been captured in an entertaining and educational way in the new training DVD recently released by the UCT Unilever Institute. Read More...
Prof Holman's survey of 22 African countries kickstarts Africa Month (07/05/2012) NEW
	The academic portion of the University of Cape Town’s expanded month long Africa Day celebrations kicks off with a lecture by Professor Glen Holman‚ the head of UCT’s new Department of Finance and Tax‚ on 8 May 2012 in 4 J Leslie Social Sciences building at 17h30. Read More...

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