Executive education for everyone
The University of Cape Town (UCT) facilitates more than 200 executive education short courses in a variety of fields, from commerce and business to health sciences and humanities. Now, the institution is expanding this offering in a bid to open up further opportunities for study to school-leavers and recent graduates, as well as to drive continuous development among working professionals.
As technology continues to develop at breakneck speed and unprecedented events seem to take place every day, matriculants, graduates and those already in the workforce are facing a barrage of challenges.
While these factors affect labour markets worldwide, South Africa’s soaring unemployment rate – the result of skills mismatches, high economic inequality and well-intended but poorly executed labour policies – compounds these issues.
To overcome these challenges, UCT aims to help the workforce obtain relevant skills using its catalogue of executive education short courses to open opportunities for continuing education (CE) and encourage lifelong learning.
Read the full article on the UCT News website here.
