Education Committee
The Education Committee has the onerous task of ensuring that the Cosmetic Science Diploma remains a reputable and sought after qualification within the cosmetic industry. Their key function is to ensure that suitable topics are selected for assignments, product briefs are relevant and that exam papers are representative of the application based nature of the course. They also have to deal with extraneous student issues that arise from time to time and need to ensure that expert lecturers and markers are sourced for the course.
Education Committee Members 2016 Jill Gardiner Chairperson and Education Officer Amanda Dahl Roy Gardiner Elizna Hurter Megan Jones Samantha Louw Conny Oberrauter Chantal O’ Brien De Villiers Lee-Ann Raaff Cara Roelofse Percy Sibanda Johrinda van Rensburg Ivor Zwane
Cosmetic Science Diploma 2016
Our year kicked off with a more than full intake of 67 students proving yet again the demand and popularity of our Cosmetic Science Diploma Course. Module 1 had 40 students – comprising 19 students in the local course and 21 students in the correspondence version. Module 2 had a record number of 27 students – comprising 12 students in the local course and 15 students in the correspondence version. The number of Module 2 students was particularly high this year, because a number of past students decided to come back and brave the challenges of Module 2.
A number of changes were introduced into the course material to keep it abreast of the changing industry practices and regulatory environment.
We endeavour to keep our course material relevant and representative of current norms in the cosmetic industry at all times. For this reason we do not recommend that students take a break between Module 1 and Module 2 as the course material is evolving all the time.
The Module 1 students were a mixed batch this year with some of them diving into the course like a duck takes to water, whilst others were definitely needing water wings.
Many of the weaker students manged to stay afloat, but unfortunately some found the course too challenging. Three students retracted from Module 1 during the year and a further eight did not qualify to write the exams. Six of the remaining students failed the October Exams and only three of these qualified to sit the Supplementary Exams.