Welcome Law Society!
CAMPUS NEWS
Kinga Siejek
We have many different types of Societies and Affiliated
Bodies on Campus; what can hurt us from having one
more?
On 10 April 2014, staff and students from the Law Department on Campus came together to vote on who will
head their Law Society. Students went to Building 11B,
and with a little help from the IEC, were able to cast their
vote.
The lecturers of the Law Department, came together
to count the ballots. Votes were counted over and over
again, until everyone was happy with the outcome.
We can all look forward to what the Law Society has to
offer. Watch this space for more info!
Law Society members:
President: Mongezi Okker
Deputy president: Kahleho Lamki
Secretary: Molemo Maloma
Deputy Secretary: Veronica Bhengu
Treasurer: Andy Makaulule
Constitutions Officer: Luyanda Mthimkhulu
Public Relations Officer: Dion Mpabanga
Academic Officer: Zukolwethu Marambana
Development and Research officer: Tshegofatso Khutsoane
UARM brings new degree to Campus
Annette Willemse
The UARM Centre for Applied Risk
Management of the Vaal Triangle
Campus recently celebrated the
launch of their exciting new Master’s Degree in Banking and Financial Risk Management. This new
master’s programme, one of only a
few known to be offered worldwide,
has an applied qualitative risk focus,
whereas most other post-graduate
risk programmes focus on the quantitative aspects of risk.
This first contact session for the programme was held on 6-8 March at
the UARM venue located at Quest
Conference Estate in Vanderbijlpark.
Prof Linda du Plessis, Vice-Rector:
Academic, Quality and Planning, and
Prof Herman van der Merwe, Executive Dean: Faculty of Economic
Sciences and IT attended the session and welcomed the first group of
twelve students to the Vaal Triangle
Campus.
This master’s degree is a part-time
programme running over two years
with regular contact sessions. The
selected students are all senior risk
stakeholders representing various
sectors, including the public, financial and chemical sectors. This supports the aim of an applicable degree
for senior risk stakeholders across
different sectors.
In 2013, UARM welcomed Profs Michael Damm and Theo Kocken, two
extraordinary professors from the
Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam, the
Netherlands to the team. Their master’s programme was built on a similar philosophy to the UARM master’s
degree. This has strengthened our
team, led by Prof Hermien Zaaiman.
The 2014 master’s group was selected after a rigorous selection assessment day in 2013 that also included
psychometric testing. To be consid-
ered for the programme, applicants
must be in possession of an Honours
degree with at least two years of
work experience, and currently hold
a risk-related position.
Applications for enrolment in 2015
will open in June. For more information, please contact Henry Cockeran
via email: henry.cockeran@nwu.
ac.za
UARM is awaiting accreditation
for another of its programmes, the
MCom in Applied Risk Management,
which will further strengthen UARM’s
postgraduate offering across sectors. More information about UARM
can be found at www.nwu.ac.za/
uarm/home.
*The UARM Centre for Applied Risk
Management won two awards at the
2013 annual IRMSA awards ceremony.
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