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sylvia hammond replied to the topic Invitation to APPETD launch of Hospitality & Tourism, and SMME chambers in the forum
APPETD Association for Private Providers of ETD 2 days, 1 hour agoGreat – thanks Des. Looking forward to hearing about it.
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic Invitation to APPETD launch of Hospitality & Tourism, and SMME chambers in the forum
APPETD Association for Private Providers of ETD 2 days, 19 hours agoYes Washington – it does – I have registered.
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sylvia hammond started the topic Invitation to APPETD launch of Hospitality & Tourism, and SMME chambers in the forum
APPETD Association for Private Providers of ETD 3 days, 5 hours agoThe Association of Private Providers of Education Training & Development (APPETD) are launching 2 chambers of the association, the –
* Hospitality and Tourism and
* SMME chambers.Please see attached for the invitation to attend the launch.
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sylvia hammond posted a new activity comment 3 days, 5 hours ago
Thanks Alcon.
I have just started a new group you might want to join African Continent Qualifications Frameworks (ACQF) -
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sylvia hammond started the topic Presidency to present NEDLAC parties agreement on economic recovery plan in the forum
Social Development, Community Building, NPOs & NGOs 3 days, 23 hours agoBy now most members will be aware of a broadcast by President Ramaphosa at 19h00 tonight (16th September 2020).
Below is the statement from the Presidency last night – following the NEDLAC meeting.
However, in the statement there is mention of “the social partners”. There may be members wondering who is/are NEDLAC, and so I thought it would be…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic An odd thought – is the COVID-19 lockdown enough of a common problem? in the forum
Social Development, Community Building, NPOs & NGOs 4 days, 15 hours agoSkills-universe does not usually make any political or religious comments – but this article from the Conversation is worth thinking about – could it be a common problem that all South Africans could work together on – not only to solve the immediate problems – but work on a common future?
Lockdown is riling black and white South Africans: could…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic Call for comments NSA draft Regulations to conduct investigations in the forum
Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 5 days, 17 hours agoThe Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) has reminded all skills development stakeholders of the need to comment on the draft Regulations regarding the National Skills Authority (NSA). The Regulations were apparently issued just prior to the shutdown, and obviously were not the priority for anyone.
Now the deadline to submit your…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic Who is Lynel, and what does she do? in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 5 days, 18 hours agoLynel, thank you once again. I can always rely on you to provide a comprehensive response – and raise issues that I had not thought of.
The issue of the independent consultants is really serious and I wonder if StatsSA are going to be able to pick that up in their next survey.
It is an example of how we still have policies and systems that were…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic Who is Lynel, and what does she do? in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 5 days, 23 hours agoHi Lynel,
I hope that you you are rested & prepared for the new week.I was thinking about your post over the weekend, and thinking about the benefits & dis-benefits of social media.
It reminded me of a similar post I did some time ago to LinkedIn – always useful to reduce the stress by keeping a sense of humour about these things.
After…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic NMU Webinar series – priority areas for TVET in the forum
TVET Colleges 1 week, 1 day agoMr Khaya Matiso identified threats to the economy and priority areas for Technical Vocational Education & Training (TVET) colleges.
Is our system ready to meet the needs of the unemployed? At home we face challenges following COVID-19 of businesses closing and retrenchments. The challenges are also international with events such as the trade war…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic WIL placement – a problem identified by EC TVET NMU Webinar series in the forum
FET Colleges 1 week, 1 day agoAs promised in the previous discussion, I want to separate the discussion on Work-Integrated Learning (WIL).
Clearly, we will all understand that employers have been going through a hard time, and having young people on WIL programmes is probably not top of the list of priorities.
However, it is essential that as young people are trained, they…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic NMU Webinar series – TVET after COVID-19 – highlights of first session in the forum
FET Colleges 1 week, 1 day agoTo all skills-universe members – remember a week ago I posted the invitation to a “not-to-be-missed’ Webinar Series on Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET)?
The first session was today, lead by the Eastern Cape TVET Research Round Table (EC TVET RRT) lasted 2 hours & was full of informative presentations. If you missed it – please…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic Who is Lynel, and what does she do? in the forum
Concerned Providers Interest Group – QCTO/SAQA/SETA 1 week, 1 day agoHi Lynel thank you for posting your un-CV.
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sylvia hammond started the topic Guidance to SETAs & to Employers SDL for 2020 in the forum
Skills Development Facilitators 1 week, 2 days agoLongstanding members will recall that there has been a series of posts over some considerable years representing the legal action of Business Unity South Africa (BUSA) against the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) regarding the Skills Development Levy (SDL) Regulations.
In addition, 2020 has been further complicated by the 4…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond started the topic Higher Health Protocol Managing Clusters of COVID-19 Outbreak in PSET in the forum
Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 1 week, 2 days agoThe Guidelines and Protocol writing committee of Higher Health Scientific Technical Task Team – under the department of Higher Education (DHET) has issued a protocol document to guide Post School Education & Training (PSET) institutions in the event of cluster outbreaks of COVID-19.
Please note that it is dated 10 September 2020, and before…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic End exploitation of new entrants to skills development landscape in the forum Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 1 week, 5 days ago
Thanks Percy – yes it should also be a requirement that when someone is found to be dodgy, that there is an investigation by DHET of who, in what SETA, has apparently accepted that setup.
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic End exploitation of new entrants to skills development landscape in the forum Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 1 week, 5 days ago
Thanks Nigel – that is definitely a constructive response.
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sylvia hammond replied to the topic End exploitation of new entrants to skills development landscape in the forum Post-school Education & Training – including TVET 1 week, 5 days ago
Hi Lynel, thanks for your comments.
I wonder about the advisability of another professional body. Diluting resources rather than banding together and strengthening ties.We know that so many Practitoners cross over the various roles. They then also face the prospect of having to pay more than one membership fee – rather than one if they want to…[Read more]
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sylvia hammond posted a new activity comment 1 week, 6 days ago
Thanks Percy – yes isn’t amazing the value of communicating with each other – the collective knowledge.
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