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The Sustainable Development Agenda, adopted by UN Member States in 2015, consists of 17 goals, developed to be a universal call to action to end poverty, protect the planet, and improve the lives and prospects of everyone, everywhere. The 5th of these, Sustainable Development Goal 5, set a 2023 deadline for the achievement of gender…
This week, at Africa’s largest HR conference and Expo, HR Indaba, Honoris Group CEO, Dr. Jonathan Louw, and MANCOSA’s Director of HR & Employability, Lutfiya Adam, addressed HR and business leaders from some of the continent’s largest employers alongside co-sponsors Sage, Workday, Microsoft and Discovery.
In our technology-driven world, digital tools have profoundly transformed the realm of education. Higher education institutions in particular have witnessed first-hand an accelerated transition to online practices and virtual communities.
Graduates are more motivated about their future when they have a clear understanding of themselves and how they might work when they leave. A key function of Honoris institutions is to help prepare students to transition successfully into a future career and to support working adults developing their professional’s path.
Employability by Divij Punvani, Growth & Analytics at Honoris United Universities To build a stable and prosperous future for Africa, it is crucial that education focuses on employability. A highly cited definition of employability describes it as “a psychosocial construct that embodies individual characteristics that foster adaptive cognition, behaviour, and affect, and enhance the individual-work…
by Houbeb Ajmi, Regional CEO, Honoris United Universities As we approach the end of 2020, a year with unforeseen global health challenges, international commentators are often asking, how did Africa retain its innate resilience in the fight against COVID-19? Despite under-staffed and under-resourced healthcare systems across the continent, the data shows a promising outlook in…
21st Century Skills, Employability by Prof Ahmed Shaikh, Managing Director of REGENT Business School in South Africa In the past week, discussions at the World Economic Forum (WEF) have once again highlighted how we are living in a time of accelerated change and disruption in which society faces increasing pressure to evolve its systems and…
Employability by Honoris Staff Writer Viraksha Chetty, an MBA graduate of Regent Business School, South Africa, was supported in the opportunity of a lifetime to join the Women Transforming Leadership programme at the prestigious University of Oxford in England. She provides insight into how the experience changed her both professionally and personally.
Employability by Dr Ahmed Shaikh, Senior Academic and Managing Director at REGENT Business School It is axiomatic to state that business models, across all sectors of the economy, are being fundamentally disrupted. From the pervasive use of exponential technologies, the rise of smart machines and artificial intelligence, shifting demographics, increased market transparency, limitless individual choices…
Employability by Paresh Soni Associate Director: MANCOSA Graduate School of Business There’s an old Jesuit maxim “Give me the child for the first seven years and I will give you the man.” This view assumed people were largely stuck with what they had become when they entered the world of work, and is still influential.