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NMMU Business School opens in East London

Wed, 17 Aug 2011 10:25

Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University’s (NMMU) Business School today announced the opening of the NMMU Business School East London & Border Kei Office (located at 63 Deveraux Avenue, Vincent, East London) to provide quality business, management, leadership and skills education.

The opening of a dedicated presence and employees to service the market stems from an increasing demand for NMMU Business School’s quality education products and programmes in the Border Kei region. The Business School celebrated its new facility’s opening last week Thursday, 11 August 2011 with a prestigious breakfast event at The Osner with high-ranking officials & executives from HR, skills development, talent management and organisational development sectors from local business, provincial government, commerce and industry.

Although NMMU Business School has been active in East London for a number of years it has now consolidated the formal academic programmes of its Graduate School and the commercial educational activities of its Leadership Academy that serve stakeholders such as Avusa (Daily Dispatch), Hemingways Casino (part of the Tsogo Sun group), The Office of the Premier, the Department of Economic Development and Environmental Affairs, the Department of Education and Walter Sisulu University.

The new facility will be used for the delivery of NMMU Business School’s flagship MBA block release programme, the Management Development Certificate Programme as well as open short learning programmes in business, management and leadership that will be offered to adult students and organisations.

The NMMU Business School’s modern training facilities and office is centrally situated between Berea and the East London CBD, easily accessible from the N2 high-way, and is approximately 35 – 40 minutes from Bhisho. The training facility has two lecture rooms, which can accommodate up to 60 students (20 seater and 40 seater lecture rooms), and is fitted with state-of-the-art video conferencing facilities, a dining hall, boardroom, offices and a general reception area. In addition, the training facility will also be available as a premier fully furnished education facility that can be hired for education and training in the Border Kei region, subject to availability.

“The NMMU Business School envisions being East London and Border Kei’s premier authority in cutting-edge and high-quality training and education,” says JP Roodt, Marketing & Stakeholder Relations Director for NMMU Business School.

“Our vision is to make a meaningful contribution to the local economy, businesses, commerce, industry, government and adult learners through research, education and engagement. We are driven to create leaders who are innovators and independent thinkers empowered to shape the future by directly contributing to economic prosperity, personal wealth, the upliftment of society and sound ecological sustainability practices.”

“We also pledge thought leadership and intellectual resources and to serve a much larger and greater picture. We will engage and align closely with trade, industry and local government over the next few months.”

Jonker said the NMMU Business School has already made significant progress as a business school of choice in Africa and as a trendsetter in management and leadership development.

The NMMU Business School East London & Border Kei Office has announced that applications for the 2012 MBA season are now open. The application closing date is in November.

For further information on the NMMU Business School East London & Border Kei Office, contact business.school@nmmu.ac.za or 043 555 00 24 or visit the Business School’s website Leaders For Tomorrow