22 College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2018 2018 STUDENT SATISFACTION SURVEY In 2018, CBE students expressed a higher level of satisfaction than in previous years in all items pertaining to lecturers’ support. In addition, CBE respondents expressed a higher level of satisfaction with their lecturers compared with other faculties. The statement ‘Lecturers are consulting with students during their consulting times’ retrieved the highest mean. ENTREPRENEURIAL ACTION Enactus UJ, a student organisation that promotes community service learning, continued as the CBE major mode of community engagement. Five start-ups, through UJCE interventions, represented UJ at Slush 2018 in Helsinki, Finland (www.slush.org). The UJ Centre for Entrepreneurship extended our footprint beyond Gauteng through the Pfunanani Entrepreneurship Development Project, a rural entrepreneurship development programme in Mpumalanga, where we boosted 60 local businesses in collaboration with the Jobs Fund, Sabi Sand Pfunanani Trust, and the Buffelshoek Trust. The School of Consumer Intelligence and Information Systems collaborated with the Direct Selling Association in 2018 to provide final-year undergraduate students with selling experience. This project resulted in sales worth R3 million, with 405 students benefiting R750 000 in commission. usable questionnaires 3 526 WERE EXTRACTED FROM CBE STUDENTS THE STATEMENT ‘LECTURES ARE CONSULTING WITH STUDENTS DURING THEIR CONSULTING TIMES’ retrieved the highest mean CBE respondents in their fourth year 92% ARE MORE SATISFIED THAN THE OTHER YEARGROUPS WITH THE SUPPORT PROVIDED TO THEM
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