23 The School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy promotes community service learning as a major mode of community engagement, nationally in the local government sector, and internationally with an international community service student programme in cooperation with UN Humanitarian Affairs. The UJ Centre for Entrepreneurship, led by Ms Moipone Molotsi, hosted the UJ/Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development. This once-in-a-lifetime opportunity comes at minimal cost to students. Raymond Ackerman, patron of this initiative, conferred 120 certificates in 2018. SERVICE LEARNING Collaborative service learning was experienced by students who leveraged the benefits of the flipped classroom and blended learning. Students worked in multicultural teams and shared their experiences to find solutions to the problems experienced by co-operatives. WORK-INTEGRATED LEARNING Work-integrated learning continued to be a strategic strength of diploma programmes, and included all undergraduates attending career preparedness workshops offered by the University counselling services (PsyCaD). STUDENT VOLUNTEERING Student volunteering in support of communities flourished with projects such as blanket knitting, the ‘Tops and Tags’ initiative in collaboration with Interwaste Environmental Solutions, online marketing campaigns in collaboration with the Faculty of Engineering and the Built Environment, and business plans for NGOs. In house, over 250 senior students volunteered and were trained to support first-year students. Students in the School of Public Management, Governance and Public Policy contributed to 10 volunteering projects in 2018 in terms of community engagement initiatives carried out by students focusing on the Sustainable Development Goals. UJ Centre for Entrepreneurship extented their footprint beyond Gauteng and boosted 60 LOCAL BUSINESSES THROUGH THE PFUNANANI ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT PROJECT UJ/ Raymond Ackerman Academy of Entrepreneurial Development initiative 120 CERTIFICATES IN 2018 ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPPORTUNITY AT A MINIMAL COST TO STUDENTS conferred
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