College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2019 23 In-house, over 250 senior students volunteered and were trained to support first-year students. 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 cooperatives. work-integrAted leArning work-integrated learning continued to be a strategic strength of diploma programmes, with 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 ten volunteering projects in 2018 in terms of community engagement initiatives carried out by students focusing on the sustainable development goals. going ForwArd notwithstanding the richness in diversity of the CBE’s PQm, there is a need for one which is more streamlined, coherent, manageable and clearly aligned with the academic purpose and focus of the College. to this end, a conversation has begun on reviewing the CBE’s PQm. the aim would be to bring about more flexibility and openness in terms of both structure and content, thereby allowing scope for customisation, ease of articulation, greater relevance and contextualisation, inter-disciplinarily, and innovation. it is expected that this would take in the order of two to three years to accomplish. Every Accomplishment Starts with the Decision toTry
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