College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2019 49 projects And events during 2019, the department, in collaboration with the transport forum, co-hosted four annual transport special interest group seminars. of importance was the seminar held in october in support of national transport month, which focused on experiences of planning and implementation of the bus rapid transit (BRt) systems in south Africa. (6) the College of Business and Economics, in collaboration with the department and the department of Civil Engineering at the university of Pretoria, co-hosted a conference themed ‘transport and 4ir’ for the BriCs Association of rectors of transport universities (Artu). the partnership and the event resulted in the establishment of a platform to enhance collaboration in transport education among BriCs universities. (7) student Achievements three students, one of each qualification offered by the department, received achiever awards for their outstanding achievements. the BCom honours students attended the annual maritime tour to the port of durban that included site visits to major transport and logistics companies. the students visited transnet’s maritime school of Excellence ship simulator and boarded an msC Vessel. (8) miss nadine farquharson was awarded the third prize in the CBE poster competition with her research poster titled: ‘the effects of internet of things on the road freight industry’. this was a first-time achievement for the department. (9) one hundred and ninety-two transnet freight Rail employees, enrolled for various Railway operations management qualifications (certificates to master’s degrees) offered by the department in collaboration with the glasgow Caledonian university (gCu), graduated in 2019. five master’s degrees were conferred. (10) Design Elements Print Media Digital Med Visual style 2 Design Elements Print Media
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