477 student participations were recorded. Students completed industry briefs, site-based media production, internships, and curation assignments with organisations such as Tourvest, Hotel Sky, 44 Stanley precinct partners, and others. These experiences helped students connect theory with visitor experience design, tourism product development, and the operations of integrated tourism value chains. Building real solutions (Applied Information Systems) In this twosemester capstone project, 110 thirdyear students engaged in client-facing digital solution development. Students produced project portfolios as evidence of learning, demonstrating their ability to apply systems analysis, agile development, usercentred design, and technical implementation in response to real organisational needs. {Sharma, 2025 #146}This experience strengthened digital literacy, teamwork, communication, and analytical thinking. Valuation in practice (Finance & Investment) In Property Valuation and Management 2B, 89 secondyear students engaged in a simulationbased WIL activity aligned to professional valuation standards and supported by the South African Council for the Property Valuers Profession (SACPVP). Students applied valuation principles in realistic scenarios, enabling them to develop strong evidencebased reasoning and applied decisionmaking skills. 24 College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2025
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