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The University of the Western Cape is located in the suburb of Bellville, Cape Town. Established in 1960, the university is alert to its African and international context as it strives to be a place of quality, a place to grow and a place to learn. It is committed to excellence in teaching, learning and research, to nurturing the cultural diversity of South African, and to responding in critical and creative ways to the needs of a society in transition.







This blog, the brainchild of five UWC Honours students who have been assigned a task to project manage a community based project of their choice. This assignment forms part of continuous evaluation in the Project Management [MAN720] module conducted by Percy Saungweme at the School of Business and Finance in the EMS Faculty. The demographic of the group is made up of five part-time students, two of which are living in UWC residence which currently houses approximately 3800 students. Thus the group decided to engage in a project that places it’s focus on the UWC student community.



Tuesday, 28 August 2012

SREP - What & Why

The group was made aware of the Skills Resource Exchange Programme that is currently run by the Residential Catering Services (RCS). The aim of the programme is to assist the department in meeting their long term objectives of encouraging students to have a sound professional standing, to invest back into the community and to create a living and learning environment. 

It has been brought to the attention of the group that there are many residential students who are not aware of the existence of the programme. As a result, there are residential students who have found themselves in situations where a basic need such as eating, is not being met. Research indicates that hunger negatively impacts on a student’s ability to learn and do well academically (http://www.livestrong.com/article/388636-the-effects-of-no-food-on-the-human-brain/#ixzz23QhTFzp0). Since one of the main goals of the University is to produce graduates of the highest calibre, this project intends to work along-side RCS in alleviating the plight of students who are striving towards this goal, but are being hindered by hunger.

MAN720 PT7

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