DUT HOSTS BREAKFAST ENGAGEMENT MEETING WITH DHET, TVET COLLEGES AND SETAS
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) hosted a virtual Breakfast Engagement meeting bringing together selected quad-helix partners and representatives from the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET), TVET Colleges and SETAs, to engage further on forming sustainable partnerships and how these can be leveraged and maximised for societal benefits via MS Teams on Thursday, 8 April 2021. The event was co-hosted at DUT by the Wholesale & Retail Seta Chair, Mr Yunus Doba, the Faculty of Management Sciences and Office of the DVC Research,
PROF DORASAMY AIMS TO INCREASE HER RESEARCH OUTPUTS AND POSTGRADUATES IN 2021
Professor Nirmala Dorasamy from the Department of Public Management and Economics at the Durban University of Technology (DUT), shares her thoughts on winning the prestigious accolades as the Senior Researcher of the Year award, (Platinum) for Faculty Researcher of the Year Award and (Silver) for Top University Journal Publishers for Accredited Outputs at the 2020 DUT Staff Awards and Annual Research and Innovation Awards.
Dorasamy is a NRF rated Professor and an award-winning researcher at the university.
THE EARLIER ONE STARTS PLANNING ONE’S RETIREMENT THE BETTER!
A vital webinar pertaining to the road to retirement entitled: Navigate Your Journey to Retirement, a Durban University of Technology (DUT) Human Resources (HR) initiative, was held on MS Teams recently.
An introduction and welcome to the guest speakers and the DUT community was given by Senior Director: Human Resources, Dr Vuyo Mthethwa.
Dr Mthethwa welcomed and thanked the organisers for this vital session, as well as all the speakers that were invited and had agreed to do presentations for DUT pro bono.
DUT FRONTLINE WORKERS IN THE TIME OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) continues to commend all its essential service workers for their dedication and commitment in providing services to the DUT community during the COVID-19 pandemic. DUT’s Communications team’s Simangele Zuma spoke to one of the frontline workers, Sister Sooriagandhi Wardthen, who is a Manager at DUT’s Isolempilo Campus Health Clinic. Sister Wardthen has been at the forefront since the beginning of the pandemic in March 2020.
