University of Cape Town, Graduate School of Business, Newsline

Advertise in the UCT GSB's official publication
Reach 6000 students, alumni and friends of the UCT Graduate School of Business by advertising in the next issue of Breakwater Business, the official publication of the School, out this October. (read more..)

Colin Firer co-authors top local finance textbook
Professor Colin Firer, Academic Director of the UCT GSB and Len Abrahamse Chair of Business Administration in Finance, has recently co-authored (with Stephen Ross, Randolph Westerfield and Brad Jordan) the fourth South African edition of the best-selling financial textbook Fundamentals of Corporate Finance. (read more..)

UCT GSB launches business blog
The UCT Graduate School of Business, through its Executive Education unit, has become the first business school in South Africa to launch a blogging platform that will enable some of the world’s leading business and leadership experts at the School to interact with businesspeople online. (read more..)

Alumni and friends of the UCT GSB enjoy a day out on the course
The UCT Graduate School of Business held its 11th annual Gauteng Golf Day on Friday, 1 August under beautiful sunny skies at the Parkview Golf Club in Johannesburg. (read more..)

Globalisation and the Business Case for Corporate Social Responsibility
Individuals and organisations are waking up to the social, environmental and ethical costs of a global marketplace and are making a sound business case for a new era of moral capitalism, writes Oliver Williams, a director of the United Nations Global Compact Foundation and Visiting Professor at the UCT GSB. (read more..)

Career Planning Workshop: Cape Town, 23 August
The UCT Graduate School of Business will be hosting a one-day Career Planning Workshop this August – hosted by Andrew Bramley. (read more..)

UCT GSB Open Evening: Port Elizabeth, 27 August
The UCT Graduate School of Business invites all prospective students to attend its Open Evening in Port Elizabeth this August. (read more..)

SABSA Business School Expo: Gauteng, 3 September
The South African Business Schools Association’s annual Business School Expo will take place next month at the Sandton Sun in Johannesburg and the UCT Graduate School of Business will be there to showcase its full suite of programmes and Executive Education short courses. (read more..)

UCT GSB Open Evening: Cape Town, 9 September
The UCT Graduate School of Business will be hosting another open evening in Cape Town this September. (read more..)

GMAT Preparation Course: Johannesburg, 13 – 18 September
The Johannesburg leg of the GMAT Preparation Course will take place this September and is designed to help all prospective MBA and Executive MBA students get to grips with the GMAT exam. (read more..)

Business in Local Governance – Potentials and Pitfalls: Cape Town, 19 September
The research centre - Governance in Areas of Limited Statehood (SFB 700) - of Freie Universität Berlin, Germany and the UCT Graduate School of Business will be hosting a joint workshop this September. (read more..)

News from alumni
This week we bring you news from Damion Angus (MBA 2005) and Duncan de Groot (MBA 2003). (read more..)

Reunions
The UCT Graduate School of Business will be holding several reunions in the coming months. Click on the link to see whether your class is involved. (read more..)

Cape Town Golf Day
The Annual UCT GSB Cape Town Golf Day will be taking place on Thursday, 9 October at the Rondebosch Golf Club. (read more..)

Education is the fuel behind aviation man’s career success
This week we bring you the third in a series of profiles on UCT Graduate School of Business alumni. Click on the link to read more about Albert Ndunda (AIM 2006). (read more..)

UCT GSB to build business acumen in artists
Business and the Arts are most often viewed as two opposite and irreconcilable worlds, but now a programme run by the UCT Graduate School of Business is bringing them closer together. (read more..)

Education helps former cleaner to sparkle as a leader
Denise Gabriels – Assistant Operations Manager at Prestige Cleaning Services – who completed the UCT GSB’s Executive Education department’s New Manager’s Programme in 2007, has risen from cleaner to manager thanks to her commitment and business school training. (read more..)

Executive Education 2008 course schedule
Click on the link to access the full schedule of courses for 2008 and start planning your continuing education for the months ahead. (read more..)