- ENSURING YOUR SAFETY ON CAMPUS DURING ASSESSMENTSDear Students,Please see an important letter - available at the link below - regarding your safety on campus. Alternatively log into your Student portal. https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-archiveThank you Kind Regards The IIE's Varsity College
- Urgent Letter Concerning Assessment SubmissionsDear Student, Please find attached an urgent letter concerning assessment submissions. For full details - please visit your student portal.Regards,The IIE's Varsity College
- Arrangements for Second Semester 2020Dear Student, Please see attached a letter detailing the arrangements for Second Semester 2020. Alternatively see your student portal for the full details or visit https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-updateRegards, The IIE's Varsity College
- Make the Next Four Weeks Count !!!Dear Student,Make the next four weeks count! July is here and we are entering the last month of your 2020 1st semester. The temptation to wait until the final deadline at the end of August to submit, resubmit and finalise your take-home assessments is a real one. Whilst the final submission date is an option, waiting for this deadline is very risky. Log into your student portal for more details or alternatively click here : https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-update.Kind regards, The IIE's Varsity College https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Make%20the%20next%20four%20weeks%20count%20-%20IIE%20VC%20DBN%20National%20-%20June%202020.pdf
- The IIE's Varsity College Pietermaritzburg Boot Camp(us) is here!Couldn’t connect during online lectures? Boot Camp(us) is here! Book your spot on campus to join the online collab session/s. Check the website https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-update or your student portal for details and timetables. Regards The IIE's Varsity College
- The Independent Institute of Education’s (IIE’s) Varsity College stands for anti-racismThe Independent Institute of Education’s (IIE’s) Varsity College stands for anti-racism. Click here for the full communication - https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-update
- The IIE's Varsity College arrangements for the reopening of campusDear Students and Parents,Please find attached a letter regarding The IIE's Varsity College arrangements for the reopening of campus and other important details. Please check your student portal for the full details or alternatively visit - https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/corona-virus-update .We have also uploaded the COVID version of the student handbook - log into your student portal or alternatively please visit - https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/student-handbook .Kind Regards The IIE's Varsity College
- Certain Sports to move onto Online Platforms!Hey all VCPMB Sports Club Members! we hope you are keeping safe, carrying on and managing to keep fit! We understand Academic Pressures are quite high at this stage, morale may be low and we are all looking for an outlet. For many of you, sport has been the outlet you have always relied on, and with-out the structure and leagues that you enjoy in your day to day lives, this may be hard to find the motivation to continue with. Stay tuned to the VC App and in Touch with your Sports Administrators because hopefully soon, we may have a solution for you, sooner, rather than later, we will be offering online features weekly for you to follow along with, they will not only get you active but will allow for some sortof inter-action with those that you used to call team-mates not so long ago! We are looking forward to your support in these initiatives, space will be limited, dont miss out!In the meantime, make sure you have ZOOM downloaded and set-up, a work-out zone prepared, and for our console gamers, get yourself a PSN+ profile so we can start a campus Champions League which will eventually move into an inter-campus tournament.
- COVID-19 response - amendment to the year planner for The Independent Institute of Education and its campusesDear Student,Please find at the link below a letter to students regarding The IIE’s plan for the rest of the academic year. We have also attached the amended assessment policy and year planner that will apply for 2020. We are keenly awaiting the Ministers of Higher Education and Training’s address regarding the further plans for the education sector post 1 May and we will adapt our plans should this be required Click below for the student letter, the proposed academic year planner for contact full time students; and the Assessment strategy policy.Student letter: https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Letter_to_students_27042020_c14687.pdf Academic year planner: https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Proposed_academic_year_planner_for_IIE_contact_full_time_students.pdf Assessment strategy policy: https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Assessment_strategy_and_policy_COVID_19April2020_IIE009.pdfRegards, The IIE's Varsity College
- Online Learning Feedback RequestHey Ladies and GentsWe hope you are safe and taking care of yourselves. We may not be quite sure what day of lockdown it is, but we do know that we're already a week into your learning-from-home journey ??. We'd love to hear how you’re doing. Send us a short video clip via email here, of yourself at your workstation, sharing your feedback. Your lecturers have also played a huge role in getting you up and running too, we're sure they'd appreciate a shout-out. So, don't hold back.We’ve sent you an email too, so check your inbox.#staysafe #stayhome #flattenthecurve #vconlinelearningRegards #TeamVC
- NOTICE TO ALL IIE VARSITY COLLEGE CONTACT STUDENTS AND ACCOUNT PAYERSDear Student,Please find attached a notice to all IIE Varsity College contact students and account payers. For the full details - please log into your student portal or alternatively please visit https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Letter+to+IIE+Students+13+April+2020+v2.pdfRegards, The IIE's Varsity College
- Your Get Connected ChecklistDear Student,Please find attached your very important Get Connected Checklist or alternatively visit https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/GO_LIVE_CHECKLIST_14_APRIL.pdf for all of the details.Regards,The IIE's Varsity College
- Data and connectivity readiness for online engagement. Click here to read.Dear Student, Please find attached a letter detailing data and connectivity readiness for online engagement. Visit your student portal for full details. Alternatively - visit https://protect-za.mimecast.com/s/JS0ACxGzZ4tBLl1oI87zmP?domain=varsitycollege.co.zaRegards, The IIE's Varsity College
- Gearing up to take Teaching and Learning Online: An UpdateDear Student,We have prepared this letter to expand on the plans outlined in the latest communication (letter_14301) from Dr Felicity Coughlan, Director of The Independent Institute of Education. While teaching and learning officially only resumes on the 15th April, we can use this time to set you up for the online learning experience. See attached or log into your student portal for the full details. Alternatively visit https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/IIE+VC+Student+Letter+3+April_final.pdfRegards The IIE's Varsity College
- Resuming Teaching, so you can Resume Learning!Dear Student,Please refer to the attached communication from the Director of the IIE, Dr Felicity Coughlan, regarding the progress that has been made to prepare you for online tuition during the current COVID - 19 lock down period. See your student portal for the full details or alternatively visit https://www.varsitycollege.co.za/PDFs/COVID-19/Letter-to-students-2-April-2020.pdf
- The IIE’s Varsity College will be resuming our teaching and learning programme for contact students on the 15th of April remotelyDear Student,We will be resuming our teaching and learning programme for contact students on the 15th of April remotely. See attached to read more or alternatively visit your student portal. Regards, The IIE's Varsity College
- Update on Graduation by the Director of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE)Dear Student,Please see an update on graduation by the Director of The Independent Institute of Education (The IIE). Regards, The IIE's Varsity College
- The IIE’s Varsity College 2020 GraduationDear Student Please find attached a letter regarding 2020 Graduation. Please log into your Student portal for the full details of the letter and the Director's Address.Regards The IIE’s Varsity College
- Update on Campus Teaching and LearningDear Student,Please find attached a letter regarding an update on Campus Teaching and Learning.Regards,The IIE's Varsity College
- The IIE’s Varsity College Covid-19 UpdateGood Day Students,The President’s directive for drastic action to flatten the spread of the virus has been heeded and we are attending to this call whilst continuing with our educational programme, as part of our ongoing commitment to you and your future.Our campuses will be closing for contact teaching from Wednesday 18th March, thus Tuesday 17th March will be our last day of face-to-face teaching. All activities including social, cultural and sport events are also cancelled. We will be continuing with our academic programme using Learn or on Moodle as may be the case – lecturers will post or broadcast mini-lectures on core concepts and share additional resources and direction on the Learn space for each of your modules. Assessments can be submitted on Learn. Learn classes have also been opened for the small number of IIE modules currently not taught on Learn.We will be applying strict social distancing for tests, which we will, after consideration, continue to conduct for now. We will be staggering start and end times to ensure that there is limited interaction between students coming to campus to complete their tests. We will also have far fewer students in each room than we would normally have. Please follow the instructions of campus teams to manage this.Our facilities also remain accessible to you if you require them, although your access will be limited by our efforts to ensure that all venues or facilities are able to implement the required distancing. Your patience will be needed but we are sure you understand the need for the decisions being taken.Please contact your campus through VC Assist if you have specific questions about arrangements. You can also use the itsusupport@iie.ac.za helpdesk if you are experiencing access problems for Learn or Moodle. You also have access to the Student Hub as always.As circumstances change, we will communicate any further amendments to our programme, and please refer to our website in this regard. We hope to resume face- to-face classes on Tuesday 14th April.Actions required from our parents and communities1. Please keep your contact details up to date with the campus. 2. Please monitor your brand website, Facebook pages, your sms and vcconnect e- mails. 3. Please keep an eye out for messages and instructions on Learn or Moodle or your portal. 4. Please only use sites such as the NICD and WHO and the new Department of Health WhatsApp for information – there is much misinformation and fake news spreading and it causes harm and distress. Please do not circulate unverified information. 5. Anyone who has come into contact with an infected person or has personally been in a high incidence region please follow NICD and WHO protocols and contact your health practitioner telephonically. 14 days self-isolation is the very least we expect no matter what precautions you took while travelling and how well you may feel. 6. Please follow all the recommendations from the above bodies in this period to slow the spread of this virus. 7. Please keep us posted if you or a family member are directly impacted in this period.We join the President in confirming our confidence that the country will prevail as the community stands together.#flattenthecurve
- Welcome to the New World!Welcome to the New World. We’re very excited to announce that our New World Thinking brand campaign has landed. What’s the thinking behind New World Thinking? The world as we know it has been flipped on its head – changing faster than it ever has. To succeed in this new and changing world, you need to go beyond knowledge – learning to think differently, to solve problems, to ask the right questions. For The IIE’s Varsity College this means focusing on what we do best – developing critical thinking and problem solving. We equip you with the skills you need to thrive in the New World. We teach you how to think, and how to ask the right questions, because when you ask the right questions, you make better decisions and find better solutions. We call it New World Thinking. And it will influence how we live, work, teach and think.Our #NewWorldThinking campaign is intended to spark thought and questions around the future of education and society, and how The IIE’s Varsity College prepares you for it.#NewWorldThinking www.varsitycollege.co.za
- VC Wellness Day PostponedThose of you expecting to get FREE and CONFIDENTIAL TB and HIV/Aids tests this Wednesday and Thursday will have to wait a little longer before we can offer you this service on campus. We have had unexpectedly low attendance on Campus and would prefer for more of you to make use of this opportunity. Please watch out for communication on the revised dates for this event and make good use of the opportunities afforded to you!Here is to you, leading happy and healthy lives!
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