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LISTEN: The role that short courses can play to align with the needs of businesses

Professor Beatrys Lacquet, the director and head of Wits Plus, talks about the role of short courses in aligning the needs of business as well as the importance of language proficiency to complement evolving and new job roles.

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1 Dec 2021

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