FROM THE OFFICE 2021 S t a r t e d w ith a b an g as ev eryone want ed t o st art t his year r i g h t a f t e r l a s t y e ar ’ s lo c k d o wn and rest ric t ions. However t h e Coro n a v i r u s h ad o th e r p lan s, and st ruc k for a t hird (and hop e f u l l y l as t) t im e . A s le c turers, we hav e had t o make extre me l y d if f ic u lt d e c is io n s, d eal wit h unusual and out of th e ord i na r y mat t e r s an d all t h e while maint aining a safe env i ron me n t f o r o u r s t u d e n ts t hroughout . We h a v e g ro w n as a t e am by ad d ing t wo new lec t urers: ou r Aleit We ddi n g c o o rd in at o r, Nic ola J ohnson and Aleit Ev ent s coo rdi na t o r, Mar k u s B o t h a. They hav e j umped right int o faci l i t a t i ng f ir s t- an d s e c o n d year subj ec t s whilst we t ake o n bigge r ma r k e tin g c am p aig ns and expand our c ourse of ferin gs. T he Ev e n t s an d Ho s p italit y i nd ust ry might hav e t aken a kno ck f o r the mome nt , b u t it is d e f in it ely t wo of t he ind ust ries t his worl d ca n ne v e r g o wit h o u t. I t is human nat ure for people t o alw ays host e v e n t s & w e d d in g s an d visit ot her c ount ries and resta ur a nt s. We ju s t h av e t o st ay posit iv e (and t est negat ive) a nd p re pa re f o r th e f u t u re . We l o ok f or w ard to s e e in g our st ud ent s grow, while t hey t ake o n cha l l e n g e s n e v e r f ac e d b e fore and go int o t he ind ust ry with hea p s o f k n o w le d g e an d s k ills t o be t he best v ersions of themse l v e s.
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