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Organisation: School Leavers Opportunity Training (SLOT)
Contact Person:Fiona Maccrimon???Telephone:+27 33 345 6012

Description: To guide educationally deprived and the unemployed out of school use in order to improve the opportunities for gaineful employement or self employment.

Organisation: School of Community Development and Adult Learning
Contact Person:Mrs Kogi Doorasamy???Telephone:+27 31 260 3086

Description: We offer formal teaching programmes in community development, adult education and social anthropology; we also run short workshops to the general public or on request. We have a book publication project(the NRP) that produces books for adult new readers in all the official languages. We offer a programme of non informal courses for the public, through the Unit for Continuing Education(UEC).

Organisation: School of Development Studies -University of KwaZulu-Natal
Contact Person:Ms Pranitha Maharaj???Telephone:+27 31 260 2243

Description: A leading centre for research and teaching on development in South Africa, it also holds an international reputation for the quality of its work and the intellectual rigour with which it applies academic skills to policy challenges. It draws on the specialist knowledge of its researchers, in areas such as globalisation, value chains, social policy, NGO studies, labour markets, informal economy,population studies, rural development,poverty and inequality etc.

Organisation: School of Economics & Management - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Contact Person:Karen???Telephone:+27 31 260 2592

Description: Undertake academic & applied research into social and economic development impacts of HIV/AIDS. Provide training workshops for academics, individuals, government officials and planers concerned with planning for the impact of HIV/AIDS.

Organisation: School of Education, Training and Development -UKZN
Contact Person:John Aitchison???Telephone:+27 33 260 5070

Description: The School has a strong reputation for its teaching programmes, research, and involvement in policy-making for teacher education, adult education and in the evolution of an outcomes based National Qualifications Framework. We have a strong focus on improving practices in education.

Organisation: School of Human Sciences First Level Study
Contact Person:Professor E. Dekadt,???Telephone:+27 31 260 2946

Description: We offer a broad introductory programme, and focus especially on developing study skills.The first-level programme consists of both core/foundational courses and disciplinary introductions to Human Sciences. We are responsible for student access and guidance, and for introducing students generally to the university experience.

Organisation: School of Medicine - Industrial Health Unit - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Contact Person:Dr. Mandy Ryan???Telephone:+27 31 260 4211

Description: The Industrial Health Unit is a non-governmental organisation which came into being in the late 1980's as part of the Centre for Industrial Labour Studies, in the Department of Sociology, at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. We focus on Workers' Health.

Organisation: School of Nursing - University of KwaZulu-Natal
Contact Person:Leana Uys or Petra Brysiewicz???Telephone:+27 31 260 2499

Description: The School promotes a re-orientation of the education of nurses to serve the needs of people as well as of the learners through its innovative undergraduate and post graduate programmes. We are involved in community organizations and teach HIV/AIDS prevention/nursing care.

Organisation: School of Psychology University of KwaZulu Natal Pietermaritzburg Campus
Contact Person:Prof.Graham Lindegger???Telephone:+27 33 260 5335

Description: We offer a third year psychology course called ?”HIV/AIDS and Service Learning: Transforming Theory into Practice.?” The school is also running various projects (HIV/AIDS Vaccines Ethics Group(HAVEG) andHIV/AIDS Intervention in Psychiatric Institutions (HIPI). We also host a Child and Family Centre which offers psychological counselling and assessment for children, adults and the family.

Organisation: School of Psychology, Social Anthropology and Social Work
Contact Person:Prof. V. Sewpaul???Telephone:+27 31 260 1241

Description: The Centre provides innovative new modules to students across faculties and disciplines. Apart from didactic instruction, there are opportunities for constructive dialogue, reflective discussion and creative learning through enlivening skills training and practice experiences.