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The students had been protesting since 17 March 2009 over accommodation, financial aid, and student exclusions and had handed a memorandum of demands to the university's management on 19 March. A blind student was shot in the back with a rubber bullet by police, and nonstriking students were forced to leave lecture venues as a result of the ...
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN; Zulu: INyuvesi yakwaZulu-Natali, Afrikaans: Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal) is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [7] [6] It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville. [1]
Now part of University of KwaZulu-Natal: Eastern Cape Technikon: 1994 2005 Now part of Walter Sisulu University for Technology and Science: Medical University of South Africa: Ga-Rankuwa: 1976 1 January 2005 [13] Now part of University of Limpopo: Technikon Natal: Now part of Durban University of Technology: University of the North: Polokwane ...
Actuarial science is the discipline that applies mathematical and statistical methods to assess risk in insurance, pension, finance, investment and other industries and professions. Actuaries are professionals trained in this discipline.
An actuarial qualification from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries consists of a combination of the completion of various examinations and courses. The examinations are split into six sections: Core Mathematics (CM), Core Statistics (CS), Core Business (CB), Core Practice (CP), Specialist Practice (SP), and Specialist Applications (SA).
The BBusSci "allows for intensive specialization" in the degree major [2] and thus comprises a four-year Honours level program. It differs from the Bachelor of Commerce (BComm) - the three year Bachelor's degree in business and economics usually offered in South Africa - in that, additional to the treatment of the major, all students are exposed to management theory in some depth.
Non-members working in the actuarial profession and taking exams are often referred to as actuarial students or candidates. Members of the SOA who meet a professional experience requirement are eligible for membership in the American Academy of Actuaries , which represents United States actuaries from all practice areas.
A student may choose to complete an accredited actuarial science degree at an undergraduate or at a postgraduate level through a number of recognised universities. Successful students may offer proof of having covered the topics whilst at university and students may be granted exemptions from certain professional examinations from the Institute ...