College of Business and Economics | Annual Report 2020 87 Dr Sydney Mufamadi Director: Centre for Public Policy and African Studies Centre for Public Policy and African Studies Previously known as the School of Leadership, the Centre for Public Policy and African Studies is a hub of teaching and learning targeted at recruiting public-spirited students who are involved or aspire to be involved in policymaking, policy implementation or policy research. The Centre offers two Continuous Education Programmes (CEP) namely, Research Awareness for Leaders and Public Policy and African Studies. These serve as a bridging programme towards a Postgraduate Diploma in Public Policy and African Studies (PGDip). The programmes consist of a compulsory research module (Research Practice for Leaders) and three elective modules (Industrial Policy, Strategic Diplomacy and Transitional Justice). Lectures are offered via blended learning and ongoing online interaction with students. All registered students, apart from four Zimbabwean parliamentarians, concluded their academic year studies in 2020.
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