November 2006

Celebrating an Excellent Year 

Looking back, 2006 has been a year of excellence.  CE at UP presented over 860 events in more than 22 fields of study, trained over 16 500 delegates and in the process managed to establish itself as the leading university-based, continuing education entity in the country.   

During the course of the year, we continuously kept up to date with the latest trends and developments and benchmarked ourselves against other major training providers within the industry. Our offering of more than 360 certificate courses in various training fields, a dedication towards quality assurance and our affiliation with the University of Pretoria, truly sets us apart from other service providers within the industry. 

Deon Herbst, Managing Director of CE at UP 

CE at UP is in the process of strengthening ties with its Alumni members. The Alumni Strategy is aimed at keeping Alumni members abreast of the latest developments within the company, communicating important information and notifying members of upcoming events and short courses. The strategy will also be utilised to establish a platform for networking opportunities. Keep an eye out for our Alumni Questionnaire currently being distributed to our Alumni members. 

I would like to express my appreciation 
to clients and delegates for their
patronage and continued support. 

A special word of thanks to our course leaders for their invaluable contributions during the course of the year.

The CE at UP Team

We wish you a very happy and
  peaceful festive season! 

Our wish is that 2007 will bring you
  happiness, prosperity and success!

UP Boasts Fraud Examination and Forensic Accounting Centre of Excellence

In an effort to determine the latest developments and trends within the fraud examination and forensic accounting fields, Danie du Plessis, Director: Unit for Forensic Accounting at the University of Pretoria, recently visited government investigation organisations and forensic firms in London.

Anti-money laundering and terrorist financing legislation and regulations are of utmost importance in the United Kingdom, with a particular focus on compliance with the recent 3rd European Union Directive. Other priority areas which have been identified, include the need for fraud prevention, detection and investigation training in both the public and private sectors and the accreditation of forensic accountants and fraud examiners. As money laundering is the process used by criminals to deal with the proceeds of crime, there is a direct link between managing the risk of fraud and corruption, and anti-money laundering legislation. 

Danie also attended the 3rd Annual European Conference in Money Laundering, hosted in Berlin. 

The conference emphasised the link between money laundering, corruption and organised crime. Representative of 50 countries from Europe, the Middle East, India, the United States and Africa attended the conference.

"Our situation is very similar to that of the United Kingdom and Europe," comments du Plessis. "South Africa has made excellent progress in implementing the necessary laws and regulations to deal with money laundering, terrorist financing, fraud and corruption. Similarly to the international experience, there is a need for additional training in fraud risk management and investigation and certain specialisation areas such as cyber crime." 

Danie du Plessis, Director: Unit for Forensic 
Accounting at the University of Pretoria

The Unit for Forensic Accounting, in cooperation with CE at UP, have over the past few years established a centre of excellence in fraud examination and forensic accounting. The integrated strategy incorporates degrees, post graduate programmes, one year certificates and three day specialist short courses.

The Unit at present offers a Post Graduate Diploma in Investigative and Forensic Accounting, as well as  a number of fraud related short courses, presented by CE at UP. These include: 

• Interviewing and People Skills for Fraud Examiners and Auditors

• Fraud Examination

• Prevention and Detection of Financial Statement Fraud

• Prevention and Detection of Procurement and Contract Fraud

A Money Laundering Detection and Compliance course and an Interviewing Skills course is in the process of being developed, while a Masters Degree in Investigative and Forensic Accounting is planned from 2008.  

January 2007

08 January - Spreadsheets as Process Engineering Tool
11 January - The Law and Taxation of Trusts
11, 15, 18, 22, 25 January - The Essentials of Capital Gains Tax
15 January - Basic Mathematics
15, 16, 22 January - The Audit of Taxation: Intermediate
22 January - Information Technology Practice 
22 January - Business and Systems Analysis
22 January - Advanced Business Analysis
22 January - Cellular and Frequency Planning and
                      Radio Network Optimisation
22 January - Property Administration

February 2007

07 February - Lease Negotiation
21 February - Basic Property Programme 

An assortment of year courses across the full range of academic disciplines will be commencing in January 2007. 

For a detailed list of our year courses click on the "2007 year courses" button above.

In-house training 

Training programmes can also be presented on an in-house basis where the course content is customised to meet the unique needs of each particular company. 

Contact us on (012) 420 5015 or data.ce@up.ac.za for further information. 

For online enrolments visit www.ceatup.com. 

    Complete a Certificate Course 

In a highly competitive job market, with spiralling unemployment and volatile social and economical trends, there is a marked increase in the presentation of fraudulent credentials amongst candidates in all sectors. Within this context, certification is of critical importance. 

Certification is a designation earned by a person to certify that he is qualified to perform a job. It indicates that the individual has a specific set of knowledge, skills and abilities in the view of the certifying body. For CE at UP certification is the successful completion of a course or programme by means of achieving the determined set of training outcomes.  

CE at UP issues all certificates for non-graduate programmes on behalf of the University of Pretoria. To ensure certification process quality, the company adheres to a strict certification policy and follows exact procedures. 

"All our certificates are standardised according to set rules and regulations," explains Elaine Visser, Certificate Specialist at CE at UP. Each certificate is issued with a unique certificate number, an imported paper with a distinct watermark is used, while specific information is included with a uniform layout and presentation. 

Elaine Visser, Certificate Specialist at CE at UP

"This ensures the quality of each issued certificate and provides continued sustainability, " says Visser.  

Generally two types of certificates are issued, a certificate of attendance and a certificate for the successful completion of a course or programme. A certificate of attendance is issued for courses with no assessment component, where as a certificate for the successful completion of a course is issued for courses or programmes with an assessment component.

An additional value-add service offered to clients is the confirmation and verification of University of Pretoria certificates issued by CE at UP.