The Department of Communication Sciences at CUT hosted an annual Industry Day on 15 October 2015 to commemorate October as Media Freedom Month.  The aim of the Industry Day is to give Language Practice students a glimpse of what the industry has to offer and subsequently to meet and rub shoulders with the who’s who in the industry.  

Eight speakers shared their knowledge and expertise with the students on the state of news media globally and nationally in the post-modern era of social media.  CUT students who boast a Language Practice qualification from the CUT can enter the labour market as language practitioners, linguists, translators, public relations officers, communication officers, journalists and copy writers.  As such, people who are knowledgeable in these fields addressed issues and challenges they are often confronted with, whilst also sharing their success stories.  Topics included film and TV production, writing of books, editing, publishing, and journalism, sport commentating and public relations. 

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Pictured are Dr Mardi Delport, lecturer:  Communication Sciences and organiser of the Industry Day, Tebogo Baruni, first-year Language Practice student, Refiloe Makibi, third-year Language Practice student, Chris Vorster, lecturer/researcher:  Drama and Theatre Arts, University of the Free State, Jaco Jacobs, publisher:  Children’s Books, LAPA Publishers, and Dr Brenton Fredericks, head of the department:  Communication Sciences, CUT.