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The demand for tertiary education in South Africa far outstrips supply, with universities unable to accommodate every person wishing to study further after high school. STADIO, the JSE-listed private-education provider, can help meet this demand through its choice of more than 90 accredited programmes. These include higher certificates, bachelor's degrees, honours, master’s degrees, and doctorates in key disciplines such as education, management, IT, commerce, and law. STADIO’s goal is to invest in human potential to grow minds, dreams and employment to ultimately benefit the country as a whole.
Each of STADIO’s courses is specifically designed to meet up-to-date industry requirements, which means that their students not only enjoy quality education, but also significantly improve their chances of obtaining well-paying career opportunities.
“STADIO’s goal of widening access to education is underpinned by our ability to be cognisant of the needs and wants of the world of work, as well as those of our students. If we are ever going to reduce our worryingly high unemployment rate, we must allow people to upskill and reskill around their existing lifestyle,” says Chris Vorster, chief executive officer at STADIO.
Footprint and offering
STADIO has built on the consolidation of four institutions (Southern Business School, Embury, Lisof and Prestige Academy) to form one STADIO Higher Education Institution, and added a brand-new campus in Centurion, which opened in 2022.
This houses STADIO schools of commerce, education, and information technology, and offers bachelor’s degrees in digital marketing, web design, and foundation phase teaching, as well as diplomas in tourism and higher certificates in business administration, marketing, and pre-school education.
The newest addition to the STADIO Group is the STADIO School of Architecture and Spatial Design, offering innovative and inspiring learning experiences in architecture, interior design, and spatial design. The short learning programmes are aimed at a diverse audience, including school leavers and practitioners.
STADIO’s vision is to empower the nation by widening access to higher education, and the Group believes that its expanded range of qualifications – spanning distance learning, contact learning and blended learning models – is helping to achieve progress in this regard.
With 14 campuses in South Africa, two support offices in Namibia and combined teaching experience of more than 100 years across its faculty members, STADIO offers one of the most wide-ranging choice of programmes accredited by the Higher Education Quality Committee (HEQC) of the Council on Higher Education (CHE) in the country. This includes a host of short courses on everything from entrepreneurship to hospitality management, e-commerce, and project management.
Currently, the Group has more than 30 000 students enrolled, with ambitions to expand its capabilities to serve 100 000 students.
“Quality, student-centredness and innovation are our commitment at all institutions in the STADIO Holdings Group,” says Vorster.
Relevant and workplace-ready
STADIO’s digital badging programme, STADIO Stripes, is the first of its kind in the country. It aims to help better prepare students for the world of work by recognising their skills-based achievements in addition to the traditional academic qualification transcript. Contact learning students will be able to earn a skills “stripe” after meeting stringent criteria in their courses, for example, computer skills or creative problem-solving skills. Stripes can also be used across any digital platform including a LinkedIn profile, be embedded on a website or blog, shared on social media, or added to a CV to further strengthen a graduate's chance of securing a job. In time, the programme will be expanded to distance learning students too.
For more information, course requirements and curricula, visit STADIO's website.
This post and content is sponsored, written and provided by STADIO.
