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As part of a global online learning marketplace, we can offer you more opportunities to develop career-critical skills. Find out more: .
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Find out more about the @HarvardOnline Cybersecurity: Managing Risk in the Information Age online short course with Course Convenor @ERosenbach here: #Cybersecurity #CodeCon #CodeU
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Africa Month is a time to recognize the achievements of the continent, and to celebrate its commitment to advancing its transformation and development. To take advantage of our UCT Africa Month special discount, please have a look here:
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Want to be recognised in your career this year? Get your copy of the New Professional’s 2018 Career Guide here: #CareerGuide #FutureOfWork
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Want to be recognised in your career this year? Get your copy of the New Professional’s 2018 Career Guide here: #CareerGuide #FutureOfWork
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We power the world’s best digital higher education. When students win, universities win, and by coming together around one shared goal—delivering great student outcomes—we are transforming the future of higher education for the better. #NoBackRow #Lifeat2U
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We’d like to welcome you to @2Uinc Cape Town. #LifeAt2U #NoBackRow
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GetSmarter’s portfolio of online courses remains uninterrupted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Our dedicated team of success managers and tutors will ensure that you feel supported throughout your learning journey.
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How will you make 2016 your #bestyearyet ? Share your goal and win a spot on a short course
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We’re incredibly proud to showcase the addition of the @2uinc logo on the face of our office building in Cape Town. #Lifeat2U #NoBackRow
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Never stop growing – personally or professionally! Enhance your skills with courses designed to suit your evolving needs. As part of @edXOnline , we’ve got you covered: .
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We’d like to wish a very happy 100th day in office to the Vice-Chancellor at University of Cape Town. ( @UCT_news ) Congratulations @FabAcademic here’s a terrific throwback to your recent @2Uinc Cape Town office visit with our team.
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RT to #win a spot on the UCT Internet Marketing short course worth 10k. Ready to #OwnItOnline ? http://t.co/OZdSA12srz http://t.co/MfBfkRGP4x
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Interested in what else @edXOnline has to offer? As well as our offerings, there is a range of free courses, boot camps, MicroBachelors® and MicroMasters® Programs, and online undergraduate, graduate, and doctorate degrees – all on one platform.
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Ambitious? Find your growth path with the world’s best. Explore the world’s best education available on the @edXOnline learning platform from 2U, Inc. That includes our short courses: .
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GetSmarter is part of @edXOnline , a 2U, Inc. company. While our parent company is growing, we’re offering the same quality online short courses. Learn more here: .
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Our speciality – market-led executive education for working professionals – hasn’t changed. As a part of edX, we’re able to serve a larger global audience. And help you continue learning online: .
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Growth is key to success, which is why we’re thrilled to be a part of the @edXOnline platform. Find out more about this new era of online learning: .
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Never stop growing – personally or professionally. As a part of @edXOnline , we can fuel your ambition through a variety of online learning experiences. Find out more: .
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"South Africa needs to rise together." Our CEO @sampaddock shares his views on #internet4all #youthday
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Embrace career growth with expert-led, fully supported courses that build career-critical skills or explore more than 4,200 other learning opportunities through @edXOnline : .
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The lifeblood of GetSmarter driven by @sampaddock is true of my favourite value - #RelationshipsMatter . - Chris Vella, GetSmarter's Chief of Communications. #HeavyChef #BetterEducation
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From New Orleans to Cape Town! We’re live streaming @chippaucek talking at the @2Uinc Annual Company Meeting. #NoBackRow #GetSmarterLife
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Saïd Business School, University of Oxford have announced the Oxford Fintech launch in collaboration with GetSmarter
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Congratulations! We couldn't be more proud of the Capitec Brand Ambassador winners. We look forward to helping you navigate your career through lifelong learning. GetSmarter is a proud sponsor of @CapitecBank live better benefits. #bethebrand #GetSmarterOnline
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In addition to their grand prize, @ChaceGeyer , @mpho_monareng and @SharadelR also walk away with a cash prize from @CapitecBankSA , short courses from @GetSmarter and an Azumi Speed V5+ from Azumi South Africa! A well deserved win! #bethebrand #LiveBetter
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Today we’re partnering up with @LinkedIn at the @2Uinc Cape Town office to host LinkedIn Day. #LifeAt2U #LinkedInx2U
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GetSmarter delivers market-led executive education courses with edX, a 2U company. Learn more here:
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You’ve handled change before, often with a supportive partner at your side. When you face tomorrow’s changes, it’ll be no different. GetSmarter is with you all the way. #GetSmarterOnline #LifelongLearning
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In 2017 GetSmarter launched the first phase of their career path profiles. Over 38,000 people accessed these popular career planning tools and used them as a future-proofing framework. #CareerAdvice
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Our latest report analyses the rise of sustainability in the workplace. Organizations that focus on sustainability ventures will be uniquely positioned to create value for both people and planet, and drive profit with purpose. Read the full report here:
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Sending out a big congratulations to Grant, one of our Student Success Managers who won the jackpot on the @KFMza @Lotto_Star Pop Quiz this morning. #HonourLearning #NoBackRow
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Today we’re celebrating the addition of @2Uinc branding in our Cape Town office. #LifeAt2U #NoBackRow
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2U Cape Town will be the homebase of operations for GetSmarter short courses. #Lifeat2U #NoBackRow
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Master #blockchain strategy in 6 weeks, online with @OxfordSBS . Presenting the Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme:
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We’re excited to announce the launch of a new programme: the @OxfordSBS Digital Marketing: Disruptive Strategy Programme. Looking to leverage your #digital #marketing skills to handle disruptive technology? Find out more:
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Sam Paddock, co-founder and CEO at GetSmarter, joined his brother Rob Paddock, co-founder and Chief of Strategic Partnerships, on the @designindaba stage for the first time in their company’s 10-year history. Find out what they shared. #designindaba
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We’re excited to announce the launch of a new course: the Rice University Strategic Project Management online short course. Interested in enhancing your strategic #project #management abilities? Find out more: @GlasscockSchool
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Broader integration with @2uinc will help us eliminate the back row in higher education so we can continue to deliver strong outcomes for busy working professionals in this rapidly changing world. #NoBackRow
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Today we hosted Prof. Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor of the University of Cape Town, at our @2Uinc office. Thank you for a lovely morning, we hope you enjoyed your tour, tea and time with our team! @UCT_news @FabAcademic #UCT #HigherEducation #NoBackRow
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The key to a career that is personally and professionally rewarding? Learning new skills and adding variety to your work experience. Here are the tools to get you started:
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"Since MIT launched its AI executive education course 18 months ago, the six-week online program has attracted more than 10,000 enrollees" - Paul McDonagh-Smith, MIT Sloan digital capability leader, on our @MITSloanExecEd AI online short course - via @WSJ
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We’re excited to announce the launch of the new 6-week FinTech online short course from Harvard’s VPAL. Are you interested in learning skills to prepare for future financial services opportunities? Explore the hype here: #FinTech #Harvard #LearnOnline
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Increased access to the internet results in economic growth. The solution is within reach. #internet4all
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Let us know what career advice you'd like to see in your inbox every Wednesday. #careeradvice #Careers
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#NikNaks this week saw our team treated to a @salesforce special with Luke Cushainck, Director of CRM at @2Uinc and Salesforce MVP. Thanks for sharing your stories and strategies Luke! #NoBackRow #Lifeat2U
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We’re celebrating our #10Years of #BetterEducation and #GetSmarterLife . Follow our feed here or on GetSmarter’s Instagram to watch the fun unfold.
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Discover the fundamentals of data analysis such as advanced Excel functions, databases, and practical statistics.
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Today the @SunflowerFund are on campus! We're ready to shave, snip and colour our hair! #CutsForHope #IAmHope
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Consume exceptional content today. Change the course of your career tomorrow.
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Be guided by industry experts in the Harvard VPAL FinTech course. Experts include @christinaqi of @domeyard , @bussgang of @Flybridge , @RonSuber of @ProsperLoans , @MilindMehere of @yieldstreet , G. Gibb of @LufaxChina , & C. Zeng of @LexinFintech . Learn more:
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The 2U sign is symbolic of our office officially becoming one of @2Uinc ’s eight global offices and it’s first on the African continent. #Lifeat2U #NoBackRow
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@CapitecBankSA clients get a Live Better discount for online short courses through the GetSmarter widget in the Capitec app. Learn more here: #Capitec #GetSmarter #onlineeducation #livebetter #partnership
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2U and GetSmarter: #NoBackRow drives #BetterEducation
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"We have the largest creative studio in the country 🇿🇦and in 2019 we're committing to innovation and data-driven decision making." - Sammy-Jane Every, @2Uinc Creative Director. P.S. We're #Hiring in #CapeTown ! 👉
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We're excited to announce our new collaboration with @TheEconomist . As their global edtech partner, we're bringing The Economist Executive Education's journalistic rigor and unique voice to online education. Learn more about our partnership here:
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GetSmarter’s founding brothers are speaking @designindaba @DI_Festival on February 21. Follow the GetSmarter feed for live commentary on their mission to improve lives through better education. #designindaba #EdTech
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It’s the first time IFC is hosting the IFC Education conference in Africa, a region of increasing focus for private education that is making progress at all education levels. #IFCEducation #CapeTown
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Explore the venture creation process and experiment with your new business idea on the new @OxfordSBS entrepreneurship programme.
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Better together! #NoBackRow
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Powering the world's best digital education. Together. #NoBackRow
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#FlashbackFriday to yesterday’s special #DigitalMedia #NikNaks session with @2Uinc ’s Director of Digital Media Strategy, Lara Bubnowski. #CapeTown
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SVP of Communications and Engagment @velflex Chris Vella just kicked off the mid-year masquerade at the @2OceansAquarium . #BetterTogether @2Uinc .
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Jason Zocks, @2Uinc SVP of Program Excellence is sharing insights and information on relationship building within program teams. #BetterTogether #HonourLearning
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Adopt the mindset of a New Professional like @shaun_hpca and download The New Professional’s 2018 Career Guide here: #CareerGuide #FutureOfWork
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"In 2008 GetSmarter was founded by my brother, Rob and I after a collision of people and ideas." - @sampaddock #GetSmarter #HeavyChef #BetterEducation
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"Student interest in #BlockChain and #Fintech courses is driven by white-hot demand for talent in the sector, with some employees commanding a plush starting salary over $250,000." - Via @businessbecause
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Last week Friday we hosted our faculty and partners from the #UniversityofCapeTown at the @2Uinc Cape Town office. Here's a thread filled with photos and key highlights from the exciting day! 👇 #UCT #Summit
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Our SVP of International Programme Management, Dale Williams is kicking off the first ever Niknaks talk series in Cape Town. #BetterTogether #HonourLearning
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Our new partnership is an unparalleled opportunity for GetSmarter to bring that expertise and track record to the global market through dynamic, in-demand short courses for working professionals,” - GetSmarter CEO and Co-Founder @sampaddock .
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66% of individuals on the Forbes 400 list are self-made. #Entrepeneur #Careers #JobSeekersSA #JobAdviceSA
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"A #NewProfessional is someone who has a learner mindset, a working professional who prepares for the workplace of the future by looking to upskill themselves. " - Rob Paddock @mattbrownza @Entrepreneur_SA
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“If you choose not to learn, you choose not to improve.” #UXDesign #Lifeat2U
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One week to go. RSVP to the Q&A led by @AlvinBTilleryJr and @ellmcgirt with @NorthwesternU and @FortuneMagazine . .
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What a day! @sheanaA1 committed to shave it all off if we reached our target for @SunflowerFund . We reached our target and then some! Thanks to the CSI team and all who were brave enough to go bald and colourful #CutsForHope #IAmHope
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Thank you for the wishes @2Uinc @chippaucek @ranigilani and Co! Here’s to the next #10Years being #BetterTogether .
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If the 9-5 hustle isn’t for you, what are your options? We’ve summed up a few careers you can pursue remotely: #RemoteWork #CareerAdvice
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Developing skills unconnected to your current role could serve as a buffer against future disruption. Find out more in our latest blog:
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"Since its inception in 2013, GetSmarter’s annual Career Guide has been downloaded by over 49,000 New Professionals." Find out why: #Career #Download
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Is your career future-proofed to offer you the best earning potential or industry growth? #careeradvice #Career
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If your employer presented you with a choice of working four 10-hour days per week - as opposed to the usual Monday to Friday, nine to five - which would you choose? Find out why the work week should be shorter: #CareerAdvice #Productivity
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#Education - there's no tool more effective for the development of future women leaders. #WomensDay
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A little over a year ago GetSmarter was acquired by @2uinc . #Lifeat2U #NoBackRow
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Where are you in your career? #getsmarter
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To be the best you need to learn from the best. #NoBackRow Here’s a few shots taken at the @riceuniversity campus by our travelling @2uinc Video Production and Learning Design Team. #RiceUniversity #Glasscockschool #NoBackRow #Lifeat2U
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Look who we found in the @getsmarter office this morning for #CapeTalkInTheBoardroom @KienoKammies
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Take a tour of GetSmarter’s first-class learning platform with @DerekBokCenter @harvardonline . #Edtech #LearnOnline
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To be the best you need to learn from the best. #NoBackRow featuring @UCT_news and some of our @2Uinc team members who recently gave a guest lecture to final year Marketing students. #CapeTown #UCT
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Ever Googled yourself? How do you feel about your personal brand? Adopt the mindset of the New Professional by cleaning up your online presence. Read more here: #NewProfessional #CareerAdvice
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The @OxfordSBS Blockchain Strategy Programme starts 28 February 2018. Find out more here:
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that's a wrap! filmed my final lecture for the @UniofOxford Blockchain Strategy Programme - we launch February 28 🚀
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“The wealth of nations is the education of its people, that’s the true capital.” - @JeremyJ @Andela #NoBackRow #BetterTogether
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"Towards the end of 2016 @chippaucek , the CEO of @2Uinc was surfing Facebook and came across one of our ads - a short while later we became #BetterTogether ." - @sampaddock #HeavyChef #GetSmarter
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Spotted! While attending the @Future_Females event at @Workshop17CT last night, our Talent Scout Amy found us on the @SiliconCape wall. #EdTech
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Follow our feed this evening as we kick-off the @SheSaysCapeTown event, hosted right here at our @2Uinc office. #SheSays #CapeTown
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Lunchtime here @2Uinc Cape Town was filled with our latest #NikNaks installment. Today we had Senior Data Engineer, Gerhard Lennox take us through our recent @tableau implementation journey and how it works alongside our @denodo platform from @awsmarketplace . #Data #TC18
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Feeling discontent at work? Focus on well-being, as well as skills development, to build a satisfying career. Learn more:
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Thank you for a decade of dedication to #BetterEducation . Here’s to the next #10Years of #Legends #ChangingLives #GetSmarterLife .
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