BBD Bursary Programme


Advertiser: Barone, Budge & Dominick (Pty) Ltd
Location: National

BBD’s Bursary Programme is aimed at providing support for talented IT students in selected fields of Information Technology (IT) who are considering a career in software development. BBD contributes to certain costs associated with university studies such as tuition fees, prescribed, books, residence accommodation and meals, along with a monthly allowance for incidentals.

Are you?
- A South African citizen studying or qualified at a South African university
- Passionate about creating and building software
- Studying or qualified in Computer Science, Software and Computer Engineering, Informatics or any related IT fields with a minimum academic average of 65%
- Skilled in terms of written and verbal communication

Don’t forget!
- A certified ID document
- CV
- Most recent academic results

Should you not be contacted within one month of the closing date, please consider your application unsuccessful.

Closing date: 31 October 2013

Click here to apply
Definitions:

Internship:

There are basically two types of internships:

  • The Undergraduate Internship: Usually with bigger organisations that pick undergraduates to attend the internship. It often takes places during the holidays and the average durations is a few weeks. In most cases the intern will receive some sort of stipend or salary and this type of internship may lead to a job offer to the intern once he / she is finished with their studies.
  • The Graduate Internship: This type of internship could be paid or unpaid and it is to gain practical work experience after the qualification has been completed and in a job related to the qualification. It could be from a few weeks or even one or two years long. This type of internship could also lead to permanent employment.

Learnerships:

A learnership is an occupational qualification and it consists of theory and work-based experience and practical skills, with formal assessment and a qualification. At the end of the learnership the candidate may be offered permanent employment.

In-service training:

In-service training is to gain practical work experience during studies. It usually takes place after a few years of theory has been successfully completed. It is essential work experience that is part of the qualification and the in-service training is necessary to achieve the qualification. It could be paid or unpaid.