Eta College

eta College
	Cape Town eta College Campus
Former names	Exercise Teachers Academy
Type	Private College
Established	1 January 1983
Officer in charge	Linda Halliday
Director	Dr Steve Harris
Academic staff	60
Students	3500
Location	Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa; 33°58′20″S 18°28′53″E / 33.97222°S 18.48139°E
Campus	9 Campuses Worldwide
Colours	Light blue, Dark blue and White
Affiliations	DHET, CHEC, REPPSA, SSISA, APPETD, CATHSSETA, ETDPSETA, College SA, Sharks, Blue Bulls Rugby Union, Stellenbosch Rugby Academy, WPCC, JR School Mauritius, Core Direction Dubai, Virgin Active.
Website	www.etacollege.com

eta College is an international, private, single-purpose sports college founded in 1983. It has nine campuses, and an online learning facility. The national office is located in Cape Town. Its purpose is to provide education for fitness sport and recreation needs. The language of instruction is English.

History

eta College was initiated as Exercise Teachers Academy in 1983 by Professor Tim Noakes, Malcolm Marrisson, Rob Cowling and Linda Halliday to meet the education needs of the fast developing health and fitness industry at that time. During this time, it was run by Malcolm Marrisson and for several years mentored by Professor Tim Noakes.^[1] In 1994 the two current directors, Linda Halliday and Dr Steve Harris took over the Exercise Teachers Academy and began to grow it as a college. Since the early nineties, the college has developed into a highly respected national education provider, offering occupationally based learning towards registered qualifications.

At the time that the new eta College was emerging, new legislation and regulations that governed South African education were brought about. These regulatory changes have had a big impact on education in sport and have brought with them greater demands for rigorous quality assurance in education.

Campus

The head office or Centre for Academic Development (CAD) is based at the Western Province Cricket Club in Rondebosch. This campus hosts classes for full-time courses as well as part-time courses. The Distance Learning office, as well as the Special Projects office are located here. Other campuses exist in:

Courses

Diploma in Coaching Science
Diploma in Fitness Studies
Diploma in Sports Management
Certificate in Coaching Science
Certificate in Fitness Studies
Certificate in Sports Management

Online/distance learning

The eta College offers an online learning program that can be completed anywhere in the world.

Students and staff

As of 2013^[update], over 3500 students were enrolled in eta College courses around the world. The ratio between male and female students is approximately 60/40. There have been over 5000 students enrolled in full-time, part-time and short course education at the college over the past 10 years.

eta College employs approximately 60 staff members including facilitators, administrative and academic staff.

Affiliations

eta College is a member of the Cape Higher Education Consortium, DHET,^[2] REPPSA, SSISA, APPETD, CATHSSETA, ETDPSETA, and affiliated to College SA, Sharks, Blue Bulls Rugby Union, Stellenbosch Rugby Academy, WPCC, JR School Mauritius, Core Direction Dubai and Virgin Active.

Notable alumni

Olympic Gold medalist swimmer, Natalie Du Toit^[3]
Ex-Sharks Captain & Springbok Rugby Player, Keegan Daniel
Current Sharks Rugby Player, Sbu’ Sithole
1995 Springbok and World Cup winner, Chester Williams^[4]
Former Bafana Bafana coach, Gordon Igesund

Notable projects

Sponsor of the SSISA^[5] Youth Talent Identity and Development Conference^[6]

References

^ "Sign Up - LinkedIn".
^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Natalie du Toit, South Africa's golden swimmer - Prominent people". 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2013.
^ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/chester-williams/21/560/43 ^{[self-published source]}
^ Pooyaa. "Parked by Texo Webhosting".
^ "Conference Centre - Sports Science Institute of South Africa". Archived from the original on 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-08-05.

External links

etacollege.com

[1] "Sign Up - LinkedIn".

[2] "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-09-30. Retrieved 2013-09-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[3] "Natalie du Toit, South Africa's golden swimmer - Prominent people". 14 July 2013. Archived from the original on 26 March 2022. Retrieved 10 September 2013.

[4] ttps://www.linkedin.com/pub/chester-williams/21/560/43 ^{[self-published source]}

[5] Pooyaa. "Parked by Texo Webhosting".

[6] "Conference Centre - Sports Science Institute of South Africa". Archived from the original on 2014-07-10. Retrieved 2014-08-05.

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