Faculty hails future leaders

The Future Health Leaders Programme (FHLP), a pilot initiative to groom junior health sciences students for leadership positions, hosted its inaugural awards and presentations evening on 19 August.

The event marked the conclusion of the programme, funded by the Faculty of Health Sciences and run by student leaders, and allowed the 30 winners to present some of their research on student leadership at UCT.

FHLP co-ordinator Itumeleng Ntatamala said the programme came into being when senior student leaders saw a gap in the recruitment of junior students into leadership roles.