Don't let the number of IT graduates fool you; there is still a lack of technical skills in the industry. Here's what we need to do about it.
By Keith Newnham 23 Apr 2014 13:29
The University of the Witwatersrand has approved the plan of the School of Law to discontinue the undergraduate Bachelor of Laws degree (LLB) and to introduce the LLB postgraduate programme.
18 Apr 2014 14:42
With tourism and hospitality one of the fastest growing sectors in South Africa, contributing billions annually to the economy, young people are increasingly attracted to the idea of living the dream by choosing a career in the industry, believing that it will be a life filled with travel and glamour, with only an occasional interruption in the way of "real work".
17 Apr 2014 10:48
Kate Liquorish and Tony Bonani Miyambo clinched the 2014 Brett Goldin Bursary awards at an event held at the Market Theatre, Johannesburg, recently - days before the eighth anniversary of the young actor's brutal murder over the Easter weekend in 2006.
17 Apr 2014 10:36
The four-year under-graduate law degree aimed at transforming the legal profession is to be scrapped at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits).
17 Apr 2014 08:44
Many South Africans have the ambitions to improve their lives through a tertiary education, yet for many the financial means to do so often results in those dreams never being realised. Two students from the City of Gold, were given a golden opportunity to bring their ambitions to life after being awarded a R38,000 study bursary each.
16 Apr 2014 13:58
In 2013, one year after the appointment of a new director for research and innovation, Regent Business School's management and academic staff were bombarded with robust argument regarding the integrity and relevance of the institution's academic curriculum, specific to the issue of sustainability.
By Ahmed Shaikh and Mark Hay 15 Apr 2014 15:14
Johnny Clegg and the Henley Business School are offering a scholarship in the business school's recently launched MBA in the Music & Creative Industries.
14 Apr 2014 13:45
The Accountancy programme at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) is becoming a beacon of hope and transformation - for its students and for the country.
12 Apr 2014 09:36
The South African Quality Authority (SAQA) has announced the registration of the Tax Professional as an occupational qualification, after a five-year gestation which incorporated lengthy deliberations between the South African Revenue Service, industry and academia.
11 Apr 2014 13:32
The constructive and critical role that African institutions of higher education can play in the continent's development will be deliberated at an international conference to be held at Spier outside Stellenbosch from 13-16 April 2014.
11 Apr 2014 10:48
INTEC College launched its 173 new accredited programmes and handed R20,000 worth of bursaries to key industry professionals, at a 'breakfast with a difference' at the Blue Waters Hotel on Friday, 4 April.
Issued by INTEC College 10 Apr 2014 11:46
The annual Stellenbosch University Open Day is around the corner. Prospective students and their parents or teachers are invited to visit Stellenbosch University on Friday, 11 April 2014, from 9am to 4pm to find out everything they need to know about being a student in Matieland.
8 Apr 2014 10:24
Social Impact Bonds (SIBs) hold tremendous potential for government to increase effective support for struggling entrepreneurs in South Africa, according to a new report presented to the National Treasury, the Jobs Fund, and the dti.
Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business 7 Apr 2014 10:39
