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Drop first-year fee demands, SRC tells Wits
The Wits Student Representative Council has demanded that Wits University revoke its decision to charge first-year students awaiting financial aid half of the R9,340 registration fee... read more>>



Education
Turned away by university? There is a second chance for you

Issued by Educor

Students who have been turned away by universities should not be discouraged as they can still apply at Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges2. Are you one of them?... read more>>
Distance Learning
Oxbridge Academy's phenomenal November 2014 exam results

Issued by Oxbridge Academy

Oxbridge Academy has been able to boast with phenomenal exam pass rates for a number of years now. And in November 2014, the college saw some of its highest exam pass rates to date... read more>>
E-learning
Securing school Wi-Fi: Take the corporate approach
Schools moving to install wireless networks need to approach their IT security in the same way as corporates do, says Networks Unlimited, distributor of Fortinet... read more>>
Higher Education
Port Alfred varsity joins hunger fight
A Dutch university has set its sights on stamping out hunger on the Sunshine Coast by teaming up with 50 institutions around the world to fight the problem... read more>>
Maties speak a new language
When 5,000 new Maties and their parents were officially welcomed to Stellenbosch University last week those who could not understand Afrikaans could tune in to a translation on their cellphones and earphones... read more>>
What we've learned from institutions of higher learning

Christopher Human

According to figures released by the Department of Basic Education, 403,874 students passed their NSC this year. Amid the excitement of negotiating this hurdle, for many it brings the question: "Where to now?" into sharp focus. For higher education institution brands, this is peak season, with brands playing an important role in informing decisions... read more>>
TUT partners with TVET colleges
Higher Education and Training Minister Dr Blade Nzimande has commended the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT) for heeding government's call for higher learning institutions to partner with Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges... read more>>
Strategic Disability Policy Framework needed urgently says minister
Higher Education and Training Minister, Blade Nzimande, has reiterated the importance and urgency of developing the Strategic Disability Policy Framework in the post-school education and training (PSET) system... read more>>
Exciting study chance for nursing students
Four Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University nursing students are in the US for a four-week learning expedition in Minnesota... read more>>
R1.5m allocated to academic medical research
The AstraZeneca Research Trust, a non-profit for the disbursement of academic medical research funding is calling for 2015 research proposals, and awarding R1.5 million to local, high-level, non-interventional studies including doctoral and post-doctoral work... read more>>
Sasco: Wits is anti-poor
Wits University has quashed allegations by the SA Students Congress that it was not registering students whose fees were paid by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Mpumalanga Education raises the bar for 2015
Mpumalanga Education MEC Reginah Mhaule says schools in the province will be supported according to their specific needs to ensure that they improve their results... read more>>
Eastern Cape Education Development Trust initiates large-scale telematics roll-out
In partnership with the Department of Education and SU, the Eastern Cape Education Development Trust - a programme managed by the National Business Initiative - has initiated a large-scale roll-out of 50 telematics centres in secondary schools across the province... read more>>
E Cape kicks off back to school campaign
The Eastern Cape Provincial Government has taken steps to ensure that learning and teaching take place on the first day of schooling this year... read more>>
Rural KZN school receives solar PC lab
In addressing the need for learners to better understand ICT, giveITback, in partnership with Poynting and African Union Communications, donated the first of its solar-powered container labs to Umhloti Primary School in Verulam, KwaZulu-Natal... read more>>
South Africa's education system critical to our competitiveness

Miller Matola

The nation brand is an extremely complex concept. I recently found a diagrammatic representation in a paper entitled the Nation Brand Molecule which illustrates exactly how complex this concept is... read more>>
Surfers Not Street Children equipped to provide solid "foundation for a better future in maths"
Edusport Travel has donated a computer centre to Surfers Not Street Children (SNSC), a Durban-based non-profit organisation, comprising six PCs equipped with the Numberwise program - a tool that has been used to help over 23,000 students master the basics of mathematics over the past 13 years... read more>>
KZN out to improve learner performance

More Matshediso

The KwaZulu-Natal Department of Education is putting in place strategies to improve the overall performance of schools across the province, paying more attention to Grade 12 learners... read more>>
Africa
Commercial TV white spaces give Ghanaian students cheap internet
Microsoft has launched TVWS in Ghana - and students are benefiting (Video)... read more>>
More Africa
Jobs offered
Receptionist - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced receptionist (Ref. EBW04/021/0115). Applications close: 9 February 2015 Read more >>

Fitness Manager - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University Sport Performance Institute currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced fitness manager (Ref. SPI/013/0115). Applications close: 30 January 2015 Read more >>



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