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What stands between a woman and her PhD? Bursary up for grabs...
What stands between a woman and her PhD? Bursary up for grabs...
In 2014, Higher Education South Africa reported that South African universities produce an inadequate number of doctoral graduates... read


Education
EduWeek with SABC Education powered by Intel: Advancing Educational Knowledge in Africa
EduWeek with SABC Education powered by Intel: Advancing Educational Knowledge in Africa

Issued by Spintelligent

Education must be regarded as a founding element of the right to a decent life and to individual development and as a key factor for reducing poverty and inequalities... read
SA Library for the Blind launches mini-libraries
SA Library for the Blind launches mini-libraries
The South African Library for the Blind (SALB) has extended its services by launching a mini-library programme at 120 selected public libraries across South Africa to make walk-in reading materials available to the blind and visually impaired... read
E-learning
Boris Dzhingarov
The five most popular online degrees

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

Over the years, online degrees have become increasingly popular. Not only are enrolment numbers growing year-over-year, but costs are dropping and employers are viewing these programs in a more positive light... read
Higher Education
Look beyond MBAs for leadership skills
Look beyond MBAs for leadership skills
Jack Hammer's 2016 Executive Report, an independently researched publication now in its third year, shows that while higher degrees definitely improve a candidate's attractiveness, an MBA is no longer a 'magic ticket'... read
Vega School introduces gaming degree
Vega School introduces gaming degree
South Africa is believed to have a gaming industry worth R2.5 billion, with a growth projection of R3.3 billion in 2017. Vega School is to be one of the first tertiary institutions to introduce a gaming degree to support this industry in South Africa... read
AFDA Experimental Festival - live and online
AFDA Experimental Festival - live and online
The annual AFDA Experimental Festival will take place live at its Johannesburg campus (17-18 June), Cape Town campus (15-19 June) and Durban campus (16 June) and online from 21 June to 21 July 2016... read
GIBS makes UK Financial Times Executive Education top 50
GIBS makes UK Financial Times Executive Education top 50
The annual UK Financial Times (FT) Executive Education rankings, announced earlier this week, has placed the University of Pretoria's Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) at number 43, the only business school in Africa in the top 50... read
Skills Training
Last call for MIT Global Startup Labs applications
Last call for MIT Global Startup Labs applications
New and established tech entrepreneurs have until 31 May 2016 to submit their best new and innovative tech ideas to the MIT Global Startup Labs Programme, which is heading to South Africa... read
SAIPA-Fasset accounting programme open for applications
SAIPA-Fasset accounting programme open for applications
Project Achiever, the SAIPA-Fasset programme for young black accounting graduates and professionals - formed in 2015 to address the question of transformation in the financial services industry by assisting black professionals - is open for applications... read
Barloworld ready to recruit CA students
Barloworld ready to recruit CA students
As part of its Training Outside Public Practice (TOPP) programme, the Barloworld Group begins its search this month for Chartered Accounting (CA) students, mainly from the University of Johannesburg... read
Training is more about compliance than skills transfer
Training is more about compliance than skills transfer
The amendments to the Skills Development Act and the requirements of the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment (BBBEE) point requirements make training once again a compliance issue, instead of the correct reaction to skills gaps that would increase productivity... read
Business
Change vs. transformational management
Change vs. transformational management

John Sanei

Forget about change management, we are squarely in the transformation age and with it we need to apply transformational management... read
Jobs offered
Maintenance Technician - Cape Town
Ayanda Mbanga CommunicationsStellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a maintenance technician (Ref. MHF/206/0516). Applications close 03 June 2016. Read more >>




New events to diarise
Interior decorating short course
Design School Southern Africa - 1 Jun 2016 to 26 Apr 2017, Johannesburg | 4 Jun 2016, Pretoria | 4 Jun 2016 to 20 May 2017, Durban


Career light workshop
Khumi Cares - 11 Jun 2016, Benoni


Executive Assistants Symposium
Emthonjeni Businesss Resources Management PTY - 14 Jun 2016 to 15 Jun 2016, Kempton Park


Assertiveness in the workplace
AO Development - 15 Jun 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort | 20 Jul 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort


Sandton SPCA Speaker Series
Sandton SPCA - 21 Jun 2016, Johannesburg


The Professional Receptionist
AO Development - 22 Jun 2016, Ruimsig | 20 Jul 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort


Problem-Solving and Decision Making
AO Development - 27 Jun 2016 to 28 Jun 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort | 21 Jul 2016 to 22 Jul 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort


SketchUp short course
Design School Southern Africa - 2 Jul 2016 to 20 Aug 2016, Johannesburg | 2 Jul 2016 to 20 Aug 2016, Durban | 2 Jul 2016 to 20 Aug 2016, Pretoria


National Achievers Congress - Business Revolution
Success Resources - 9 Jul 2016 to 10 Jul 2016, Pretoria


Oral and written communication skills for the business professional
AO Development - 14 Jul 2016 to 15 Jul 2016, Ruimsig, Roodepoort


Upcoming events
6th Annual Supplier Development Seminar + Workshop 2016
Bespoke - 1 Jun 2016 to 2 Jun 2016, Johannesburg


Two Oceans Toastmasters June Meeting
Two Oceans Toastmasters - 1 Jun 2016, Cape Town


Executive Meeting Procedures - CPD Accredited
BDCE and CESA - 1 Jun 2016, Durban


Dressmaking short course
Design School of Southern Africa - 1 Jun 2016 to 16 Nov 2016, Durban | 2 Jun 2016 to 24 Nov 2016, Johannesburg | 2 Jun 2016 to 24 Nov 2016, Pretoria


Small business workshop and assessment
CGPsychometry - 4 Jun 2016, Pretoria


Course in econometric analysis of cointegration
Entreprises at University of Pretoria - 6 Jun 2016 to 10 Jun 2016, Pretoria


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