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Education needs to update to global skills inclusion in curricula
Education needs to update to global skills inclusion in curricula
The 2016 report by the World Economic Forum (WEF) revealed that educational institutions worldwide are failing to equip learners with the global competencies they will need to be employable in coming years... read
Education
Inspiration for South Africa at Festival of Learning
Inspiration for South Africa at Festival of Learning

Issued by SACAP

With every sector of the country in considerable turmoil, a wide range of homegrown solutions, approaches and ideas are on the programme of the upcoming sixth annual Psychology Festival of Learning hosted by SACAP... read
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Digital education is the way to go in Rwanda
Digital education is being rolled out in Rwanda by the government in partnership with Microsoft... read
Higher Education
NMMU students face expulsion
NMMU students face expulsion

Siyamtanda Capa

Dozens of Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University students could be forced to drop out of their studies and leave the university should the institution find them guilty of #FeesMustFall-related crimes... read
Four tips to survive and succeed at university
Four tips to survive and succeed at university
Some of the most important lessons students will learn at college or university won't be in the classroom... read
Centre for Entrepreneurship to empower Free State youth
Centre for Entrepreneurship to empower Free State youth
Small Business Development Minister Lindiwe Zulu on Friday launched the Centre for Entrepreneurship in Welkom, Free State, saying such a centre will promote entrepreneurship as a career of choice... read
Absa increases university scholarships to R210 million
Absa increases university scholarships to R210 million
The Barclays Africa Group's 2017 CEO Scholarship Fund has increased to R210 million, allowing 3,000 university students, across its 10 African markets, to receive scholarships for the current academic year... read
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Minister Zokwana reaches out to agri colleges
The Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries Senzeni Zokwana is set to visit agriculture colleges as part of Government Imbizo Focus Week... read
NSFAS rejects 2,000 appeals
NSFAS rejects 2,000 appeals

Michelle Gumede

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has rejected the appeals of more than 2,000 students against their unsuccessful applications for study funding in the 2017 academic year... read
R7bn boost for university infrastructure
R7bn boost for university infrastructure
Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande has announced major new investment in university infrastructure, which will see government spending R7 billion on a range of projects countrywide... read
UFS academic awarded BRICS research funding
UFS academic awarded BRICS research funding
Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, lecturer in Urban and Regional Planning at UFS, has been awarded a R150,000 research grant by the South African BRICS Think Tank... read
Department issues college certificates from backlog to 2007
Department issues college certificates from backlog to 2007

Michelle Gumede

The Department of Higher Education and Training has released about 233,000 National Certificate (Vocational) certificates out of the outstanding 236,000 at TVET colleges... read
Varsity has six months to hire LLB lecturers
Varsity has six months to hire LLB lecturers
The Walter Sisulu University has six months to hire required academic staff to teach LLB or face losing accreditation to offer the course... read
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The marketer of the future

Dr. Ludi Koekemoer

Today's traditional media is rapidly evolving towards the marketing of the future. The ‘brandscape' has changed dramatically in a short space of time and marketers are struggling to keep pace with the new environment... read
Primary & Secondary Education
BDO Inter-School Quiz fourth round winners
BDO Inter-School Quiz fourth round winners
Durban Girls High School have earned a place in the 2017 BDO Inter-School Quiz final after winning the fourth regional round of the competition... read
What happens when you build a business solution, but your customers find other uses for it
What happens when you build a business solution, but your customers find other uses for it

Issued by ADDaBIT

Whilst ADDaBIT was formed on the principle of a bit for now and a bit for later, it has grown to serve more purposes than to drive crowd-saving - and its fans have found applications that the founder, Michael Griffin, never considered... read
Textbooks adopt inclusive approach to diversity
Textbooks adopt inclusive approach to diversity
The interim report released by the Basic Education Ministerial Task Team (MTT) has found that textbooks used in South African schools generally adopt a mildly inclusive approach to diversity... read
Skills Training
‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'
‘Africa is where others will look for the best in new innovation'

Brett Parker

Between East and West: Africa's economic transformation will create a third centre of global power, according to a new ‘Afro-Optimism' series... read
World Bank support for Africa's entrepreneurs
World Bank support for Africa's entrepreneurs
World Bank group launches new program to support Africa's top digital entrepreneurs... read
Learnerships key to combating youth unemployment
Learnerships key to combating youth unemployment
With 50.9% of the country's youth unemployed, more focus should be placed on how youth can enter the job market without a formal tertiary qualification to contribute positively to the country's economy. read
International
Bangladesh trains teenage girls to fight cyber crime
Bangladesh trains teenage girls to fight cyber crime
DHAKA, Bangladesh: Bangladesh on Tuesday began training thousands of teenage girls to fight cyber crime, citing an "alarming" rise in social media-related abuses mostly targeting adolescents. read
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Business
Startupbootcamp Cape Town calls for applications
Startupbootcamp Cape Town calls for applications
Startupbootcamp (SBC) will be launching its new accelerator programme in Cape Town. Startups from around the world are invited to apply now... read
Jobs offered
Advisor - Centre for Teaching/Learning - Stellenbosch
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced advisor: Centre for Teaching and Learning (two-year contract). Applications close 08 May 2017. Read more >>



Senior Advisor - Centre for Teaching/Learning - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior advisor: Centre for Teaching and Learning (two-year contract) (Ref. SOL/130/0417). Applications close 08 May 2017. Read more >>

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