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USB-ED highly rated in world ranking for management training

Mon, 02 Jun 2008 11:02:00 +0200

USB-Executive Development (USB-ED), the public training company which forms part of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, recently achieved the exceptional honour of being selected as one of the world's top business training institutions. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Mandela Rhodes Scholarship students announced

Thu, 06 Mar 2008 12:56:00 +0200

For the past 18 years, Chipateni Nyirenda from Lusaka, Zambia, wanted to meet her role model former President Nelson Mandela. Her dream was realised on Tuesday, 4 March 2008, as she, along with 23 students from across the continent, sat next to him to receive her Nelson Mandela Rhodes Scholarship. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Kenya gets major health drive boost

Mon, 03 Mar 2008 10:41:00 +0200

Thousands of new mothers in Kenya are set to receive free child health tips as part of an ongoing maternal health awareness program funded by Reckitt Benckiser, makers of Dettol. Read full story... | Send to a friend

University's re-opening a lesson in peace amid diversity in Kenya

Fri, 08 Feb 2008 06:42:00 +0200

Kenyatta University, the first public university to re-open since Kenya's post-election crisis began, has put in place elaborate measures to ensure learning goes on uninterrupted, despite continuing violence and tension in parts of the country. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Music video project for Africa

Thu, 22 Nov 2007 14:43:00 +0200

Pan-African music entertainment network MTV Networks Africa and oil marketer Shell have partnered to boost Africa's contemporary music industry. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Stellenbosch Business School brings its popular high-level Leader's Angle talk series to Gaborone

Wed, 05 Sep 2007 11:58:00 +0200

The University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB) is bringing its countrywide and cross-border tour of its high-level talk series, Leader's Angle, to Gaborone in September – with a well-known South African chairman of companies and former South African ambassador to Belgium as speaker. Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED enhances its offering to business in Gauteng by opening a new office

Wed, 25 Jul 2007 17:09:00 +0200

USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED), the executive education arm of the University of Stellenbosch Business School (USB), celebrated the official opening of its new offices in Gauteng at a cocktail function at the Westcliff Hotel. Read full story... | Send to a friend

Will eLearning make teachers redundant?

Thu, 21 Jun 2007 09:41:00 +0200

Does electronic learning (eLearning) threaten to displace the teacher? Read full story... | Send to a friend

USB-ED launches Business Women's Academy

Tue, 12 Jun 2007 15:56:00 +0200

The Business Women's Academy, the first of its kind in the country concentrating on women in business, was launched by USB Executive Development Ltd (USB-ED) of the University of Stellenbosch Business School, in association with HERS-SA, on Tuesday, 22 May 2007. HERS-SA is a leading non-profit organisation dedicated to the advancement of women. Read full story... | Send to a friend

More opportunities for African learners open up

Thu, 10 May 2007 16:02:00 +0200

An amount of US$10 million (approx. R69 million) has been set aside to increase educational opportunities for African learners over the next five years. Read full story... | Send to a friend