10 Sep 2013

Education & Training

So who gets to keep the house?

What with high divorce rates and the high cost of living, couples often find themselves living together for a while before jumping into marriage, if at all. But what happens if the honeymoon ends... who gets to keep the house? And for that matter, the car, furniture, family pet..?

Juliette Attwell, writing in our BizCareers advisor column, tells you how to price yourself right and dress for success. Let's face it, turning up for an interview in slops probably won't cut it.

OK, Christmas is coming and it's only a matter of time before Boney M's Drummer Boy will have you... well... whatever you do having heard it umpteen times before - but at least you know where your Christmas gifts are coming from. So spare a thought for all those kids who don't, and do your bit for the Santa Shoebox Project. It's open for pledges and your shoeboxes of gifts will bring happy smiles to a lot of kids. Just do it, darn it!

And it's TIFF news for our film industry... not only is Triggerfish Animation Studios' animated movie Khumba off to the Toronto Film Festival (TIFF), but so is Anant Singh's Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom. It will debut at TIFF, so to both our entrants, good luck, and may it be a case of "TIFF luck" and not "tough luck" on the night.

Rod Baker, Content Director

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Weekly top stories

National Arts Council calls for bursary applications
The National Arts Council invites post graduate students and registered education and training institutions within the arts to apply for bursary funding for the 2014 academic year. Read more >>

Education & Training
McDonald's SA MD shares success story
Greg Solomon, managing director of McDonald's South Africa, will be the speaker at the upcoming Leadership Conversations hosted by the Regenesys Business School. Solomon will tackle the topic of 'How Leadership shapes the way you play the game' and will answer career and business orientated questions from the audience. Read more >>




Higher Education
Liberty plans to meet need for education insurance
[Phakamisa Ndzamela] Insurer Liberty has identified a growing demand for education insurance and launched a policy that pays for children's education in the event of the death of a parent. Read more >>

Graduates upbeat on SA's outlook
Though the current economic trends worry professionals, 77% of them believe that they have a future in South Africa. Read more >>

Maritime sector excludes majority says Peters
Faster transformation is needed in the maritime industry because black people are still largely excluded from this sector, Transport Minister Dipuo Peters said. Read more >>

Graduates honoured at JB Marks Education Trust Funds Awards
Demonstrating academic excellence and leadership in their fields of study, seven top graduates from previously disadvantaged backgrounds were honoured at the recent 4th JB Marks Educational Trust Fund at Emperors Palace in Johannesburg. Read more >>

Talented women are available says Gigaba
[Gabi Khumalo] The excuse that there are no women who are skilled and talented available to take the lead in science and engineering is not correct, says Minister of Public Enterprises, Malusi Gigaba. Read more >>

Cambridge Marketing College endorses Quirk Education's digital marketing courses
[Issued by Quirk Education] The Cambridge Marketing College - one of Europe's leading providers of distance learning and classroom-based marketing training and education - has signed an agreement to market Quirk Education's digital marketing courses to its students. Read more >>  visit press office >>


Primary & Secondary Education
More DeskBags handed over in Daveyton
DeskBags, which are school bags that provide a portable desk solution for learners to use at school and at home, help ease the educational struggles of South African children. Read more >>

Learners spell their way to success
Zwaanswyk Academy is the proud winner of the 2013 Growsmart literacy competition, held in honour of International Literacy Day at the Lookout, V&A Waterfront in Cape Town on Saturday, 7 September 2013. Read more >>

Gauteng pupils awarded for mathematics achievement
Last week a handful of high school learners were awarded as top provincial contestants for their participation in the South African Mathematics Olympiad's (SAMO) second round that took place earlier this year. Read more >>

Campaign to get one million Somali children into school
The Somali authorities launched a major nationwide education campaign to get one million children and youth into the classroom as part of an ambitious Go To School Initiative. Read more >>

SA finance industry unfairly targeted‚ says Sanlam
[Gillian Jones] South African financial institutions are being unfairly targeted by regulators given their excellent ranking for being among the most competitive in the world‚ Sanlam's group chief executive Johan van Zyl said. Read more >>

NW commits to deliver all 2014 textbooks before end of November
[Sydney Masinga] The North West provincial government has committed to deliver all textbooks and study materials for the 2014 academic year before the end of November this year. Read more >>

Obami digitizes annual national assessments
Locally based, social learning platform, Obami, recently launched a digitized revision paper campaign in time for the upcoming ANAs (Annual National Assessments) that are to be carried out across South Africa from 9 September 2013. Read more >>


Training
SekelaXabiso awarded at IIA SA National Conference
SekelaXabiso, a South African majority black-owned professional services firm, was recognised for its significant role played in the advancement of the IIA SA's learnership programme at the Institute of Internal Auditors SA's (IIA SA) National conference. Read more >>

Cape Town to host Live Performers Meeting
Cape Town has been selected as the host city for the 14th edition of LPM (Live Performers Meeting), which will run from 13-16 November 2013. The City Hall will be the location for The LPM project, which unites live video performers, visual artists and VJs from around the globe for four days of audio-visual performances, workshops, panel discussions and product showcases presented by new media professionals and thinkers at the forefront of live video art and digital media. Read more >>


Government

Quality of learning, teaching improving in Gauteng
Gauteng Education MEC, Barbara Creecy, has reiterated that the interventions to improve the quality of learning and teaching in Gauteng, led by government, are moving in the right direction. Read more >>

Government welcomes end of WSU strike
The Department of Higher Education and Training has welcomed the decision by unions at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) to end the strike that has resulted in university residences being closed and students sent home. Read more >>

Chabane appointed to address challenges at WSU
President Jacob Zuma has appointed Minister in the Presidency for Performance Monitoring and Evaluation, Collins Chabane, to attend to the challenges at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) in the Eastern Cape. Read more >>


More Government news


Jobs offered

Senior Lecturer - Design and Mechatronics - Stellenbosch
Department of Mechanical & Mechatronic Engineering/senior lecturer: design and mechatronics. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties on 1 January 2014. Read more >>

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Educational Psychology - Stellenbosch
Senior lecturer/lecturer: Educational Psychology. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties on 1 January 2014. Read more >>

Lecturers - Accounting - Stellenbosch
Lecturers: Accounting (various). Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties in January 2014 or as soon as possible thereafter. Read more >>

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Learning and Learning Support - Stellenbosch
Senior lecturer/lecturer: Learning and Learning Support. Stellenbosch University invites applications for the aforementioned position to commence duties on 1 January 2014. Read more >>



New events to diarise

International Conference - Business Not As Usual
Regent Business School - 6 Oct 2013 to 8 Oct 2013 Durban
Performance Management
Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Business - 8 Oct 2013 Pietermaritzburg
Strategic Social Interventions - Taster Sessions
Symphonia for South Africa - 4 Nov 2013 to 11 Nov 2013 Johannesburg,Cape Town
Social Entrepreneurship Certificate Programme
GIBS - 19 Feb 2014 to 6 Dec 2014 Johannesburg


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