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Rhodes' vice-chancellor to lead by example
Rhodes University is counting the days until Friday's historic inauguration of its first black African vice-chancellor since its doors opened 110 years ago. read more>>

Universities get bulk of higher education spending

Paul Vecchiatto

Transfers to universities for subsidies and infrastructure make up 42% of the R200bn allocated to post-school education and training in the medium term‚ said the Treasury in its 2015-16 Budget Review...

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Platform thinking is not a pipe dream; what SA can learn from Google

Edzai Conilias Zvobwo

Treat learners like platforms that can grow in intellectual potency to levels never imagined possible as opposed to pipes that are bounded by their very nature...

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New video series teaches how to negotiate the world of academia

Oxford University Press Southern Africa has created a smart new video campaign to help students learn more effectively and equip lecturers to teach better...

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Education
Basic education to receive over R600bn
Over R600 billion will be allocated to basic education over the course of the next three years, Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene said on Wednesday... read more>>
South Africa's Budget 2015: the full text
Read the full text of South African Finance Minister Nhlanhla Nene's inaugural national Budget speech, the fifth in the country's democratic Parliament, delivered on 25 February 2015... read more>>
New edition of Labour Relations Law: A Comprehensive Guide published
Over the past year South African labour law has undergone its most radical change since 1995. A new publication from LexisNexis South Africa aims to guide students and practitioners through these significant new acts and amendments... read more>>
Distance Learning
Mysmartkid donates Smart-Kids books to Khayelitsha tutoring project
Mysmartkid has donated a selection of Pearson Smart-Kids books to Home from Home in support of its pilot one-on-one tutoring project in Khayelitsha... read more>>
Higher Education
Strike at Eastcape Midlands College: union calls in the big guns
Eastcape Midlands College's striking workers are bringing in the big guns in a last-ditch attempt to put an end to the six-week strike that has turned ugly, with the homes of non-striking staff damaged... read more>>
Unisa's Graduate School of Business Leadership to urge entrepreneur-driven innovation at Research and Innovation Day 2015

Issued by UNISA Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL)

The Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership (SBL) will produce an innovation hat-trick as it hosts its third Research and Innovation Day as part of Unisa's fourth annual Research and Innovation Week... read more>>
Turned away from university? Here are your options

Issued by Oxbridge Academy

There isn't enough room in South Africa's universities for all the applicants wanting to study, however first-round rejection from a university is not an insurmountable obstacle... read more>>
Construction Economics Certificate Ceremony

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

Delegates who successfully completed the course in Construction Economics attended their Certificate Ceremony at the Musaion on the University of Pretoria's Hatfield Campus on 2 February... read more>>
First-year commerce students invest in an early start to their careers

Issued by Continuing Education - University of Pretoria

Shortly after receiving their matric results, more than 100 first-year students at the University of Pretoria kicked-off their BCom degrees with an early start on 12 January... read more>>
Education ignites opportunity for young South Africans

Issued by TSiBA Education

For 120 South African youths, their dream to study at tertiary level has finally come true - via a private, accredited, non-profit business school, the Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA)... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Development cycling: 171 learners get a push start
Earlier today, The Sports Trust in association with Nedbank and the Western Cape Department of Cultural Affairs and Sport handed over cycling equipment and kit to the schools participating in this year's Cape Town Cycle Tour... read more>>
Suzuki Auto SA funds building of two classrooms at Bulugha Primary
In recognising the plight of Bulugha Primary School, Suzuki Auto SA has funded the construction of two additional classrooms in conjunction with its advertising agency Penquin and Bottles 2 Build Schools, an initiative aimed at addressing the shortage of classrooms on a national level... read more>>
Skills Training
Turnkey operations key to empowerment of entrepreneurs and SMMEs in South Africa

Issued by Regent Business School

In response to the dilemma that South Africa is facing in terms of the challenges spawned by poor economic growth and the unemployment problem, Regent Business School has established a Centre for Entrepreneurship... read more>>
Minister Lindiwe Zulu to launch Centre for Entrepreneurship in Cape Town

Issued by False Bay College

Members of the media are invited to the launch of the Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE) that will be hosted by the Department of Small Business Development and False Bay TVET College... read more>>
People on the move
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Jobs offered
Telesales Team - Cape Town
We train business people in sales and social media. We are looking for experienced sales people to sell these training courses. Your training provided. Read more >>

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Economic Geology - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior lecturer/lecturer: Economic Geology (Ref.NW05/059/0215). Applications close: 30 March 2015 Read more >>

Senior Lecturer/Lecturer - Sociology - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced senior lecturer/lecturer: Sociology (Ref. LSW17/047/0215). Applications close: 23 March 2015 Read more >>



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