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Last call for Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship applications
The closing date for first year students wishing to apply for the Allan Gray Orbis Foundation Fellowship is 31 August 2015... read more>>



Education
Schools need effective governance
Schools need effective leadership, particularly by the school governing bodies (SGBs) in guiding ethical conduct in schools, as highlighted by the recent news of alleged corruption at Glenvista High School... read more>>

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E-learning
Tablets add to classroom environments

Ernst Wittmann

Over the past few years, we have seen tablet computers evolve from toys for geeks and execs into affordable everyday computers. Now, they are increasingly forming part of the educational landscape... read more>>
VMware Foundation's Good Gigs increasing digital literacy
Last month, the VMware Foundation Good Gigs team arrived in South Africa to deploy a programme aimed at increasing digital literacy... read more>>



Higher Education
Students spend 52% of stipend on transport
Stanley Hutcheson & Associates (SHA) recently conducted a survey on the daily challenges facing South African students and found financial issues to be the most pressing... read more>>
IHS Cape Town, Durban campuses announce bursary winners
The annual bursary competition, run by International Hotel School has announced the winners from the Cape Town and Durban campuses... read more>>
Primary & Secondary Education
Hello Kitty launches #OneKindThing campaign
Hello Kitty recently launched a worldwide initiative, the Hello Kitty #OneKindThing campaign, which is aimed at making young people aware of just how powerful kindness can be in the world and encourages kids to carry out random acts of kindness... read more>>
Raising the bar for teacher and learner achievement

Issued by Impak

What teachers do in the classroom matters significantly. In fact, one of the greatest influences on learner achievement is classroom instruction... read more>>
Varsity College hosts 6th Inspired Teachers Conference
Skills Training
Students reap benefits from professional memberships

Amelia Pretorius

In most industries, there is often a gap between the realities of the academic world and the working world. Both have their respective demands, standards of work and expected goals or performance to achieve... read more>>
The Vineyard Hotel supports youth employment
The Vineyard Hotel is pleased to support youth employment and skills development in South Africa by welcoming new food and beverage learners from Harambee Youth Employment and the Chrysalis Academy to the Vineyard family... read more>>
Business
Concern about silence on key threats to SA's economic longevity
South Africa has a leadership crisis, but this is not limited to government. Trevor Ncube, entrepreneur and publisher of SA's Mail & Guardian newspaper, recently addressed corporate leaders on their silence on key threats to the country's economic longevity... read more>>
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7 day NLP life coaching course
Coaching with NLP - 4 Sep 2015 to 10 Sep 2015, Durban | 5 Oct 2015 to 11 Oct 2015, Johannesburg | 19 Oct 2015 to 25 Oct 2015, Cape Town | 9 Nov 2015 to 12 Nov 2015, Pretoria

Upcoming events
Data analysis course using STATA 14
Centre for Statistical Analysis and Research-CESAR - 19 Aug 2015 to 21 Aug 2015, Johannesburg, Braamfontein | 2 Sep 2015 to 4 Sep 2015, Newlands, Cape Town

Performance Monitoring and Evaluation
INTAH Training and Consulting - 19 Aug 2015 to 21 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 25 Nov 2015 to 27 Nov 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Strategic Planning For Local Economic Development
INTAH Training and Consulting - 19 Aug 2015 to 21 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 9 Dec 2015 to 11 Dec 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Disaster Management
INTAH Training and Consulting - 19 Aug 2015 to 20 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 19 Oct 2015 to 20 Oct 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Strategic planning for local economic development
INTAH Training and Consulting - 19 Aug 2015 to 21 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 9 Dec 2015 to 11 Dec 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

Performance monitoring and evaluation
INTAH Training and Consulting - 19 Aug 2015 to 21 Aug 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban | 25 Nov 2015 to 27 Nov 2015, Pretoria, Johannesburg, Durban

GIBS Big Data and analytics for finance
GIBS - 19 Aug 2015, Johannesburg

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