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SHAN RADCLIFFE
As the national lockdown saw the closure of schools and regular teaching methods, and the rise of homeschooling and virtual classrooms, companies in the edtech space have found it's their time to shine... read
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The current circumstances facing the Class of 2020 have caused massive upheaval and uncertainty on top of the challenges they would ordinarily have faced. Even so, there are ways learners can adjust and respond to ensure they still make a success of the year, an education expert says...read
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Following the extension of the nationwide lockdown in South Africa, online global education institution, Shaw Academy, is offering four weeks free access to its selection of courses to anyone affected by the coronavirus (Covid-19). Its aim is to give people an easy and flexible way of reskilling or upskilling during this turbulent time...read
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The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has urged qualifying students to open bank accounts to ensure a more efficient disbursement of funds from institutions...read
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Education
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DUNCAN LUKE
CSR programmes often lack the insights and level of detail needed to determine how effective their initiatives really are... Read
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Distance Learning
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The temptation to do it all as if it is possible to maintain the pace and volume of contact education remotely must be resisted, an education expert says... Read
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E-learning
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SOFIA NEVES
The optimistic view that the Covid-19 crisis will spark an irreversible and positive system change in education is a view that has been challenged by the reality of South Africa's deep inequality... Read
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ISSUED BY OMNI HR CONSULTING
Omni HR Consulting's head of operations Cindy Londt and compliance and risk manager Jasmine Sultan discuss the way forward and how the company is adapting... Read
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Higher Education
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MIKE THOMS, ISSUED BY EDGE EDUCATION
How is this new way of 'knowing' and 'being' codified and grounded in the curriculum? Moreover, how will it shape the pedagogic identities that it sponsors? What are the consequences for citizenship and the world of work? Read
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EARLE HOLMES, ISSUED BY AFDA
Three Afda 2019 graduation films selected as candidates to compete for the most prestigious awards on the motion picture calendar - The Student Academy Awards (Oscars)... Read
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ISSUED BY EDGE EDUCATION
We have made the decision to rebrand the company and have changed our name from Edge Learning Media to Edge Education... Read
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PROF FRANCIS PETERSEN
The Covid-19 pandemic has created profound disruptions in our economy and society. Due to these new challenges, most universities have decided to move from face-to-face classes to online teaching (more accurately defined as emergency remote teaching and learning) so as to complete the 2020 academic year, and to prevent the spread of the virus... Read
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Primary & Secondary Education
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DEREK DEVINE
The current pandemic has highlighted the vital role that virtual learning environments (VLEs) can play in maintaining education, especially at a time when access to teachers has been significantly reduced for many students... Read
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ABOSEDE OMOWUMI BABATUNDE
In the Niger Delta's coastal communities, oil pollution of the marine environment has depleted the fishing and water resources that people have traditionally depended on for their livelihoods. This has led to a complex pattern of conflicts in the region since the late 1990s... Read
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AfricArena has launched a report on the State of Tech Innovation and Investment in Africa... Read
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The global Covid-19 pandemic has caused countries across the world much health, social and economic distress... Read
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RAYMOND PARSONS
President Cyril Ramaphosa's R500bn economic support package to address the fallout on the economy from Covid-19 represents a highly substantial raft of measures designed to assisted distressed businesses, households and individuals, adding up to about 10% of South Africa's GDP... Read
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JENNY COPE
South Africa's economy could benefit enormously from correcting inequality through improved social mobility... Read
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In the wake of the nationwide Covid-19 lockdown, businesses across the work sector face their future with trepidation... Read
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