https://www.bizcommunity.com/450/627.html North America news 15 Education & Skills Development news - North America https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/450/627.html en-us Fri, 24 Apr 2026 07:18:13 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/designers-hugo-dumas-and-carla-zhang-bring-fresh-solutions-to-fashions-growing-waste-problem-287837a As ultrafast fashion brands like Shein and Temu continue to contribute to overfilling landfills around the world with microplastics and microtrends, two designers have been recognised for driving sustainable fashion forward. Hugo Dumas from France and Carla Zhang from Mainland China have been named the joint winners of the 2025 Redress Design Award. Hong Kong-based environmental NGO Redress announced the winners of the sustainable fashion design competition at a runway finale in Hong Kong. 1-261220 Tue, 09 Sep 2025 10:28:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Education & Skills Development North America https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/849/200802.html The 16 finalists in this year's Commonwealth Youth Awards, including innovators, activists and entrepreneurs from 12 countries, have been announced. All will each receive a trophy, a certificate and £1,000 to expand the scope of their projects. 1-200802 Wed, 19 Feb 2020 07:13:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Education & Skills Development North America https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/736/193466.html It's no secret that it's hard to make your break in advertising, especially in SA, where a large part of the population was formerly excluded from participating in the industry altogether. That's where the One Club for Creativity's diversity boot camps come in. Xolisa Dyeshana, chief creative officer at Joe Public, represents South Africa as part of the international board of the One Club for Creativity and shares the outcome of this year's diversity boot camps. 1-193466 Tue, 30 Jul 2019 12:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Education & Skills Development North America https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/659/127923.html WASHINGTON: Tech industry leaders including Facebook's Mark Zuckerberg have raised $100 million for an education initiative aimed at "reimagining" schools from the elementary school level... 1-127923 Wed, 06 May 2015 14:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Education & Skills Development North America https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/659/126302.html The World Economic Forum's report that ranked the quality of South Africa's maths and science education last out of 148 countries may "not [be] a credible or accurate reflection of the state of education in South Africa", according to the Department of Basic Education. But the textbook crisis, the new national Curriculum and Assessment Policy Statement (CAPS) programme, the drop in the national pass rate for the 2014 matric exams to 75.8%, and the rise of the paperless classroom, highlight the increasing need for technology in the education sector. 1-126302 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 07:00:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Education & Skills Development North America