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DUT 'may have to kiss this year goodbye': vice-chancellor
DUT 'may have to kiss this year goodbye': vice-chancellor

Suthentira Govender

The vice-chancellor of the troubled Durban University of Technology has warned that the institution "may have to kiss this year goodbye" if the impasse over staff salaries is not resolved soon...read
Rob and Sam Paddock, co-founders of GetSmarter | Photographer: Terry Levin
#DesignIndaba2018: Getting smarter at partnering by design

Jessica Tennant

Brothers and co-founders of GetSmarter, Sam and Rob Paddock addressed Design Indaba delegates on how partnering at the student, as well as the employee and executive, level has not only increased their course completion rate but resulted in the turnaround of the business...read
Zuma blindsided Treasury when he announced fee-free education, says Gigaba
Zuma blindsided Treasury when he announced fee-free education, says Gigaba
Former president Jacob Zuma's announcement of free higher education blindsided the National Treasury, said Finance Minister Malusi Gigaba...read
Education
Seven things students should know about lease agreements
Even as a student, it's important to know your rights and your responsibilities when it comes to your rental contract... read
#StartupStory: Live Connected helps you manage your 'tribe'

Ilse van den Berg

Nthati Mthembu is the founder of Live Connected, an app that helps parents manage their tribe's schedules easily... read

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Distance Learning
International recognition for new distance education learning system

Issued By FutureLearn

FutureLearn estimates that there are currently around 90,000 home-education learners in the schooling phase in South Africa, of which more than 16,000 makes use of their products and services... read
E-learning
How to put the youth back in agriculture

Cari Coetzee

We need to grow emerging, small-scale farmers while developing a young and vibrant group of agripreneurs who are looking further into the future, where their more advanced skills and understanding of technology will provide them with a wealth of exciting and dynamic careers in this industry... read
Entrepreneur brothers look to harness AI for greater good
As debate swirls on whether artificial intelligence will be a boon or a curse for humanity... read
#DesignIndaba2018: Connecting the unconnected in Africa

Louise Marsland

Design Indaba speaker Mark Kamau is a Kenyan on a mission to connect everyone in Africa, and then the rest of the world, to the internet... read
Higher Education
GIBS boosts its academic offering with two new programmes

Issued By Gordon Institute of Business Science

GIBS is now offering a full-time Post Graduate Diploma in Business Administration (PDBA) for undergraduate students, as well as a Master of Philosophy (MPhil) in International Business... read
R57bn for free tertiary education

Thabo Mokone

Government has been forced to hold back on some of its capital projects and reduce spending on goods and services in order to find R57-billion to fund free tertiary education... read
#BizFinFocus: PwC's economic take on what #Budget2018 will hold

Danette Breitenbach

While there has been an upward revision in growth for the year - 1.5-1.8% for South Africa - with business confidence also increasing, the country is still not where it needs to be by a long shot... read
Applications open for Agricolleges International short courses
Agricolleges International, an AgriSETA accredited, agricultural e-learning platform, has opened for short course applications... read
New Ozblu Academy to cultivate blueberry education
In an effort to contribute towards the growth of the agricultural industry, blueberry breeder, Ozblu is launching the Ozblu Academy, which will ultimately provide both in-classroom and online education facilities, coupled with practical in-field activities on the production of low-chill blueberries... read
Meeting to discuss DUT labour dispute
Deputy Minister for Higher Education and Training, Buti Manamela, will next week meet with all parties involved in the ongoing labour disputes at the Durban University of Technology (DUT)... read
SAICA applauds 2017 APC graduates, announces Honours Roll
The South African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA) has announced that 2,168 of the 2,703 aspiring chartered accountants [CAs(SA)] who sat down to write their Assessment Professional Competence (APC) in November have passed this examination... read
Fill the scarce skills gap - career opportunities in the engineering sector

Monica Luwes

With South Africa moving towards a knowledge economy and its government spending billions of rands on infrastructure projects, we're seeing strong demand for people with science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills and qualifications... read
Primary & Secondary Education
Eskom signs pact to boost maths, science results in EC
An agreement between Eskom and the Technology Research Activity Centre South Africa (TRAC SA) will see more Eastern Cape students assisted in their science and mathematics studies... read
Skills Training
First seminar in Africa on mind-brain-education (MBE) - registrations open

Issued By ITSI

There are only 200 spaces available at an exclusive not-to-be missed event with the internationally acclaimed US authors of Neuroteach: Brain science and the future of education... read
Business
Google Assistant adds more languages in global push
SAN FRANCISCO, US - Google says its digital assistant software would be available in more than 30 languages by the end of the years as it steps up its artificial intelligence efforts against Amazon and others... read
#Budget2018: Five things you'll pay more for in 2018
Budget 2018 is an austerity budget. In a nutshell, the country has been spending more than it earns so we have to tighten our belt, and pay a bit more in tax... read
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