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ICESA Education and Isibani newspaper partner in a R100,000 bursary programme for matriculant
In a bid to uplift and educate the community, ICESA Education, a prominent private education provider in KwaZulu-Natal, and Isibani, a newly established community newspaper, have partnered in a R100,000 bursary programme for disadvantaged matric students. The bursary handover took place at a media event on 1 March 2013, at the SABC building in Durban.
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12 STEPS TO STUDY SUCCESS IN 2013
As thousands upon thousands of students get stuck into their studies at campuses across South Africa, it is worth looking at how a good start can make the year ahead not only easier, but also much more likely to produce success, an education expert says
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Corporates step up to address skills shortage
According to the CRF Institute’s research of Top Employers in 2012, companies who are certified as Top Employers also have comprehensive skills development strategies in place and some – like Dimension Data – are going one step further and intervening at school level.
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Creating a culture of excellence in line with MUT motto
Once again MUT honours its students who excelled in the last examinations. Addressing students at the Deans Commendation ceremony on Tuesday, Prof. Marcus Ramogale, DVC Academic appealed to students to have self-confidence and look within themselves to find excellence and success.
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Zalebs gets an extreme makeover
Zalebs, South Africa’s favourite celebrity news site, has launched a classy new look and feel that makes it stand out from the crowd. The site, which is owned and managed by Kagiso Digital, boasts a fresh interface, better social media integration, and an enhanced mobile offering amongst an extensive set of new features.
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Business school teams up with practice experts to boost high potential entrepreneurs
A new short course that blends the best of theory and practice is giving early-stage, high growth entrepreneurs in South Africa blueprint for success. Cape Town is brimming with high-growth potential, early-stage entrepreneurial activity but too many of these businesses don’t make it get past the initial business plan stage.
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Student pass rate increases by 4% – From humble beginnings of coaching and mentoring students to an Academic Excellence Office
The academic excellence intervention, together with a sustained coaching and mentoring programme for the readmitted students who had been excluded from registering, has also resulted in a 50% reduction in the number of appeal forms submitted to the Faculty in 2012.
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Future economists impress Gordhan
Winners of the Nedbank and Old Mutual Budget speech Competition have been announced and Wits students have represented well in both the undergraduate and postgraduate category.
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2013 Budget connects the dots between education and jobs
South Africa has taken somewhat of a financial and economic hammering over the last year. Strikes in the mining sector, a rising current account deficit and a downgrade in sovereign rating have only served to hamper economic improvement post the global financial crisis of 2008. Following President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation Address, South…
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North West School of Design: Study in Style
Do you have a passion for the Arts? Want to turn this passion into a career? NORTH WEST SCHOOL OF DESIGN is a private institution in the fashion, décor and art sectors that offer courses in and relating to fashion, interior and photography.
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