Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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WSU Orientation week a success
Orientation week is a very crucial week for first year students at university as it affords new students the chance to be introdced to the structure and the manner in which a university operates, making for a smooth transition into university life.
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Fashion students vie for top international prize
Venturing to a top university in London and being able to observe one of the leading fashion shows in the world, is a dream for inspiring designers. This is also the motivation behind the hard work of third-year Fashion Design students who are entering the Woolworths/Kingston University design competition. The competition forms part of the…
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SAMRO music bursary applications now open
Every year, the Southern African Music Rights Organisation (SAMRO) grants a number of music study bursaries to deserving candidates studying towards degrees and diplomas at universities across the country. A panel of adjudicators will evaluate the applications and bursaries will be awarded on merit by the SAMRO Foundation.
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FoodBev SETA Careers: Bursary 2013
Through research conducted within the sector, FoodBev SETA annually determines the skills needs of the sector and implements initiatives to address these needs.These critical and scarce skills are identified through annual reports submitted by employers, as required by the Skills Development Act.
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NMMU hosts national round of moot court competition
Team Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is ready for the South African rounds of the prestigious White and Case South African Jessup International Moot Court Competition to be hosted by the university on 8 and 9 February.
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Do your best and you’ll reap the rewards, new SciMathUS students told
The message given to a group of 125 new SciMathUS students at Wednesday’s (6 February) opening ceremony was clear: Grab this opportunity with both hands, work hard, do your best and you will reap the rewards.
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UCT students win national marketing competition
Three UCT students have won the national competition of the Pernod Ricard’s International Business Game, a competition to create a digital marketing strategy.
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Multimillion rand donation to boost UFS schools
The University of the Free State’s UFS) Family Maths and Family Science project has received a R1 million sponsorship from Old Mutual for 2013
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CTI first to offer free tablet computers for study
In a move that will revolutionise the way they study, CTI Education Group will become the first higher education institution in South Africa to offer its students tablet computers loaded with prescribed textbooks, at no extra cost
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Private must be part of government’s higher education solution
In education, as elsewhere, unmet demand creates a vacuum. The time has come for South Africa to consider rapidly, and with great care, how to address the current higher education void, as failure to do so effectively will result in the increased exploitation of students whose aspirations are not being met.
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