Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

  • More voters will help you make a difference – Future Stars Campaign Creation

    With a slogan like Dream it. Believe it. Do it. The aim of the Future Stars SA competition is clear. If you are an exceptional student who’s risen above adverse circumstances or who has dreams of building a brighter future for yourself and others, this is one competition you need to enter. An Argo initiative…

  • Engen announces SA’s top Maths & Science School performers

    Engen Petroleum, the country’s favourite petrol station brand, this week revealed the names of its’ top students for 2014 in the Engen Maths & Science School (EMSS) programme.

  • Almost 1 Term in – Are You Surviving 1st Year like a Pro?

    “Let’s clear the air first; you are a “nerd” because you made it to tertiary (uni, varsity, college or any institution of higher learning) when many didn’t. Congrats! This is going to be the BEST year of your life.”

  • Community Incubator Officially Launches

    On 18 March 2015, The Bandwidth Barn officially launched the Barn Khayelitsha as a community-based incubator based at the Lookout Hill Centre in Khayelitsha. The Cape Innovation and Technology Initiative (CiTi) announced the Proof of Concept for The Barn Khayelitsha in November last year, and has since been workshopping and actively engaging with the community…

  • Drakensberg Career Day – Calling all Educational Institutions to recruit Natal Matriculants

    Join over 100 exhibitors at the Drakensberg Career Day 2015 Any Data in partnership with the Department of Education, Kwazulu Natal will hold a career day expo in Estcourt for learners from the Kwazulu Natal Midland’s schools

  • Free State Graduation Season Opens

    The graduations season commenced in earnest at Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) Welkom Campus on 13 March 2015 when Dr Clement Moreku, Dr Luzaan Schlebusch and Dr Simon Sikosana received their Philosophiae Doctor: Education is degrees to reach a pinnacle of their academic achievement.

  • 5 Steps to Dealing with Pressure from your Parents

    As a teenager you are forced to deal with a vast array of stress inducing factors that can tend to make you want to pull your hair out. Add pressure from your parents into the mix and you may end up just wanting to run away all together! Take a look at our top tips…

  • Finding balance in your University life

    You’ve finally done it! You have achieved the ultimate greatness and entered into the exciting world of freedom and parties that is University student life. However, with this opportunity comes a great deal of responsibility. Read on as we share our top 5 tips on how to find the balance between social life and academics.

  • Grab Your Bright Future, it's Just One Entry Away

    If your dreams of a brighter, better future are what motivates you and you think you have what it takes to inspire others to aim high, the Future Stars competition is one that you should be entering.

  • 3D Printing Academy – Another first for Northlink College

    According to Explaining The Future (www.explainingthefuture.com) 3D printing and the technology it uses is based on a technique called stereolithography that was invented by Charles Hull in 1984. Now in the 21st Century with the help of Charles Hull’s stereolithography and great developments in technology, Northlink College will be the first College in South Africa…

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