Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Career Options: Vocational Training or a University Degree, Which is Better?
When a young person is faced with deciding what to do after matric, it is certainly a huge, life-changing decision. Statistics show that only 10 percent of young people who do achieve a matric certificate gain a university exemption and, thus, entry into university. Even more worryingly, of those who do manage to get in…
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What is a Gap Year and Should You Take One?
Do you get tired just thinking about another year of homework and exams? Are you ready for a new adventure–but not the kind that involves buying books and late nights in the library? While your friends sit through lectures this semester, you could be promoting HIV/AIDS awareness in Vietnam, learning Spanish in Peru, or interning…
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10 Skills for the Future Workforce. Or, How to Get Yourself Employed
In Long Beach, California, an urban planning manager dreads her company’s annual search for summer interns, citing the previous few summers’ sampling of college graduates with technical knowledge but no sense of personal accountability or interpersonal skills. A 40-minute freeway trip away, a 60-something former news anchor is anxious to find a full-time public relations…
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2 New Universities to Open Across SA. Where Are They and Will You Be Able to Benefit?
Speaking during debate on his (Blade Nzimande) budget vote in the National Assembly, he said he had now received reports from the two task teams appointed to investigate appropriate models for new universities in Mpumalanga and the Northern Cape.
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Study Options: Accredited Private Colleges Are A Great Option
Public sector universities and FET colleges will never be able to meet the massive demand for spaces, but prospective students should not despair as there are other quality options available.
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Want a Post-Grad Arts Bursary? State Your Case, and Get Funding ASAP
Artists and arts organisations can apply for funding from the National Arts Council, but applications close on 2 March.
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The Power of Choices in University. How to Party Your Way to a Degree
Confusion is the number one reason for any mistake initiated in the world. When an individual is in two minds, ones future can always take a nose dive. Success is a journey, and not a destination.
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New Volkswagen and NUMSA Bursary Details
Volkswagen Group South Africa has partnered with Volkswagen’s National Union of Metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA) to launch the John Gomomo Bursary Fund.
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National Diploma: Engineering: Electrical Mechatronics Repeaters only
National Diploma: Engineering: Electrical Mechatronics Repeaters only.
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Don't Miss the University of Johannesburg O! Week (23 January – 3 February 2012)
The University of Johannesburg would like to welcome all its new first year undergraduate students!
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