Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.

Students struggle to save money or stick to a budget, but help is at hand to urgently improve their low level of financial literacy, the SA Savings Institute (Sasi) said on Monday.

A GROUP of students from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) are dedicating their time to helping children at the Sinethemba Children’s Care Centre to catch up on the schoolwork they missed during the recent public sector strike.

“We’re thrilled,” enthused Cheryl James, of the financial services sector education and training authority (Fasset), in a response shared widely among buoyant Seta chief executives to the new national skills development strategy that was unveiled by Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande last week.

After a week of intense negotiations between the senior leadership of the University of the Free State (UFS) and the Student Representative Council (SRC), the SRC has managed to persuade the senior leadership to extend the provisional registration period to Monday 30 April 2012.

Did you hear about that philosophy final where the professor came in and wrote “Why?” on the chalkboard? And a student got an A+ by answering “Why not?” I guarantee you this has never happened in the history of university. This is one of academia’s least-interesting but most-pervasive urban legends, and its survival is contingent…

We have covered various aspects of the University of Johannesburg’s Open Days and applying to study at UJ in 2013 – now for this first time in one document you can find all the informtaion you will need to make this informed decision.

Ms Naledi Pandor, Minister of Science and Technology, unveiled a hydrogen powered bicycle, designed and developed by students, during the 2nd annual Resource Driven Technology Concept Centre (RECTEZA) conference.The unveiling took place at the Kwa Maritane Bush Lodge, Pilanesberg on Thursday, 12 August.

Experts say weight gain, whether 15 pounds (6.8kg) or five, is a real problem for many young adults thrust, after years of parental supervision, into a make-your-own-rules campus life of midnight pizzas and all-nighters.

SATVI’s co-director, Professor Willem Hanekom(pictured below), was awarded a $5.3-million (R36-million) research grant by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, specifically to learn why some persons exposed to the tuberculosis germ – Mycobacterium tuberculosis – develop TB, while others do not.

Stellenbosch University (SU) has launched its new journalism centre, Mediafrica, reports Wilma den Hartigh for MediaClub South Africa. The new centre will become the base for developing well-trained, professional media workers who can competently tell Africa’s story, and report objectively on important issues affecting the continent.