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The matric class of 2010 have shrugged off setbacks from a month-long Soccer World Cup break and a teacher strike to record a surprising rise in the national pass rate.

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Quirk Education has donated more than R50 000 worth of courses to the Southern Africa Sustainable Development Initiative (SASDI), an organisation that focuses on fund-raising, project management and leadership development within impoverished communities.

The Rhodes Investec Business School will, from January 2011, change its name to Rhodes Business School.

Police have shut down 14 illegal colleges over the past month, the police ministry said in a statement on Tuesday.

Pride and success were palpable in the air when learners from disadvantaged schools came together to celebrate the closing of a successful and GUTS-y year for 2010.

There is a great need for clear leadership, support and guidance to ensure relevant integration of technology into education.

The Intellectual Property Management Office and Spoor and Fisher Attorneys recently hosted a joint workshop on Intellectual Property (IP) at the Hotel School on Ritson Campus. The presentation came after the Intellectual Property Rights from Publicly Financed Research and Development Act was passed. Under the Act, institutions are compelled to open Intellectual Property Management Offices…

Simbarashe Mhere, a Bcom Accounting student at the University of Johannesburg (UJ), won the Top Billing presenter search competition 2010.

Telkom today announced the Company has employed 130 graduates who completed their final year of study in 2011 on Telkom bursaries. Some graduates will continue their studies as they pursue their Honours degrees. While others will continue their studies even further to obtain their Masters degrees through the Telkom Centre of Excellence programme.