Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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Scholarship Opportunities at TSiBA Business School’s Open Day
Planning to study further is one of the most important choices you will ever make. But not everyone has the means to pay for tertiary studies. The Tertiary School in Business Administration (TSiBA) is a unique private, not-for-profit business school created to assist people who may have difficulty accessing educational opportunities with tuition scholarships.
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Disabled staff member climbs Mount Kilimanjaro for charity
Zizipho Ndlwana, an Assistant Researcher in the Sport Management Department, beat the odds by recently climbing the highest peak of Mount Kilimanjaro despite being an amputee.
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A day at Red & Yellow
On Friday 30 August, under the guise of helping my 18-year-old brother find some direction and overcome his current existential crisis, I spent the morning at the open day at the Red & Yellow School. A number of acquaintances from my undergrad degree had enrolled this year in the postgraduate MAC (Marketing and Advertising Communications)…
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Getting used to the system
It was always my dream to land my feet at a higher learning institution. And when Cape Peninsula University of Technology warmly opened its arms for me, I was enthusiastic and excited. Finally my dream was going to materialise into reality. I was now embarking on an academic grooming to become a news reporter.
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2013 Top 5 Future Stars finalist opens his own NGO
Dumisa Thethiwe was one of the 2013 top 5 Future Stars finalists. He has since opened up his own NGO, click here to read more about his journey since then.
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A new Dean of Students for the University of South Africa
For Unisa’s new Dean of Students, Professor Puleng LenkaBula, there is no doubt that the core of the university’s business has to be centred on the students, as they are the institution’s primary stakeholders. It is imperative, she says, that all staff–academic, professional and administrative–affirm this when going about their daily work, whether it be…
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What is the difference between a University, University of Technology and FET College?
A university is an institution of higher education and research, which grants academic degrees in a variety of subjects. A university is a corporation that provides both undergraduate education and postgraduate education. The word university is derived from the Latin universitas magistrorum et scholarium, roughly meaning “community of teachers and scholars.”
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Fighting a good fight
Students from the various schools at Monash South Africa in Ruimsig Johannesburg are involved in a very stiff competition to outdo each other in doing well in their communities. The Here for Good project puts students from various faculties within Monash against each other to see who will spend the most hours doing volunteer and…
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Class of 2013: Rebuilding confidence in the face of failure
The majority of last year’s matriculants are now settling in at universities and colleges, have embarked on a gap year abroad, or have started looking for work. But there are still a large number of school leavers left in limbo, matriculants whose marks were not good enough to secure a place at a higher education…
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Dell South Africa Affords Students The Opportunity For A Brighter Future
Dell South Africa aims to develop literate and connected communities, bridging the gap between the “haves” and the “haves-not”. Providing quality education is one way in which they strive to do this.
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