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2013 Future Stars winner – Reitumetse Molaoa
Who is Reitumetse Molaoa? I am a final year student In BSc Biochemistry at University of the Free State, aiming to pursue BSCHons in Environmental Microbiology in 2014. I am often involved in initiatives that bring out the best in me. I am a writer and listed among 30 SOMAFCO Young Writers 2012 giving me the…
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Boston City Campus Partnership with UNISA – An Excellent Alternative
Recognising the need in the market place for employees with a degree, and the insufficient provision of places to study a degree, Boston City Campus & Business College was the first Unisa licensee, and has partnered with UNISA for the past 21 years offering students the opportunity to register for certain UNISA degrees through Boston.
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CUT’s Dental Assisting Programme goes green
No more books, pens, and paper notes in class! Students in the Dental Assisting Programme which is part of the Faculty of Health and Environmental Sciences at Central University of Technology, Free State (CUT) took the leap to full e-learning this year – first of its kind in South Africa.
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Bursaries to boost leadership and management skills in Services Sector
Services SETA has teamed up with the UCT Graduate School of Business to enrol junior and middle managers working in the sector in key management development programmes at the school.
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700 000 Youth to benefit from NYDA Career Guidance Start Here Campaign
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) launched its annual Start Here Campaign, a comprehensive Career Guidance programme, at Senzangakhona Secondary School in KwaMhlanga, KwaNdebele Mpumalanga on the 7th of February 2014.
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Campus shaping SA’s next generation of entrepreneurial giants
It was recently revealed by a United Nations (UN) agency that global youth unemployment has risen to near its crisis peak and it is predicted that it will keep on rising over the next five years. In answer to this, the Vaal Triangle Campus of the North-West University (NWU Vaal) launched a unique student organisation…
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How to attract Generation Y employees
Generation Y employees expect to be promoted quickly, are already thinking ahead to retirement and want work-life balance and plenty of training opportunities. These are some of the findings of a research study led by Prof Nicolene Barkhuizen of the Department of Industrial Pshychology at the NWU Mafikeng Campus.
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Oxford University Press launches Student Zone
Just in time for students starting tertiary study, Oxford University Press Southern Africa has launched a self-help resource called Student Zone.
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Unisa contributes R125 million in addition to NSFAS
Unisa is aware that the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) can only stretch so far and the institution has supplemented this funding with an additional R125 million in 2014. This is in line with the university’s strong commitment to providing quality education and creating financial ease and opportunities.
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First students take on SU's new MSc in Sustainable Agriculture
The spotlight will fall on sustainable agriculture with Stellenbosch University’s (SU) new MSc in Sustainable Agriculture degree programme which was launched on Monday (10 February).
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