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NMMU graduate exhibition showcases bold new talent
Do yourself a favour and get down to the NMMU North Campus Art and Design building from Monday to Friday (until 22 November) from 9am to 4pm for a bold art talent adventure.
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Inspiring lecturers win R50 000 each
It is the passion, commitment, enthusiasm and motivation of these lecturers that won them the Rapport Top Lecturer Award to the value of R50 000 each. The prize money was presented to the winning lecturers at a gala event in Potchefstroom on 13 November 2013.
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Impact of entrepreneurial families: A legacy for the next generation
According to Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey released on 29 October 2013, the unemployment figures for quarter 3 of this year in South Africa though declining is still at a staggering high.
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To win your share of prizes, complete this 3 min survey from Student Brands
To win your share of prizes, complete this 3 min survey from Student Brands
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UCT GSB Director to lead AABS into the future
Director of the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business (GSB), Walter Baets, has been elected as the next chairperson of the Association of African Business Schools (AABS). AABS is a network of African business schools, formally established in October 2005 and registered as a non-profit organisation in September 2007.
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Matrics: Keep focusing until the desks are packed up
In a world of instant gratification, the month to six weeks set aside for the Matric exams requires a tenacity from school leaving young adults for which the rest of their education had not necessarily prepared them.
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New paramedic degree for NMMU
IN A BID to meet dire shortages of health care employees in the Eastern Cape, a new emergency medical care degree will be offered by Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University (NMMU) from next year.
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Sasolburg teen wins coveted Gert-Johan Coetzee 2014 Fashion Design Bursary
“I’m so excited about this wonderful opportunity, and I wanted to share that with my Granny immediately,” says Quincy Thabang, who will start his three-year degree course at the Northwest School of Design in Klerksdorp next year. Gert-Johan Coetzee awarded the teenager the R160 000 bursary on the weekend at the NWSD graduation show.
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Tuition-free opportunity for hundreds of deserving students in South Africa from University of the People
University of the People President and founder Shai Reshef is arriving in South Africa this month to recruit hundreds of deserving students for Microsoft’s 4Afrika scholarship. UoPeople aims to expand access to tertiary education in Africa, and in turn assist in increasing and accelerating economic development in the continent.
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Nelson Mandela children's fund representatives pay tribute to "inspiring" youth project at Clipper Race celebration in Cape Town
A unique project which has taken young South Africans from across the country and trained them to race across the world’s most challenging oceans on the Cliper Round the World Yacht Race, celebrated their achievements in Cape Town this weekend in a busy programme of events at the V&A Waterfront to mark ‘Sapinda Rainbow Day’.
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