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Research projects receive prestigious MRC Flagship Project grants
Five research projects affiliated with Faculty of Medicine & Health Sciences (FMHS) were awarded prestigious Flagship Project grants from the Medical Research Council (MRC).
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UJ students’ designs to breathe a creative spark to Slovo Park
An army of 50 students of the University of Johannesburg’s (UJ) Department of Architecture together with an organisation called “1:1” (one to one) Agency of Engagement will be out in force in Slovo Park as part of an innovative community outreach initiative to provide the community’s children a safe place to play and escape from…
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Kovsie student trailblazing to literary stardom
Ace Moloi proves that ambition and self-belief are key ingredients in achieving your dreams. At merely 21-years of age, this Kovsie student made his entrance onto the literary scene with the launch of his first novel. In Her Fall Rose a Nation tells the story of a young girl who leaves her rural home to…
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Unisa forms iconic partnership with SAPS
The Government of the Republic of South Africa, represented by the Ministry of Police, has chosen Unisa to lead the charge in the mooted establishment of a police university, thus breaking new ground in the national plan to professionalise the police service.
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Student Brands Launches Student Research
In September 2013 Student Brands launched Student Research, a division inside Student Brands focused on monthly research reports for the advertising and marketing industry. Student Research primary aim will be to provide free monthly reports on a variety of topics and give agencies and brands some insight into the student market, student mindset as well…
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"Day in the Life" of a Candidate Engineering Technologist
We interviewed Keamogetswe Mmekwa, to get more insight into the work that she is doing at Hatch Goba.
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UKZN Outreach Initiative for High School in Durban
Staff from Student Support Services assisted in administering the PACE career guidance programme to Grade nine learners from Durban’s Greenbury Secondary School – one of the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES)’s top feeder schools.
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Next stop Milan, for UCT business science students
Investment winners: Mentor Dr Francois Toerien (third from right) with winning commerce students (from left): Alastair Murie, Lauren Reeves, Benjamin Shaw, Monique Baars and Sam Barton-Bridges. The team will represent South Africa at the regional finals of the CFA Institute’s Global Investment Research Challenge next year in Milan.
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Top Gear’s F1 in Schools Challenge Set to Hold in 2014 as Well
Following the success and impact of the 2012 and 2013 Top Gear legacy Initiative’s F1 in Schools Technology Challenge, Anna Sacks, Legacy Initiative Project Manager, announced on Wednesday (October 16, 2013) that the competition will once again be held in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN).
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International student at UP honoured for making impact in Africa
By thinking out of the box and exploring the idea to place business and community development in a box, an international student at UP studying industrial engineering has made it to a list of young movers and shakers on the continent.
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