Mindblown: a blog about philosophy.
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New course for marketing practitioners in emerging markets
Today, not unlike an adept kayaker negotiating a series of whitewater rapids, marketers in emerging markets need to continuously assess, readjust and respond rapidly to opportunity and change. The skills needed to thrive in this context are different, and to give marketing professionals the edge, UCT’s Graduate School of Business (GSB) is running its Strategic…
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SAE Institute launches Film Degree in Africa
In February 2014 SAE Institute will continue to set the bar for higher education in Africa by launching their Bachelor of Arts in Film Production degree in Cape Town.
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Northlink College goes green
On Wednesday, 16 October 2013 Northlink College launched the Go Green campaign at the Central Office, where the management took the liberty of blowing bio-degradable bubbles into the air in celebration of adopting the green concept in the College.
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NMMU renews MOU with longtime Partner University St Cloud State
Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University recently renewed its Memorandum of Agreement – for the fourth time – with St Cloud State University, Minnesota, America. St Cloud State is one of NMMU’s oldest university partners with the original MOU being signed in 1997.
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Why Education And Experience Matter
“Live as if you were to die tomorrow. Learn as if you were to live forever.” Mahatma Gandhi
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Geography students excel at Annual Conference
Three Rhodes University students scooped awards for their research presentations at this year’s 44th Annual Geography Students’ Conference hosted by the University of Free State.
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SU-inspired film selected to compete for an international award
A film inspired by a Stellenbosch University-driven project to capture the forgotten history of the EOAN opera group has been selected as the only documentary from Africa to compete for an international award at the International Documentary Film Festival (IDFA) in Amsterdam this year.
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NMMU recognises student achievers
PARALYMPIAN swimmer and gold medalist in the Montreal 2013 IPC Swimming World Championships Kevin Paul is winner of the coveted Sportsman of the Year Award for the third consecutive year after Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University recognised students at the Annual Achiever Awards dinner at the institution last night.
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Wits, Polish business schools sign agreement
Future students of Wits Business School (WBS) might find themselves doing some of their studies at the Warsaw School of Economics after a bilateral agreement encouraging student exchanges was signed by the Rector of the Polish institution, Professor Tomasz Szapiro and the Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic of Wits University, Professor Andrew Crouch, in Johannesburg yesterday.
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Doctoral student wins prestigious international award
A study on how managers in information technology (IT) companies in South Africa perceive and manage virtual workers, awarded Dr Karen Luyt the prestigious Emerald Best International Dissertation Award. Dr Karen Luyt received a PhD in Organisation Behaviour during the April graduation ceremonies of the University of Pretoria and was one of four finalists for…
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