The power of digital marketing
ArchivesCareersMust-ReadVaal University of Technology October 17, 2017
The Vaal University of Technology’s Ekurhuleni Campus held a two-day workshop from 28-29 September at Little Paradise in Springs for third-year marketing students. The theme of the workshop: “Role of Digital Marketing in building, growing, and sustaining brands” was linked to the students’ project based on digital marketing and... Read more
Cape Town based online education company GetSmarter is embarking on a major recruitment drive, hot on the heels of its R1.4 billion acquisition by US based 2U. “We are looking for talented people who have a passion for education, can-do attitudes, and are team players that are eager to... Read more
Empowering Public Relations Management students and encouraging confidence in not only themselves but their work as well, was the focal point of the “The Importance of Good PR in Various Fields” seminar, hosted by third year Public Relations Management Student, Nkululeko Mbatha at the Cane Growers Hall, ML. The... Read more
Wits University and the University of Cambridge, UK, have announced an academic exchange programme in political theory. The programme, launched by the SARChI/Newton Bilateral NRF/British Academy Research Chair in Political Theory, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, and the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS), University of Cambridge, aims to... Read more
The generation of today has been encouraged not just to study and rely on their education, but also to use their education to create jobs. South Africa has a high percentage of unemployed graduates, so the Vaal University of Technology (VUT) held a Student Entrepreneurship Week where they encouraged... Read more
Programme will create opportunities for students in a variety of fields to gain an interdisciplinary perspective on the emerging fields of Data Science. Wits University is leading the charge in combating the large shortage in scientists and professionals qualified in dealing with e-Science, including Big Data. The University, in... Read more
Dentists perform a very necessary function in society – and the University of the Western Cape’s (UWC) Faculty of Dentistry performs more of that function than just about anybody else on the continent. It’s the biggest dentistry school in Africa, responsible for training almost 50% of all new dentists... Read more
Data from Career Junction provides an indication of how much one can expect to earn in 10 major sectors across the country, including the types of jobs that garner the highest salaries. Based on its comprehensive jobs data, Business Tech looks at the jobs that pay the highest salaries... Read more
The future of workers
ArchivesCareersUniversity of the Witwatersrand October 3, 2017
Tech advances are already impacting skilled white-collar and unskilled workers whereas the digital revolution affected mainly semi-skilled, blue-collar workers. The Fourth Industrial Revolution is here. Across the world, communities are adjusting to new ways of doing business, consuming goods, socialising and conducting research through technology. The sheer speed and... Read more
There is feverish activity and an atmosphere of excited anticipation in the corridors of UKZN’s discipline of Mechanical Engineering. Students and staff alike are hard at work preparing for the annual Mechanical Engineering Open Day, scheduled to take place on Friday 20 October 2017 at the Unite School of... Read more
