Applications for International Scholarship
Latest news February 21, 2018
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) every year engages in several international scholarship partnerships that provide opportunities for South Africans to study abroad on fully funded scholarships at undergraduate and postgraduate levels. The Department facilitates the nomination process for several of the scholarships which are open to... Read more
Food system transformation is essential to attain the Sustainable Development Goals
Latest newsUniversity of Pretoria February 21, 2018
In partnership with other leading organisations, the Quadram Institute recently organised a workshop to help researchers from across Africa exploit food composition data, improve local nutrition policies and public health advice. The workshop was hosted by the newly confirmed African Research University Alliance (ARUA) Centre of Excellence in Food... Read more
VUT Master’s students travel abroad courtesy of the Aalen University and VUT
Latest news February 21, 2018
The Vaal University of Technology has been in a close relationship and mutual partnership with Aalen University in Germany for the past 8 years. A memorandum of agreement was signed on January 2012 and through the years, the students from both institutes have been engaging in exchange programs. Currently... Read more
Alison free education phenomenon
Latest news February 21, 2018
With 93% of the world excluded from formal tertiary education, the system has to change, says visiting Alison.com CEO With over 100,000 enthusiastic learners in South Africa, and plans to launch local learning centres and a new mobile app, international free online learning platform Alison is rapidly gaining ground... Read more
Dictionary users want to be able to find the words they are searching for and get enough information about those words to make their search worthwhile. But how do dictionary-makers select words and decide how much usage information to include in each dictionary? Space has always been a dictionary-maker’s... Read more
On 29 and 30 January, the Vaal University of Technology Southern Gauteng Science and Technology Park’s design team and other teams involved in Additive Manufacturing (AM), such as Idea 2 Product and Casting Simulation, had a two-day, hands-on workshop on Design for Additive Manufacturing (DfAM). The course was presented... Read more
Private colleges exposed for non-compliance
Latest newsMust-Read February 20, 2018
Over 10 private colleges have been exposed for non-compliance with the relevant legislation in the private higher learning sector. The Department of Higher Education and Training recently completed a successful three-week long nationwide inspection and public awareness campaign aimed at enforcing compliance with the relevant legislation in the private... Read more
Government supports youth development opportunities
Latest news February 19, 2018
Government is committed to supporting the various skills and training opportunities offered by the Department of Defence for young people, says President Cyril Ramaphosa. He said government is committed to supporting these initiatives as part of strategies to absorb young people into training and employment opportunities. Addressing the South... Read more
Free on-campus health check-ups for students and staff
Latest newsRhodes University February 16, 2018
The Rhodes University Wellness Office and the SRC in partnership with the Department of Health (DoH) and the Raphael Centre are hosting a weeklong annual campus-wide First Thing’s First HIV testing Campaign from Monday, 12 – 16 February 2018. According to research conducted by the Higher Education and Training’s HIV and... Read more
The curious paradoxes of knowledge and power
Latest news February 16, 2018
The inaugural lecture of Prof Luyanda Dube, Department of Information Sciences, titled The curious paradoxes of knowledge and power, took place on 15 August 2017. In the knowledge age, the saying knowledge is power means to Dube that knowledge is more powerful than physical strength. She is of the view that for... Read more
