An opportunity to study in Sweden
Latest news December 19, 2017
The Swedish Institute Study Scholarships (SISS) for South Africa is offering a fully funded scholarship for a master’s degree at Swedish universities from September 2018. The Swedish Institute is a public agency that encourages interest and confidence in Sweden across the world. They operate in the fields of culture,... Read more
Fast growing demand for hospitality & culinary professionals in SA and abroad
Latest news December 19, 2017
With tourism numbers continuing to increase year on year, and new hotels and restaurants opening their doors not just in South Africa but all over the continent, all indications are that the industry’s positive trajectory will continue well into the future, says Erika Theron, Academic Dean at The Private... Read more
NYDA welcomes free higher education announcement
Latest news December 18, 2017
The National Youth Development Agency (NYDA) has welcomed President Jacob Zuma’s announcement of free higher education for poor, working class students. “The NYDA welcomes President Zuma’s response to the Heher Commission of Inquiry into Higher Education and Training. This ground-breaking decision comes at a time wherein almost a million... Read more
Why low rate of growth could be good
Latest newsUniversity of South Africa December 18, 2017
It is dangerous to expect any economy to grow forever and South Africa’s current low rate of growth could be an opportunity—not a setback—for the country and its people. “Our model of economic growth is stupid. It markets consumption as the only way to measure growth—but it doesn’t talk... Read more
Free higher education for poor, working class students
Latest news December 16, 2017
*Image courtesy SAnews.gov.za President Jacob Zuma has announced that government will introduce fully subsidised free higher education and training for poor and working class South African undergraduate students, starting in 2018 with students in their first year of study at public universities. This will be done in a phased-in... Read more
ARMSCOR and SU to collaborate
Latest newsStellenbosch University December 16, 2017
Armscor has signed an agreement with SU to develop a Virtual Defence Engagement Programme and a Laser Defence Programme over the next three years. The collaboration forms part of the Defence Engineering and Science University Program (DESUP), which focuses on support for and development of postgraduate programmes for those... Read more
Students on high alert against illegal private colleges
Latest news December 15, 2017
The Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) would like to issue a high alert warning to prospective students, currently registered students, completed students and parents on the illegal operations of the Johannesburg City College operating from 2nd Floor, Orion House at 49 Jorissen Street, Braamfontein. Despite several attempts... Read more
Regent Business school expands its footprint
Latest news December 15, 2017
REGENT Business School has launched its distance-learning MBA in North Africa with two of its partner institutions from the Honoris United Universities Pan African higher education network. The Global Pan-African MBA was launched this week by Université Centrale Group in Tunisia and the Université Mundiapolis in Morocco. REGENT Business... Read more
Doors open for unemployed youth in tourism
Latest news December 15, 2017
Nearly 150 learners have graduated from the Department of Tourism’s Hospitality Youth Training Programme in Gauteng. The 148 youths, who graduated on Tuesday, participated in the department’s Hospitality Youth Training Programme. It is a 12-month learnership targeting unemployed youth to enable them to gain experience in the daily operations... Read more
SA students to participate in supercomputing competition in Germany
Latest newsMust-Read December 14, 2017
South African students from different universities are set to represent the country at the International Student Cluster Competition hosted at the 2018 International Supercomputing Conference in Germany. The students came first at a national competition, which took place during the annual Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) conference in... Read more
