The Future Looks Bright for Young Mr Bright!
AchieversLatest newsUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal May 31, 2021
Growing up roaming the hallowed halls of Mechanical Engineering at UKZN where his father was employed as an academic and being constantly surrounded by his dad’s robots and rockets, master’s graduate Tyrone Bright’s curiosity for how things work began at a young age. Bright’s father Professor Glen Bright is... Read more
The inaugural Kagiso Trust Mathematics Symposium, titled “Mathematics for the 21st century and beyond: Improving mathematics teaching and learning”, held in May at the University of Limpopo heard that the way mathematics is taught, learnt and understood is evolving. Teachers remain the central element of the education cycle in... Read more
UKZN Autumn Grad by Numbers
AchieversKwaZulu-NatalLatest newsUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal May 26, 2021
Of the 10 313 graduands being awarded degrees and diplomas during the 2021 UKZN Autumn virtual Graduation ceremonies, 382 will graduate cum laude and 149 summa cum laude – with women making up 68% of the top achievers! The virtual Graduation ceremonies – all starting at 11h00 – will be broadcast by the University... Read more
SU part of first SA team to win French debating tournament
AchieversLatest newsStellenbosch University May 26, 2021
Two postgraduate students from Stellenbosch University (SU) recently made history by being part of the first-ever South African team to win the French inter-university debate tournament hosted by the Agence Universitaire de la Francophone (AUF). The three-member beat the competing team from the University of Paris II Panthéon Assas... Read more
Crucial to attract school leavers to South Africa’s scarce-skilled health sector
CareersLatest news May 25, 2021
“South Africa could be facing a healthcare workers crisis if the current and projected shortage of skilled health professionals is not addressed”. That’s the stark warning issued by the Health and Welfare Sector Education and Training Authority (HWSETA), following the recent release of data around critical skills. While the... Read more
SU to implement a wastewater surveillance platform to detect COVID-19 outbreaks on campus
Latest newsStellenbosch University May 25, 2021
Stellenbosch University (SU) plans to implement a wastewater-based surveillance platform to detect institutional SARS-CoV-2 outbreaks on two of its campuses. “This flows from the institution’s commitment to do everything realistically possible to protect the campus community”, says Prof Gideon Wolfaardt, director of the Stellenbosch University Water Institute (SUWI) and... Read more
UKZN academic part of ground-breaking language research
AchieversLatest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal May 21, 2021
Professor Jochen Zeller, Associate Professor in Linguistics in the College of Humanities, is part of an international research team, led by experts from the University of Birmingham and the Leibniz-Centre General Linguistics (ZAS), Berlin, that discovered that iconic vocalisations can convey a much wider range of meanings more accurately... Read more
Umalusi, the Quality Council in General and Further Education and Training, has approved the release of the April 2021 National Accredited Technical Education Diploma (NATED) Report examination results. These relate to the 190/191: Engineering Studies N2-N3 examinations that are administered by the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET). Engineering... Read more
UKZN Vice-Chancellor and Principal, Professor Nana Poku, was recently recognised as an exceptional leader by Perrett Laver, a global institute which identifies outstanding leaders for organisations solving the world’s biggest challenges and have an extraordinary impact in society. Perrett Laver – the leading international executive search firm finding outstanding... Read more
Creative use of spaces in schools can boost performance
Latest newsStellenbosch University May 20, 2021
Transformative leadership and the creative use of spaces in schools can help improve learners’ performance, promote their emotional well-being, and keep them in school until matric. This is one of the core messages of a new book by Prof Aslam Fataar from the Department of Education Policy Studies at... Read more
