UP Information Design students win six medals at Loeries in big win for School of the Arts
Achieversarts and cultureLatest newsUniversity of Pretoria December 16, 2020
The Information Design programme in the Faculty of Humanities at the University of Pretoria (UP) has won several awards at the 2020 Loeries. Masego Panyane (MP) caught up with course lecturer Kyle Rath (KR) to hear about the award-winning projects, the course and the students. MP: The work created by the students was part of their... Read more
Three honorary degrees; many qualifications to be awarded at SU’s December 2020 hybrid graduation
AchieversLatest newsStellenbosch UniversityWestern Cape December 16, 2020
In addition to its 5 700 qualifications Stellenbosch University (SU) will award three honorary doctorates during its December 2020 graduation ceremonies. A total of 138 doctorates will be conferred. The recipients of honorary degrees are Ms Nasima Badsha, who helped transform the South African higher education sector; Prof Quarraisha Abdool Karim,... Read more
Hundreds to graduate during SMART grad
AchieversCape Peninsula University of TechnologyLatest news December 16, 2020
More than 400 diplomas and degrees will be conferred during the CPUT SMART graduation on 16 December 2020. CPUT will be conferring diplomas and degrees on 440 graduates during our SMART graduation on 16 December 2020. While the Summer Graduation series usually takes place at this time of the year,... Read more
Two prestigious awards for UWC Extraordinary Chemistry Professor
AwardsLatest newsUniversity of the Western CapeWestern Cape December 16, 2020
Professor Dudley Shallcross does UWC proud. It is with great pleasure that we recognise two recent achievements of Prof Dudley Shallcross, Professor of Physical Chemistry in the School of Chemistry at the University of Bristol in the UK, and Extraordinary Professor in the Department of Chemistry at the University... Read more
R1.91 billion boost in philanthropic and SETA funding for 11 SA universities
Latest news December 15, 2020
Companies and individuals are donating more than ever to South African universities, but the current challenge is to help historically disadvantaged universities to become more sustainable. This is according to the latest Annual Survey of Philanthropy in Higher Education (ASPIHE), conducted in 2019 and based on data from the... Read more
A ‘yes’ to study medicine after eight years and 32 rejections
AchieversCareersFree StateLatest newsUniversity of the Free State December 15, 2020
A first-year medical student from the University of Free State (UFS) is finally on her way to realise her childhood dream of becoming a doctor after having been rejected 32 times in eight years to study medicine. Bianca Vermeulen, who started the MBChB programme in 2020, said she applied... Read more
Absa partners with WeThinkCode_ with a vision of aligning higher education with employability
CareersLatest news December 14, 2020
Absa has partnered with local training NGO WeThinkCode_(WTC_) to probe the transformation of South Africa’s digital skills landscape by focusing on practical ways of reforming youth employability. Together, they are rewriting the future of technology students by focusing on candidate selection and matching, a demand-led curriculum, retention and ultimately... Read more
UKZN to host Postgraduate Research and Innovation Symposium (PRIS)
KwaZulu-NatalLatest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal December 11, 2020
The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) will showcase top student research projects at the annual College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science (CAES) Postgraduate Research and Innovation Symposium (PRIS) on 10 & 11 December 2020. Professor Salim Abdool-Karim, Director of the Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa... Read more
Nature conservation requires more dynamic approach to weather impacts of climate change
Latest newsResearch December 11, 2020
In a hard-hitting new paper leading ecologists and climate change specialists argue that current nature conservation practices are not sufficiently flexible and dynamic to weather the impacts of climate change. Rather than only trying to conserve or restore nature to an original historical state, as is the case with... Read more
Miniature Guttural Toads on Mauritius and Réunion stun researchers
Latest newsResearch December 10, 2020
Researchers from the DSI/NRF Center for Invasion Biology at Stellenbosch University have found that, scarcely a hundred years after Guttural Toads were introduced to the islands of Mauritius and Réunion, their overall body size has been reduced by up to a third compared to their counterparts in South Africa.... Read more
