The Covid-19 lockdowns have caused many to evaluate their current path, including the direction they are taking career-wise. While these new insights might cause you to consider a career change, it is better to prepare adequately before moving on, rather than just quitting and taking your chances in this... Read more
Support for varsity students to complete academic year
Latest news November 12, 2020
The Deputy Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation, Buti Manamela, says the department has rolled out a multi-model approach to support students to regain lost time and finish the academic year. “The Minister of Higher Education, Science and Innovation requested all universities to adopt a multi-model learning and... Read more
It was a double celebration for lecturer at the Durban University of Technology Dr Prinavin Govender who graduated with a PhD in Education from UKZN…and celebrated his birthday the next day! ‘I couldn’t have got a better present,’ said Govender. Being in the Information Technology (IT) field for more... Read more
Free online courses offered to unemployed youth
Latest news November 11, 2020
Minister of Communications and Digital Technologies, Stella Ndabeni-Abrahams, has called on unemployed youth to take the opportunity to register for free online courses. The Ministry has collaborated with online-based educational platform Coursera to offer free courses to young people as part of efforts to fight youth unemployment. “Our intention... Read more
Launch of State-of-the-Art Teaching Technology for Anatomy
Latest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal November 11, 2020
The University of (UKZN) invites media to attend the launch of a state-of-the-art Anatomage Table – to be used for teaching anatomy in the School of Laboratory Medicine and Medical Sciences (LMMS). The R1.87 million Table is the most technologically advanced 3D anatomy visualisation and virtual dissection system for... Read more
University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) graduate, Sansha Kohidh has earned a Master’s degree in Dietetics for her research on the vegan diet in South Africa – dieters’ motives for making the lifestyle choice, challenges they face and nutritional quality. Kohidh who studied on the UKZN Pietermaritzburg campus, says a vegan... Read more
South African Study Recommends Changing WHO Regulations on PMTCT
Latest newsResearchUniversity of KwaZulu-Natal November 11, 2020
The World Health Organization’s (WHO) guidelines on the Prevention from Mother to Child (PMTCT) programme recommends that all HIV exposed uninfected infants (HEU’s) born to HIV positive mothers receive cotrimoxazole (CTX) prophylaxis, commencing at 4–6 weeks of age and continued until HIV infection can be excluded. A recent study... Read more
Will Durban’s Beaches Survive Sea Level Rise?
Latest newsResearch November 11, 2020
Professors Andrew Green and Andrew Cooper of the Discipline of Geological Sciences at the University of KwaZulu-Natal are among the authors of a paper published in Nature Climate Change refuting recent suggestions that half the world’s sandy beaches could become extinct by the end of the 21st century. The... Read more
UP research team partners with NASA to study effects of air pollution on health
Latest newsResearchUniversity of Pretoria November 10, 2020
University of Pretoria (UP) researchers are part of an international team that is measuring air pollution for the National Aeronautics Space Administration (NASA) as part of the global Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) project. “This is the first time that NASA has partnered with epidemiologists and health organisations to... Read more
Alison Announces The Launch Of Its Updated App
Latest news November 10, 2020
Alison, one of the world’s largest and totally free-to-use online learning and employment empowerment platforms, announces the launch of its updated online learning app. With improved navigation and layout the app will allow users to learn seamlessly on both mobile and desktop. The app is available on the Android... Read more
