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Five skills healthcare graduates need for a digital future
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How students can protect their mental health during final exams
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Cybersecurity specialist Kiru Pillay appointed Richfield IT dean
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Eight study tips to help students prepare for exams
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Put your phone away: Five ways to study smarter for final exams
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UFS drama student wins bursary to explore storytelling through movement
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Van Tonder, Padayachee claim top honours at Madibaz Sport Awards
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Five affordable foods to help students through exam season
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Publication fees limit choices for African researchers
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Graduates need AI skills – and the judgement to use them
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Forestry company York Timbers, the largest solid wood processor in South Africa, has signed a funding agreement with the University of Pretoria (UP) to establish a Chair in data-driven wood structural engineering to promote a more sustainable built environment and the African bio-economy. This initiative will be based at...
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A University of Pretoria (UP) professor of zoology was part of a team that recently published a study that reveals that tiny hummingbirds living in the Andes Mountains in Peru drop their body temperature from 40°C to 3.3°C, near freezing point, to survive bitterly cold nights. “It is the...
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UKZN’s Mr Andy Gray, won the annual Helen Clark-Journal of Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice (JoPPP) Award for Pharmaceutical Policy and Practice Research together with Birna Trap, Denmark and Paul Newton, University of Oxford. The trio is being presented with the award based on the scientific merit of their work,...
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The Centre for Jazz and Popular Music (UKZN) and iSupport Creative Business are proud to present Naftali, Qadasi and Maqhinga and Natalie Rungan’s Tribute to Tania Donjeany. The online concert will take place as part of the regular Unlocked Music Sessions on Wednesday 16 September at 6 pm, and...
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Pulmonary hypertension (high blood pressure in the lungs) is a deadly disease that affects about 75 million people worldwide, approximately 80% of whom live in low-income and middle-income countries (LMICs). It is difficult to treat the condition in these countries due to a lack of relevant data and resources....
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As South Africa celebrate Heritage Month, North-West University (NWU) academic and acting director for the Centre for Indigenous Knowledge Systems, Dr Motheo Koitsiwe, says there is a need for the country to celebrate its own indigenous languages. “It is important to restore African indigenous languages, especially since language plays...
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The Joint National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIHSS) and Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS) research projects have awarded a R500 000 research grant to a team led by Dr Thulisile Mphambukeli, the principal investigator (PI). Within the parameters of the theme of social justice, sustainable development, and quality of life,...
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Stellenbosch University (SU) was recently awarded a R128 million grant by the US National Institutes of Health (NIH) to investigate new tuberculosis diagnostic and predictive tests in a multi-national research study. The award is in addition to R65 million from the European Union’s (EU) European and Developing Countries Clinical...
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The University of KwaZulu-Natal has been ranked among the top 400 best performing universities in the world according to the latest 2020/2021 Times Higher Education (THE) rankings. UKZN was placed in the 351-400 band, the first time that we have achieved this feat. It marks a significant improvement from...
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The youngest Associate Professor at UKZN’s College of Health Sciences, Professor Tricia Naicker, was recently awarded the 2020 Raikes Medal by the South African Chemical Institute. The medal acknowledges a member of the Institute, under the age of 40, whose original chemical research shows outstanding promise, as adjudged by publications...
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