Universities – Page 178

Sewing programme empowers residents

Archives Cape Peninsula University of Technology Student outreach Universities August 8, 2017

CPUT lecturers have contributed their own time and skills to assist disadvantaged individuals empower themselves with a saleable skill. The Technology Station Clothing and Textiles (TSCT) along with the City of Cape Town Enterprise Development Unit have been visiting impoverished communities around the Peninsula, informing them about support they... Read more

Kovsie bounces back from heart surgery and raises the bar

Archives University of the Free State Varsity Sports August 8, 2017

Charissa Worthmann, a gymnast and postgraduate Biokinetics student at the UFS, overcame heart surgery earlier this year and excelled at her sport. Life is too short to abandon what sets you on fire. Find your passion, work hard at it and be great. You will never look back... Read more

Finding the balance between work and home

Archives Careers Tshwane University of Technology August 8, 2017

Embrace your femininity, understand the power of leadership and find a healthy work-life balance. Atisha Gopichund is a wife, mother and business woman working in the construction sector, and this is her philosophy. After graduating from Tshwane University of Technology, Atisha started her career as a civil engineer where... Read more

Three universities win 2017 Barloworld social innovation youth awards

Achievers Archives University of Venda University of Zululand Vaal University of Technology August 4, 2017

Celebrating emerging young entrepreneurs for entrepreneurial action that improves livelihoods in economically, socially and environmentally sustainable ways Three Enactus University teams came out tops in the 2017 Barloworld Social Innovation Youth Awards (BSIYA). Each team receives prize money as well as support in the form of leadership and entrepreneurship... Read more

Joining the Fight Against Gender-based Violence

Archives Student outreach University of Zululand August 3, 2017

According to Statistics South Africa, one in four South African women is physically abused by a close intimate partner. The statistics also show that over 18 million South African children have suffered physical abuse. In response to these overwhelming statistics, the Office of the Vice-Chancellor at the University of... Read more

Wits hopes to impress in Varsity Football

Archives University of the Witwatersrand Varsity Sports August 3, 2017

Wits hopes to rise to the top of this tournament before some players join the national team at the world student games. Wits seeks to make up for their blushes after missing the bus at last year’s Varsity Football tournament, when the 2017 edition of the inter-varsity crown jewel event kicks-off... Read more

To infinity and beyond

Achievers Archives University of Cape Town August 3, 2017

The sky isn’t the limit for two master’s students from UCT’s SpaceLab who have been selected for the International Astronautical Federation’s (IAF) 2017 Emerging Space Leaders (ESL) Grant Programme. Ani Vermeulen and Louis Feng, who are both working toward their MPhil in space studies at UCT, are among the... Read more

Pienaar at the pinnacle of varsity squash

University of Johannesburg Varsity Sports August 1, 2017

Squash star Alexa Pienaar will use her success at the University Sport South Africa tournament as a stepping stone to higher honours as she bids to make her mark in the game. The 23-year-old University of Johannesburg fine arts student reached the pinnacle of varsity squash when she was... Read more

Rhodes scientist develops new way to purify communal water

Archives Research Rhodes University July 31, 2017

Aphiwe Mfuku, 25 is on the verge of launching innovative research that will provide solutions to the water crisis currently faced by the country, including Rhodes University. As of Wednesday, 12 July 2017, Rhodes University has declared a water crisis and will launch a campaign to preserve water as... Read more

Feisty UKZN lecturer secures PhD in agricultural engineering

Achievers Archives KwaZulu-Natal University of KwaZulu-Natal July 31, 2017

UKZN lecturer Dr Alaika Kassim, who graduated with a PhD in Agricultural Engineering, is extremely passionate about her research. The aim of her PhD study was to develop a small-scale in-field integrated post-harvest citrus treatment unit for kumquat fruit to alleviate green and blue mould. The unit condenses the processes... Read more