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Creative careers are big business
September 19, 2026
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UFS, Tiger Brands take agricultural research from the laboratory to food value chain
September 19, 2026
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Why tertiary education still matters in a changing economy
September 19, 2026
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Graduate earns PhD at 82 and champions family-centred postnatal care
September 19, 2026
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Skills partnership opens green-economy pathways for Bay engineering graduates
September 19, 2026
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Scholarship graduate sets sights on giving back
August 31, 2026
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SA’s tertiary education capacity crisis gains momentum
August 27, 2026
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91% of SA executives: “AI has improved work, but can’t say why”
August 27, 2026
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SA can close its critical artisan gap by fixing the path from training to qualification
August 27, 2026
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Delecia Davids makes history with prestigious Einstein Fellowship
August 25, 2026
An international study funded by the United Kingdom’s (UK) Wellcome Trust’s Sustainable and Healthy Food Systems (SHEFS) project, has found a high incidence of depression amongst people living in food insecure environments in South Africa (SA). The collaborative study which included scientists from the United States, the UK and...
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Mr Kai Broughton, a PhD candidate and propulsion engineer in the Aerospace Systems Research Group (ASReG), has been named among the African Space Industry’s Top 10 Under 30 by the Space in Africa news agency. “It’s an honour to be chosen as one of this year’s class of young...
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The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine, today released the results of the survey looking at the impact of COVID-19 on healthworkers. The survey was conducted from 11 April 2020 – 7 May 2020 and aimed to...
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The COVID-19 pandemic has heightened interest around the globe in issues relating to healthcare and human rights. For one PhD candidate, this led to an opportunity to share his work on a national stage. Doctoral Fellow at UKZN’s School of Law Mr Bonginkosi Shozi, whose research is supported by...
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With more than 27 years’ experience in the arts and education fields, current Masters in Art study student Coral Bijoux has completed a body of art as an installation at the Westville campus plant nursery. Bijoux works independently as an artist and curator as well as an implementer and manager of creative...
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Game-changing ideas emerge to help turn the tide on HIV infections and enhance sexual and reproductive health in young women Wits Business School (WBS), Reckitt Benckiser (RB) and its Durex brand, Gilead, and UNAIDS are pleased to announce the winners of the inaugural ‘Aspire, Higher’ sexual health innovation competition....
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Labour demand is on the rise, as is job search activity. These are the notable trends in the South African labour market during June, according to the latest CareerJunction Index (CJI) Executive Summary report which was released yesterday. The report, powered by comprehensive data gathered from the Career-Junction website,...
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UKZN’s Dr Raeesa Bhorat, a senior registrar in the Department of Internal Medicinebased at King Edward VIII hospital, was recently awarded two gold medals for her outstanding achievement in the Fellowship of the College of Physicians (FCP) examinations. High achiever Bhorat took first place in the examination written by...
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The College of Health Sciences (CHS) at UKZN has secured an advanced instrument called the ILEX Genehecker (ultra-fast pcr) valued at $10 000 to conduct rapid testing for Covid-19. The instrument was donated by the Gift of the Givers following a request made by UKZN researchers, Professor Anil Chuturgoon,...
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It is June 2020, and since the country’s national lockdown, major transformation in the way we teach and learn at UKZN has been triggered and fast-tracked by COVID 19. We have noticed how “Online learning is catalysing a pedagogical shift in how we teach and learn. There is a...
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