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Transforming education contact centres with technology
The ways in which educational institutions manage their communications and service delivery are in flux, as students/consumers begin to demand real-time interaction, instant feedback and online services... read


Education
UN adopts 17 Global Goals
The 193 UN member states have adopted the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and 17 Global Goals, designed to put the world on a pathway to sustainability... read
Higher Education
NMMU academics win award at sustainability conference
A paper on the development of one of South Africa's most unique off-grid homes received the Chair's Award at the recent Sustainable Ecological Engineering Design for Society (SEEDS) international conference at Leeds Beckett University in the UK... read
Sustainable development goals are in reach if African universities work together

Wim de Villiers

By 2030, if the United Nations has its way, poverty will be history. Nobody will wake up or go to bed hungry. Cities and communities will be sustainable. Quality education will be a reality for all... read
NMMU eyes the blue economy

Zandile Mbabela

The Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University has invested R60m in a new campus that it intends turning into the country's first dedicated maritime studies centre of excellence... read
Primary & Secondary Education
Key to breaking the poverty cycle: education
Historically, a large segment of South Africa's female population was excluded from obtaining a quality education and therefore denied the opportunity to contribute meaningfully and equally in the workplace... read
Launching SA's first Education Innovator's Review
The Bertha Centre, a specialised unit at the UCT's Graduate School of Business (GSB), will soon be launching the first South African Education Innovator's Review... read
More and better qualified teachers needed in SA schools

Issued by Bosasa Group

The overall number of teachers is now adequate, but shortages still blight crucial subjects such as languages, especially indigenous African languages, and mathematics. Disadvantaged schools are most vulnerable... read
Skills Training
MOU to further skills development in Eastern Cape
To further skills development and research and to adopt a co-ordinated and co-operative approach, the Coega Development Corporation and the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University have signed a memorandum of understanding... read
Indaba to explore green opportunities for the youth
The annual Green Youth Indaba, hosted by the Energy and Water SETA, Fibre Processing & Manufacturing SETA and Tosaca Media Group, will take place on 30 September at the Tshwane University of Technology in Pretoria... read
Japan commits to training SA artisans
As South Africa races to meet targets for training artisans, Japan, a leader in innovation and technology development has offered to help train young South African artisans... read
Business
Technocalamity and Africa

Naseem Javed

"...When the tsunami of free technologies makes organisations look increasingly outdated, the same tsunamis can quadruple exports, innovative excellence and catapult into image supremacy... this makes technocalamity a new global age phenomena..." - Mentorian. read
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