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New post-grad diploma for public sector financial management
New post-grad diploma for public sector financial management
A post-graduate qualification in public sector financial management has been launched by SAIPA and UWC's School of Government... read
E-learning
Gary Allemann, MD of Master Data Management
eLearning Curve launches new data mining course
Master Data Management's enterprise information management education partner, eLearningCurve.com, has launched a new data mining concepts and techniques course... read
Omo Ready for Life Maths Challenge boosting maths marks
Omo Ready for Life Maths Challenge boosting maths marks
Omo's ‘Ready for Life Maths Challenge' offers learners an opportunity to enhance their skills in mathematics and win prizes or bursaries... read

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Higher Education
Private education development across Africa
Private education development across Africa
Growth in middle class drives private education boom on the African continent... read
Students left in lurch by new funding model
Students left in lurch by new funding model
Two university campuses have been shut and thousands of students left in limbo after the National Student Financial Aid Scheme failed to release living allowances... read
New education, boarding facilities for Lawhill Maritime Centre
New education, boarding facilities for Lawhill Maritime Centre
Helen Zille, Premier of the Western Cape Province opened additional education and boarding facilities, funded by the TK Foundation, at the Lawhill Maritime Centre in Simon's Town last week... read
Students fume at grants delays
Students fume at grants delays
Thousands of students are fuming because they have yet to receive their national students financial aid scheme grants nearly four months into the year... read
African languages a must for lawyers
African languages a must for lawyers
Proficiency in at least one indigenous African language should be demonstrated before anyone can be awarded a law degree, says parliament's justice and corrections oversight committee... read
Universities put focus on drop-out rate
Universities put focus on drop-out rate

Michelle Gumede

The high university drop-out rate needed to be tackled in light of the growing calls for free higher education, an umbrella grouping of South African universities, Universities SA (Usaf), said on Monday, 27 March 2017... read
Court upholds UFS language policy appeal
Court upholds UFS language policy appeal
The University of the Free State acted lawfully when it adopted a new language policy in March last year, the Supreme Court of Appeal ruled yesterday, 28 March 2017... read
Wole Soyinka joins UJ as Distinguished Visiting Professor
Wole Soyinka joins UJ as Distinguished Visiting Professor
Professor Wole Soyinka, the first African recipient of the Nobel Prize in Literature, has joined the University of Johannesburg (UJ) as a Distinguished Visiting Professor in the university's Faculty of Humanities... read
Willowton donates R5m for bursaries to UKZN
Willowton donates R5m for bursaries to UKZN
The Willowton Group has donated bursaries worth R5m to seven disadvantaged learners in the Pietermaritzburg area towards their tertiary education... read
Primary & Secondary Education
Let's Code this holiday
Let's Code this holiday
The Cape Town Science Centre is hosting its Let's Code holiday camp, from 3-7 April 2017, to introduce children to the awesome world of coding... read
Final call for SAIPA National Accounting Olympiad entries
Final call for SAIPA National Accounting Olympiad entries
There are just a few weeks left for schools to enter the South African Institute of Professional Accountants' (SAIPA's) National Accounting Olympiad (NAO), as entries officially close on 26 April 2017... read
Cape Town student named 2016 Word Warrior
Cape Town student named 2016 Word Warrior
READ Educational Trust has announced that the winner of the Word Warrior 2016 Competition is ten-year-old Jessie McAvoy from St John's RC Primary School in Cape Town... read
Skills Training
How to make the SETAs work for your business
How to make the SETAs work for your business
Companies narrowly viewing the SETA governing their industry just through the lens of compliance may very well be missing out on optimising on the various benefits built into their statutory obligations... read
Trump needs to learn that great dealmakers listen, they don't tell!
Trump needs to learn that great dealmakers listen, they don't tell!

Issued by UCT Graduate School of Business

When it comes to the art of the deal it would be better to act more like Mandela than self-styled dealmaker US President Donald Trump, says David Venter, who convenes a course on Negotiation Skills for Managers at UCT GSB... read
International
Young Globals Student Competition & Internship finalists selected
Young Globals Student Competition & Internship finalists selected
The 2016 finalists of the Global Awards' Young Globals Student Competition & Internship have been selected and include teams from Columbia College Chicago and Miami Ad School... read
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Business
How to add far-flung destinations to your bucket list, without roughing it
How to add far-flung destinations to your bucket list, without roughing it

Nicci Botha

Bucket lists are notoriously fickle things. Just when you think you've got it sorted something else comes along that bumps everything else off... read
Jobs offered
Lecturer: Transport Economics - Cape Town
Stellenbosch University currently seeks to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced lecturer: transport economics (Ref. EBW03/114/0317). Applications close 16 May 2016. Read more >>

Syllabus Writers/Instructors - Cape Town
The Council on International Educational Exchange (USA) is recruiting. Join a dynamic global team based in Cape Town. Read more >>


New events to diarise
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PRISA - 23 May 2017, Randburg, Johannesburg


Risk Management and Corporate Governance
SNH Business Seminars - 5 Jun 2017 to 9 Jun 2017, Pretoria


Upcoming events
Project Management Professional (PMP®) Exam Preparation Workshop - 10 Apr 2017 to 12 Apr 2017, Pretoria
Join Enterprises University of Pretoria's offering on preparatory workshops for the PMI® project management professional exam to enhance your project management career. Read more >>

Business writing
Provox Centre for Public Relations & Communication - 10 Apr 2017 to 12 Apr 2017, Johannesburg | 4 Oct 2017 to 6 Oct 2017, Johannesburg


Event and festival management courses for event managers
Muchomoo - 10 Apr 2017 to 11 Apr 2017, Johannessburg


Effective customer care
Front Foot Strategic Consulting - 10 Apr 2017, Randburg | 5 May 2017, Boksburg | 1 Jun 2017, Randburg | 6 Jul 2017, Boksburg | 15 Aug 2017, Randburg


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