Absa and Zindi spotlight data science as a career

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673723-208x117.jpg?5" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Supplied. Absa Group and Zindi colleagues at the Career Day." align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Source: Supplied. Absa Group and Zindi colleagues at the Career Day.&lt;/span><p>Absa group hosted a data science career day on Friday, 7 October 2022, together with Zindi, the largest professional network for data scientists in Africa.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/513/232388.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=513&ct=1&ci=232388">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Why tech is secondary to the transformation of education in SA

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673734-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Kampus Production from" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Kampus Production from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span><p>South Africa's leap into digital education, which gained impetus during the national lockdown, is facing headwinds, with institutions often not having the necessary hybrid learning methodology, infrastructure or educator professional development in place. This has led to several colleges reverting to full-time in-person classes, which represents a setback - but the situation can and must be reversed.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/232395.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=232395">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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12 months left to start bridging South Africa’s tech skills shortage

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673667.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="12 months left to start bridging South Africa's tech skills shortage" align="left" loading="lazy"><p>I read an alarming piece on how our technology skills shortage has changed from a valley into a canyon not too long ago. The conclusion was those who have the skills have become as rare a commodity as Rhodium and can ply their trade anywhere. That leaves South Africa in a tough position as we are competing in a global market for people who are versed in niche technology disciplines such cloud technology, artificial intelligence, and augmented reality.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/706/232374.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=706&ct=1&ci=232374">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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5 key skills that learnerships can provide

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673418-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: RF._.studio from" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: RF._.studio from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span><p>While South Africa struggles with one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world, it is also faced with a shortage of skilled people to fill positions in many sectors. Businesses want workers who can hit the ground running, yet matriculants don't have the skills or the understanding of the work environment to make the required impact.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/232334.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=232334">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Anti-apartheid activist and journalist Thenjiwe Mtintso to be honoured by Rhodes University

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673402-208x117.jpg?8" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Source: Dirco" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Source: Dirco&lt;/span><p>In its October postgraduate graduation, Rhodes University will honour journalist and anti-apartheid activist Thenjiwe Mtintso with a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) degree.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/15/232330.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=15&ct=1&ci=232330">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Custom content solutions

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673311-208x117.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Custom content solutions" align="left" loading="lazy"><p>Here's a prediction: as we progress deeper into the 21st century, the traditional dance between academic publisher and educational institution will be disrupted. In a shift accelerated by the Covid-19 pandemic, institutions are beginning to take greater cognisance of the value of academic content, and affordances of digitisation are empowering educational institutions to take greater responsibility for, and ownership of, this content.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/232300.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=232300">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Two teachers’ unions agree to 3% wage increase

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673202-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >It would be wrong for teachers to strike so close to learners’ exams, says the National Professional Teachers Organisation of South Africa. Graphic: Lisa Nelson / GroundUp&lt;/span><p>Two teachers' unions have accepted the government's revised 3% wage increase offer to public servants.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/498/232278.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=498&ct=1&ci=232278">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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How to increase e-learning using the 90/20/8 rule

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/673052-208x117.jpg?2" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Image source: Getty Images" align="left" loading="lazy"><br><span >Image source: Getty Images&lt;/span><p>The 90/20/8 rule of adult attention states that learners are fully alert and attentive for the first eight minutes. By 20 minutes, their attention dips, and by 90 minutes, it crashes. What's more, e-learning must be precise, easy to assimilate, and relevant to the employee's job to be effective, and yet too many e-learning solutions still consist of lengthy, boring, one-dimensional PDFs and videos.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/232246.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=232246">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Education at the speed of tech: Why a paradigm shift is required to teach software development

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2210/672916-208x117.jpg" class="lazyload" width=208 height=117 alt="Education at the speed of tech: Why a paradigm shift is required to teach software development" align="left" loading="lazy"><p>Technology is evolving rapidly. It seems only fair to expect that the skills being taught to those entering the workplace also need to change and adapt. However, this is not the case with tertiary institutions like universities and technical colleges, which are still stuck in the traditional mindset of only focusing on transferring knowledge. What is needed is an environment in which aspirant software developers can get trained and move into a good career as quickly as possible.</p><br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/232210.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=232210">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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