Learning from the industry best with the Young Stars Showcook initiative

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657689.jpg" alt="Learning from the industry best with the Young Stars Showcook initiative" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">The Young Stars Showcook initiative is an elite competition where hotel schools are given the opportunity to showcase their students skills and talents. Raising the global profile of the hospitality industry, Reaching for Young Stars, a Showcook initiative shines the spotlight on South Africa's talent.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228422.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228422">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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KnowBe4 launches a scholarship for women of colour

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657606.jpg" alt="KnowBe4 launches a scholarship for women of colour" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">KnowBe4, a provider of a security awareness training and simulated phishing platform, has launched the KnowBe4 Women of Colour in Cybersecurity (South Africa) Scholarship in partnership with the Centre for Cyber Safety and Education.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/661/228404.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=661&ct=1&ci=228404">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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SA medical students flee Ukraine – not too long ago it was Cuba, remember?

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657401-208x117.jpg?5" alt="Source: REUTERS. Vuhlari Mtonga, one of the South African medical students who fled Ukraine, is embraced by her sister, Mikateko Mtonga, after arriving at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in March 2022." width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Source: REUTERS. Vuhlari Mtonga, one of the South African medical students who fled Ukraine, is embraced by her sister, Mikateko Mtonga, after arriving at OR Tambo International Airport in Johannesburg in March 2022.&lt;/span>A large proportion of the South African students who have fled Ukraine was studying medicine there.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/733/228350.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=733&ct=1&ci=228350">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657418.gif" alt="Biz Most Read Award winners May 2022" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Following last month's inaugural Biz Most Read Awards, coronations to the following top three most read company press releases as published via Bizcommunity's Press Office newsrooms in May 2022.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/423/228363.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=423&ct=1&ci=228363">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Bursary applications for water sector now open

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657385-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Kelly L from" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Kelly L from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span>The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has called on young South Africans, who want to pursue careers that are in line with water and sanitation core business, to apply for the department's bursary programme for 2023 academic year.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/853/228354.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=853&ct=1&ci=228354">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Higher Education to host WorldSkills national competition

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2206/657363-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Kateryna Babaieva from" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Kateryna Babaieva from [[https://www.pexels.com Pexels]]&lt;/span>The Department of Higher Education and Training will host the fourth WorldSkills South Africa (WSZA) Biennial National Competition at the Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre in KwaZulu-Natal.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228348.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228348">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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First cohort of CoS riggers

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657315.png" alt="First cohort of CoS riggers" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">False Bay TVET College is proud to have met the Quality Council for Trades and Occupations (QCTO) requirements in the implementation of the Occupational Certificate in Rigging, offered at the Swartklip Campus.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/500/228334.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=500&ct=1&ci=228334">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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Edtech – modernising education in an ever-growing digital landscape

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657299.png" alt="Edtech - modernising education in an ever-growing digital landscape" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload">Learning technologies have long been hailed as a way to improve access to education and learning results, particularly in the rhetoric produced by edtech companies. According to a recent <a href="https://www.mckinsey.com/industries/education/our-insights/new-global-data-reveal-education-technologys-impact-on-learning" target="blank" rel="nofollow">McKinsey analysis</a>, children from the United States who used their devices for more than 60 minutes each week performed better academically, a criterion that varies by country.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/659/228330.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=659&ct=1&ci=228330">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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SIU, Saica and North West University sign MoU

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657222-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: tadamichi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: tadamichi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Special Investigating Unit head, Advocate Andy Mothibi, has hailed a new partnership between the corruption-busting unit, the South African Institute of Chartered Accountants' (Saica) Thuthuka Education Upliftment Fund (TEUF), and the North-West University (NWU) as a strong move towards ensuring that the SIU is well capacitated in the future.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228312.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228312">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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UCT to introduce Swahili from 2023

<p><img data-src="https://biz-file.com/c/2205/657115-208x117.jpg?2" alt="Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi –" width="208" height="117" align="left" / loading="lazy" class="lazyload"><br><span >Image source: Serhii Vasylevskyi – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]&lt;/span>Swahili will be taught as an elective language course at the University of Cape Town (UCT) from 2023, with the aim of launching it as a major subject in 2028. Vice-Chancellor Professor Mamokgethi Phakeng made the announcement in her opening address at UCT's Africa Month panel discussion recently, discussing the role of language and music in liberating and integrating Africa.<br> <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//Article/196/499/228285.html">Read more...</a> | <a href="https://www.bizcommunity.com//SendToFriend.aspx?l=196&c=499&ct=1&ci=228285">Send to a friend</a></p><div style="clear:left"></div>
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