Taking our kids to school has opened up a whole new world for me. Watching young talent develop and being an integral part of these formative years is awe-inspiring. I’m learning new things and making new friends. It feels like I’m back at school; it’s definitely an education. I love the camaraderie amongst the parents,……
Cape Town is firmly entrenched as the design hub of South Africa since it was awarded World Design Capital status in 2014. Professor Chris Nhlapo, vice-chancellor of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT), believes the institution is at the forefront of the design-thinking energy that pervades the country’s legislative capital. With just over two……
I didn’t give much thought to the state of our education system beyond it being in a ‘shambles’ until we had to make a decision on schooling for our kids. Then it became a major thing. Everything. If Richard Branson says that he’s “proof that entrepreneurs don’t necessarily need higher-education degrees”, one of the world’s……
We need to move beyond talking about the fourth industrial revolution and translate this into action. If we don’t embrace it, we’ll ultimately fail. This is the view of Isak van der Walt, Digital Scholarship Centre and MakerSpace manager at the University of Pretoria in South Africa, on the recent introduction of a client service……
A new Transdisciplinary Institute of Mandela Studies (TIMS) based at Nelson Mandela University in South Africa aims to position the iconic figure of Nelson Mandela as a lens through which to grapple with societal challenges and generate workable solutions. And the university is asking for input from outsiders into framing the institute and its work. ……
