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Maties launches on-screen study guide

A study aid DVD that is already being used very effectively by students at Stellenbosch University (SU) could make a national impact soon. The LearnWell4Life DVD addresses nine of the most topical study challenges experienced by senior school learners and university students across the world.

Leading skills for call-centre industry

The UCT Graduate School of Business is launching a landmark programme to address a key skills shortage in middle to senior management in the South African business-process outsourcing and call-centre industry. The skills shortage has been identified in recent research studies on the local industry.

Equipping future leaders

Amanda Matthee looks at how Stellenbosch University's business school has updated its MBA for 2009.

The ethical considerations of economic growth

The balance between growth and exploitation is tenuous, writes Piet Naudé.

Grants for bioscientists

A top young researcher could claim a research grant of R31 200 as part of an initiative to encourage participation among youth in the bioscience field

The 'mother of freedom'

Yolanda Botha delivered the inaugural Charlotte Maxeke lecture at the University of the Free State last week. She looks at the life of this icon.

Capturing Africa's tree DNA

Researchers from the University of Johannesburg are at the forefront of a new database.

Hard work can break barriers

But the new CSIR executive director says the glass ceiling has not disappeared.

Nano-sized cargo ship to aid nutrition

Researchers from Monash University in Australia have designed a nano-sized armoured cargo vessel to ensure the absorbtion of healing anti­oxidants.

Inventors' agency

Goal is to bring leading-edge South African technology to market successfully.