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/ 23 October 2003
If you’re brave enough to combine work and study, the Wits Plus centre for part-time studies offers a fresh on-campus experience.
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/ 23 October 2003
Investigative journalism is a cornerstone of media practice in a democratic society. Rhodes University is running a course this month that aims to equip prospective investigative journalists with the necessary skills to function in this fraught and competitive area.
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/ 23 October 2003
Is the country’s long-term educational and economic future about to be sacrificed for the short-term political interests of one bristling moustache? In a hectic week Minister of Education Kader Asmal announced the new names of tertiary institutions due to merge in January next year (and of more to merge a year after that).
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/ 23 October 2003
The complexities of the new school curriculum are placing increasing demands on teachers and many are apprehensive about their changing roles as educators. The advanced certificate in education offered by Wits University’s School of Education has been developed to provide the training requirements for teachers working in this challenging environment.
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/ 23 October 2003
The high levels of graduate unemployment provoke a key question: What have higher education institutions done to involve students in quality assurance structures concerning their own studies? Revisiting the past may help to shed some light.
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/ 23 October 2003
Few matriculants leave school armed with the certainty that for the next six years they are ready to commit to studying medicine. Becoming a doctor is a life-changing decision and not all 17-year olds have the confidence to make this choice.
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/ 23 October 2003
The unprecedented growth in the hospitality and tourism industries has created an urgent demand for skilled professionals. These industries are expected to be the single-largest employers in the 21st century, locally and internationally, says Dr Jane Spowart, head of Technikon Witwatersrand’s (TWR) school of tourism and hospitality.
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/ 23 October 2003
Despite the UN’s vote of condemnation, Israel remains intent on redrawing borders. Altogether, almost 80km of fence and wall will carve through the city’s Arab neighbourhoods and the occupied territories declared to be part of Jerusalem. It will force children from about 30 schools to find new ones.
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/ 23 October 2003
Susan Webber’s five-goal streak led South Africa’s rousing 12-0 victory over Kazakhstan on Thursday in the Afro-Asian Games women’s field hockey competition. Pietie Coetzee, Kerry Bee and Sharne Wehmeyer scored two goals each. Bronwyn Ross contribute one in South Africa’s opening Pool A league match.
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/ 23 October 2003
Fullback Norman Ligairi and flying winger Aisea Tuilevu scored two tries apiece on Thursday as Fiji kept its quarterfinal hopes alive with a 41-13 bonus-point win over Japan at the Rugby World Cup. Ligairi secured the bonus competition point with a brilliant solo effort in the 66th minute.