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Children will learn under lockdown

Coronavirus Elizabeth Henning - 26 Jul 2020

Just what they’ll learn or be taught will be outside the curriculum, which may have to happen later

Covid-19 deepens Kenya’s educational divide

Coronavirus Pierra Nyaruai - 9 Jul 2020

Children are expected to keep learning at home during the coronavirus lockdown, but a lack of resources makes this a tricky prospect for some of them

There are alternatives to pushing emergency remote learning at universities

Article Black Caucus at UCT - 1 May 2020

Forcing students to study online perpetuates inequalities and stress that not even academics are prepared for

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South Africa’s digital divide detrimental to the youth

Article Kristal Duncan-Williams - 19 Apr 2020

Without the means to leverage lockdown as a time to grow, Covid-19 reinforces how access to data remains a barrier to young people’s progress

Learning in the time of Covid-19

Article Willie Tafadzwa Chinyamurindi - 17 Mar 2020

WIth classes being cancelled due to the outbreak of the virus, the academic enterprise can be salvaged through the use of technology

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Connecting former students to their alma mater to make a difference

Article Gemma Ritchie - 29 Aug 2018

A free online platform that aims to accelerate the advancement of South African schools, wants to reconnect former students and their old schools

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Universities must adapt to the future

Article Patrick Bean - 6 Oct 2017

Technology will constantly change the working world and institutions need to get the message

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Academics lose out to online study

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Mar 2015

Distance education opens the gates of knowledge but the rights of the authors may be threatened.

Online learning enhances success

Article Staff Reporter - 8 Sep 2014

Fears of the ‘digital divide’ are unfounded: a blended mode has proven itself to students.

E-learning: The future of education?

Article Staff Reporter - 1 Nov 2010

If Bill Gates is excited about online education, you should be, too, suggests <b>Anna Malczyk</b>.

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Lester Kiewit - 26 Sep 2020

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No ‘I’ in team – but there is an ‘EA’

Eyaaz Matwadia - 26 Sep 2020

With internet lag keeping them from global competition, local gamers have settled on a format for EA’s FIFA 2020 allows 11 people to play as a team. And the prize money in local leagues is growing. Eyaaz Matwadia boots up for the first instalment of Gaming Corner

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Q&A Sessions: Mari Stimie and opera’s next act

Cayleigh Bright - 26 Sep 2020

The producer spoke to Cayleigh Bright on the day the Cape Town Opera returned to rehearsals after almost six months of lockdown about the future-proof transcendence, resilience and relatability of opera

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UNISA hosts its first TEDx event

[email protected] - 26 Sep 2020

The Elephant in the Room Tedx event at UNISA will help to create meaningful change in South Africa through the power of ideas

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SA’s SEZs create decent jobs

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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The new normal in tourism is business unusual

special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 25 Sep 2020

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special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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SingularityU Online Summit to contribute to SME growth in 2020

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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Policy priorities lie with urgent economic reforms

special reports - 23 Sep 2020

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