Students emerge as brand ambassadors: The new dream job?
At a time when youth unemployment is at a record high in South Africa, brand ambassadorship has the ability to provide a new, expanding job niche for students.
UJ awarded for high tech art experience
Moving Cube has been awarded this year’s Business and Arts South Africa innovation award.
UJ forges a pact to fight plastic waste
To increase sustainable plastic solutions, University of Johannesburg has joined the South African Plastics Pact.
WITH INFOGRAPHIC: Rare chameleon, thought to be extinct, rediscovered
Wits honorary professor makes historic find of Chapman’s pygmy chameleons in rainforest.
Wits archaeologist is an emerging explorer
Wits archaeologist’s passion for digging deep has gained her international recognition.
Wits goes nuclear in the fight against rhino poaching
Wits University professor, with the help of various partners, launches the Rhisotope Project that will use nuclear isotopes to deter rhino poaching.
Stargazing course will rock your grounding in astronomy and geology
The Wits University school of geosciences has partnered with a new KwaZulu-Natal game reserve to provide an interactive earth sciences course.
SLICE: Gym has become my mental health lifeline
Gym has become a space where I work through the anxiety and have some time to focus on pushing myself physically, rather than being stuck inside my own head.
From sketchpad to international film festivals
An animation team at Wits University’s Tshimologong Precinct will have their short animation film screened at two international film festivals in the coming months.
PROFILE: Dr Keneiloe Molopyane starts next adventure into world of origins
Dr Keneiloe Molopyane has been given a postdoctoral grant position by Wits University at their Centre for Exploration of the Deep Human Journey. (more…)
REVIEW: Wits centre returns to its ‘Origins’
On Friday 9 April the Wits Origins Centre reopened its doors again, to a tantalising glimpse into the past.
Crisis app a lifeline for students struggling with mental health
While the university’s face-to-face counselling sessions remain available during office hours, the app offers 24-hour support, seven days a week.
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