UP Med student writes bars for covid-19 vaccines
A creative medical student is using his talent for composing catchy rap songs to encourage people to get the covid-19 vaccine.
SLICE: Was I really at a higher institution for three years?
Moving from a private to a public institution, one learns that giving up is not an option.
Wits library pleads: Bring back 35 000 overdue books
Wits University Library is asking students to return to its shelves more than 35 000 overdue books out on loan. (more…)
Wits student receives IBM fellowship award
The award honours exceptional PhD students who aim at making their mark in promising and disruptive technologies. (more…)
Wits rolls out data for second block
Students are advised to understand and know which service provider is strongest in their area and to obtain a SIM card from the provider with the strongest connection in their area.
Counselling services go online
Witsie makes it quick and easy to take one’s medicine
New mobile application brings together customers and pharmacies that do not have own delivery services for essential and over-the-counter medication. (more…)
Top SA universities boost climate change research
Wits, the University of Cape Town and the University of Fort Hare have collaborated to provide funding for PhD and masters students to encourage more researchers of colour to work in the field of climate research in South Africa (more…)
All systems go as faculty offices resume operations
Staff members working in open-plan offices and high-risk conditions that pose health threats are advised to work on a rotational basis.
Wits University fees increase, staff salaries remain the same
Students question increase in light of the university’s ‘savings’ during the three months of hard lockdown in 2020. (more…)
HEALTH FEATURE: Varsity students feel mental health pressures during pandemic
“The stress, the anxiety, the feeling of inadequacy – it is honestly a lot.”
Tshimologong launches women-focused entrepreneurial programme
Ya Basadi hopes to strengthen women’s role in the technological industry.
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We Should Be Writing podcast
- Frequency and FreedomIn episode six of We Should Be Writing season 7, the team unpacked the evolution of music as a form of expression and protest, through four decades in the South African context. The episode explores the journey of South African music and its consumers from the 80s, 90s, early 2000s and contemporary listeners. From the […]