Drug programme showcases benefits of multidisciplinarity
When the sciences and humanities collaborate, exceptional work is possible. This is the belief of the academics working in the Urban Futures Centre (UFC) at…
Partnership to turn graduates into job creators
As South Africa faces catastrophic unemployment rates, the South African Technology Network (SATN) and various stakeholders are partnering to ensure that graduates “are no longer…
Lesson on education and societal change
Postgraduate education students from New York University (NYU) and Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey in the United States are learning invaluable lessons in…
SATN helps boost PhD capacity in South Africa
The South African Technology Network (SATN) has partnered with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to launch a Staff PhD Capacity Enhancement Programme…
#ReadingRoom: Friday Black
“Fresh, exciting, vital and contemporary”. These are just some of the words used to describe this collection of short stories. Nana Kwame Adjei-Brenyah’s Friday Black…
My best social media tactics for 2019
I’ve been thinking about my social media strategy for 2019 while researching trends and tactics. How do I get my own brand, as well as…
#FreelanceFriday: And the word of 2018 is toxic
“The Oxford Word of the Year is a word or expression that is judged to reflect the ethos, mood, or preoccupations of the passing year”….
Fakeness: kudos to Instagram for tackling the scourge
Instagram is hands down my favourite social media platform. Beautiful images, clean lines, easy formatting … what’s not to like about Instagram right? Well ……
#FreelanceFriday: firing a client
As a freelancer, you quickly learn that it’s important to have as many clients as possible. More clients mean a healthier bank balance every month….
Using hashtags for effective marketing
If you use social media you must know that hashtags are an important component of social activity, especially on Instagram and Twitter. But have you…