Dr Nofemela, left and Dr Mnculwane Partnerships between universities and communities are crucial in spreading the COVID-19 awareness message, if we are to win the battle against the COVID-19 pandemic, said Dr Fundiswa Nofemela, Director of the Department of Cooperative Education. In contributing to limiting the spread of the Coronavirus, MUT, through its Co-operative Education…
The Durban University of Technology (DUT) will open its doors to 300 young girls from the deep rural schools across KwaZulu-Natal to help them acquire coding and robotic skills, which will assist them to one day thrive as Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) entrepreneurs and executives. This was revealed at the launch of the…
Jeannette Ziady, lecturer at the Department of Performing Arts (Dance) and accomplished performing artist (dancer), added her skill to a thought-provoking film production, titled Dark Light, which carries a poignant message about gender-based violence. The production, hailed as riveting and powerful, comes at a time of horrific numbers of female victims of rape, murder by…
Often great ideas get lost in isolation. Therefore, the TUT digiCommons, a new, state of the art venue on the fourth floor, Building 21, Pretoria Campus, is a much needed initiative to look at fresh, and, above all, collaborative ways of innovation within the University. Dr Dhaya Naidoo, Executive Director of Institutional Effectiveness and…
Supporting Undergraduate Research Excellence (SURE), a new focus of the Research, Innovation and Engagement (RIE) 2020 Extended Annual Performance Plan (EAPP 2020), aims to enhance scholarly excellence in undergraduate research and teaching. Undergraduate research, a ‘high-impact practice’, provides multiple benefits such as cultivating learning by inquiry, promoting critical thinking and engaged scholarship, which, in concert,…
The long awaited and exciting 11th International Conference has been rescheduled for 16-18 March 2022. The conference will take place in the country’s economic hub and in the much sought-after conference venue, Montecasino, Gauteng.
In October 2019, the Technological Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA) and THEA hosted a research colloquium involving 9 member institutions of THENSA and 5 Irish Higher Education institutions from the THEA consortium. A total of 80 academics participated in the colloquium. The purpose of the colloquium was to identify the potential and strategic research…
THENSA and its members and partners (SAQA), in cooperation with European partners have established a HERE in SA, which could be eventually extended to all higher education institutions in the sector.
The general objective of the programme is to contribute to the global knowledge economy through the development of a structured programme
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