The commercialisation of university intellectual property (IP) and research and innovation presents considerable opportunities for South Africa. It would engender a positive impact on society and economic growth, and technology transfer. In partnership with and funded by the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI), THENSA will be hosting a Briefing & Preparatory Workshop for its…
THENSA WILL MEET STUDENT LEADERS TO DISCUSS POTENTIAL ROLL OUT BESPOKE ONLINE ENTREPRENEURSHIP PROGRAMME South Africa’s national unemployment crisis has left graduates facing a future of great insecurity. With the possibility of securing a job becoming more of a pipedream, institutions must prepare young people for the tough realities following graduation. Entrepreneurship has long been…
THENSA is an organisation dedicated to promoting and advancing science, engineering, arts, and technology programmes. We do so through collaboration between smart institutions. Our main goal is to foster change and provide relevant, impactful, and competitive qualifications. This approach will help solve some of the most pressing challenges in our country such as inequality, unemployment,…
There has been a significant shift in how students are educated at schools and universities. Students and educators have now adapted to more digital teaching and learning methods. This transition has brought many benefits, namely easy access to e-classrooms and access to course materials and online support. However, there is still work to be done…
South Africa recently announced an unemployment rate of 35% with 12,000,000 South Africans unemployed. Graduates leaving university have difficulty in finding work due to the current economy. The GEA was developed in 2020 to enable all THENSA member institutions to track their graduates and to offer graduates with vital information and support towards employment and…
Work-integrated Learning South Africa (WILSA) is a Network of Excellence (NoE) for WIL that is research focused and is established under the auspices of Technology Higher Education Network South Africa (THENSA). The aim of WILSA is to promote research, training capacity building and practice of WIL in the country and the continent. Please read more…
THENSA’s capacity building programmes below support and capacitate Universities of Technology and previously disadvantaged universities to build and strengthen research capacity to ensure that the research outputs and assets can be commercialised. These activities will contribute to job creation, the design and development of new jobs in line with the 4IR and reducing poverty and…
The purpose of this project is to provide training to unemployed youth and young adults in the following areas: waste management, hairdressing, beauty and nail technology and real estate. In total, 4 400 learners will be trained; the first-year cohort of training will have an intake of 2 000 learners and the second-year cohort an…
The Technology Higher Education Network of South Africa (THENSA) was awarded a grant by the Irish Embassy in South Africa to establish six Research and Training Clusters, including the Tourism Research and Training cluster. Tourism Research and Training is an important offering by THENSA member institutions, and the training programme/qualifications curricula and work integrated learning…
The THENSA Online Entrepreneurship Programme is a SAQA aligned programme endorsed by the Munster Technological University (MTU) in Ireland. This entrepreneurship programme gives the youth of our country a new way of looking at the world of work, rise of new business start-ups, significant impact on the economies, job creations and community upliftment. The pilot…
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