Education

Tinyiko, from GirlCode, sat down with Careers Portal to talk coding, female empowerment and the future of tech! GirlCode aims to close the gap seen with a chronic shortage of skills and lack of women in tech. 

It's application season, as many tertiary institutions have opened their applications for the 2026 academic year. If you're interested in studying nursing, the Western Cape College of Nursing is opening its application period. 

Start your future in fashion at the Design Academy of Fashion (DAF). DAF is a boutique fashion institution offering a curriculum is designed to unleash your full potential as a unique creative.

At an escalating rate, and amid uncertain outcomes, artificial intelligence (AI) is reshaping organisational structures, roles and careers, leadership and the meaning of work, evoking a maelstrom of human emotions.  From fear, anxiety and apprehension to excitement and wonder, it’s hard to know exactly what to make of the rapidly changing AI transformations underway in our workplaces, organisations and institutions.

If you are planning on studying at a tertiary education institution in 2026, you may need to write the National Benchmark Tests in order to complete your application and be accepted. Here is all you need to know about the 2025 registration process.

Despite the challenges in STEM education, PROTEC PMB Academy recorded a 100% matric pass rate among its 28 learners, with an impressive 63 distinctions. The Vula Programme at Hilton College has transformed STEM teaching in township and rural schools, contributing to 54 A-symbols across 121 schools. 

Dentsu South Africa has inducted eight of the country’s promising young content creators into its 2025 School of Influence programme. Now in its second year, this unique initiative brings the carefully selected participants together in Cape Town for an intensive six months of training, thought leadership and mentoring to empower them to take their content creation to the next level. As testimony to the growth of dentsu School of Influence, this year the South Africans will be joined by three content creators from Spain.

As new technologies and changing job-market demands re-shape the field of Information and Communications Technology (ICT), an expert notes that if graduates are to thrive in the rapidly evolving and unpredictable landscape, higher education institutions must rethink their curricula approaches to ensure essential future-focused areas are prioritised alongside the crucial traditional aspects.

The oversubscribed demand for public universities reflects a far more profound systemic issue. Bridging this gap requires viewing private higher education institutions not just as alternatives but necessary partners in building a stronger educational ecosystem that moves our country forward, writes Siegie Brownlee, CEO at Eduvos.

Are you still searching for the right higher education provider? Good news, IIE Rosebank College has extended its late registration deadline until 8 March 2025 for all IIE Faculties, except for the IIE Faculty of Education, which will close on 1 March 2025.