May 2020

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May 2020

Month: May 2020

University Update – Covid-19 Interventions

University Update – Covid-19 Interventions

29 May 2020  From the onset of the countrywide lockdown, the University has been hard at work to ensure that all efforts are taken in saving the academic year. In this process, we remain conscious of the absolute need to safeguard the health and safety of our students and staff at all times. This is […]

APPOINTMENT – ACTING DVC: RESEARCH & INNOVATION

APPOINTMENT – ACTING DVC: RESEARCH & INNOVATION

The advent of COVID 19 is unprecedented in the manner in which it has disrupted every aspect of human life. Within the Higher Education sector, all campus based activities were brought to a standstill. Universities have had to contend with the fact that for the immediate and foreseeable future, remote and flexible multimodal teaching and […]

FACILITY MANAGEMENT NOTICE

FACILITY MANAGEMENT NOTICE

10 MAY 2020 The University has responded to the call by the national Department of Higher Education under the Covid-19 response guidelines for institutions of higher learning, to deep clean and sanitize all buildings and residences.  In this regard, deep cleaning and sanitization work of all buildings inclusive of student residences commences this Monday May […]

Makhoba Set on Being Among SA’s Best Economists

Makhoba Set on Being Among SA’s Best Economists

“We all have got what it takes to achieve greatness. Excellence ought to be a habit. Nothing is impossible if you put 100%.” These are a few words Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a 28-year-old PhD student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), chooses to live by. Growing up in rural Ngwelezane in Empangeni with his beloved […]

Phd Student Selected to Attend Top Economics Event

Phd Student Selected to Attend Top Economics Event

Bongumusa Prince Makhoba, a Doctor of Economics student at the University of Zululand (UNIZULU), has been selected to participate at the 7th Lindau Nobel Laureate Meeting on Economics, a prestigious international event aimed at strengthening the economics sector. Makhoba, together with eight other South African economics students and many others from around the globe, will […]

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT KICK STARTS AT UNIZULU

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT KICK STARTS AT UNIZULU

ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT is an international project that is funded by the European Union.  This global project is aimed at strengthening the cooperation between the higher education institution and enterprises in South Africa, (ERASMUS + SUCSESS PROJECT) has its roots in an identified need to support the employability of graduates especially in the tourism […]

CATACLYSMIC DISRUPTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION

CATACLYSMIC DISRUPTION TO HIGHER EDUCATION

Opinion by the University Vice-Chancellor: Professor X.A Mtose WITHIN a short period of time of its discovery, Covid-19 has unleashed mayhem, anxiety, and immense human suffering. The governments around the world have responded in different ways to the advent of the pandemic. Mostly, countries have instituted some form of lockdown to reduce the rapid spread […]

Statement of the Minister on plans to phase in strategic functions in the post school education and training (pset) sector

Statement of the Minister on plans to phase in strategic functions in the post school education and training (pset) sector

03 May 2020 STATEMENT OF THE MINISTER ON  PLANS TO PHASE IN STRATEGIC FUNCTIONS IN  THE POST SCHOOL EDUCATION AND TRAINING (PSET) SECTOR IN LIGHT OF THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC   On Thursday, 30 April 2020 Dr. Blade Nzimande, Minister of Higher Education, Science & Innovation presented a wide ranging statement on the state of higher […]