US mathematician John Nash, who inspired the Oscar-winning film A Beautiful Mind, has died in a car crash with his wife, police have said. [Read more…] about John Nash of A Beautiful Mind killed
Education
JCSE ICT skills survey places the spotlight on South Africa
Wits University’s Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) has today launched its sixth consecutive skills trends survey in the South African information and communications technology (ICT) sector. With an objective to identify the most pressing skills needs from South African corporates, obtain a balanced view of current skills capacities of practitioners, and identify future intentions for skills development, the 2014 JCSE ICT Skills Survey outlines how the state of the South African economy is depressing the demand for ICT skills. [Read more…] about JCSE ICT skills survey places the spotlight on South Africa
Slenky Provides Fun and Opportunities
Social networking site Slenky is taking an innovative, digital approach to addressing young people in Britain’s concerns about money, unemployment, lack of opportunities and cuts to education. [Read more…] about Slenky Provides Fun and Opportunities
Mduduzi Manana determined to serve
Listed among South Africa’s youngest Members of Parliament at age 25 in 2009, Mduduzi Manana is passionate about changing the lives of young people. [Read more…] about Mduduzi Manana determined to serve
Young learners make their mark
Stockholm – Three young learners from little-known Taxila Secondary School in Limpopo have made their mark on the scientific community with their ground-breaking innovation that has earned them international recognition. [Read more…] about Young learners make their mark
Learners take on the GLOBE
Sixteen learners from two schools in KwaZulu-Natal will represent South Africa at a worldwide learners’ conference from 4 – 8 August 2014, in New Delhi, India. [Read more…] about Learners take on the GLOBE
Winning Characteristics
Jews are outperformers in many realms of human endeavour. For example, they won 22 per cent of all the Nobel Prizes in the last century, and their hit rate moved up to 32 per cent in the early years of this century, although they constitute no more than 0.2 per cent of the world’s population. [Read more…] about Winning Characteristics
Paris as a Mathematical Classroom
Maths is boring and pointless. I can already count my change in the shop, what more do I need? I won’t even need maths in the real world! If you are a maths teacher, you may hear these phrases or something similar on a weekly basis. Getting students to see the relevance in mathematics is key to getting them interested in learning more about the subject. The problem is you can only get so far in achieving this stood at the front of a classroom lecturing about engineering, computers, etc. The answer? Drag them away from that classroom and in to the “real world” they are so adamant has nothing to do with maths and point it all out to them. [Read more…] about Paris as a Mathematical Classroom