Nelson Mandela, South Africa’s first black president, Nobel Prize winner and anti-Apartheid icon passed away on Thursday at his home in Johannesburg at the age of 95. By any standard, Madiba, as he was fondly referred to by those who ...
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Jobless young people without basic skills told to learn or lose benefits
Unemployed 18 to 21-year-olds without basic maths and English will only get benefits if they undergo 16 hours of training a week. Unemployed teenagers who leave school without basic English and maths will be forced to go back to the ...
Read More »Bitcoin for Tuition Fees in University
The Bitcoin craze has made its way to the educational system. The University of Nicosia in Cyprus announced today that it will allow students to pay for tuition fees with Bitcoin, becoming the first accredited university in the world to ...
Read More »Professional Certificate helps in Career Boost
For some students, a certificate or just a few courses are enough to get a promotion – and a raise. Tanya Delpriore, a program analyst for the U.S. Navy, wanted a chance for career advancement. She already had a bachelor’s ...
Read More »Skills mismatches hurt job creation prospects
The crisis has forced millions of workers to seek new jobs but their skills are often not those that employers are seeking, and this skills mismatch is driving up unemployment levels. News | 04 February 2013 GENEVA (ILO News) – ...
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