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Generations of creatively-inclined young people have heard some version of the same advice - keep art and design as a hobby, and choose a more practical career instead. But new research into South Africa’s creative economy shows that some of the most...

The World Economic Forum (WEF) expects the global labour market to create 170 million new jobs by 2030 while displacing 92 million, resulting in a net gain of 78 million roles. At the same time, 39% of workers' core skills are expected to change, while...

South Africa faces a severe shortage of qualified artisans such as electricians, welders, millwrights, and boilermakers to support infrastructure, the energy transition, mining modernisation, and manufacturing recovery, producing more than 10,000 fewer...

South African students are less swayed by a college or university’s name, history, and legacy reputation. Gen Z school-leavers are instead judging institutions on how employable a diploma or degree will make them, whether they offer practical learning gro

No generation of South African youth has spent more of its life in digital environments than this one, yet growing numbers are choosing to learn, work, and socialise in physical spaces again. Higher education is part of that return, as students recognise

The Academic Institute of Excellence (AIE) has launched three new Bachelor of Information Technology degrees at NQF Level 7, targeting the most critically understaffed disciplines in South Africa's rapidly expanding digital economy: Software Engineering,

The Academic Institute of Excellence (AIE) has launched five new engineering qualifications, ranging from Higher Certificate entry points at NQF Level 5 through to a Bachelor of Engineering Technology at NQF Level 7, in direct response to South Africa's d

South Africa graduated 220,758 students from its public universities last year, and more than a million are enrolled in higher education - more graduates than at any point in the country’s history.

The Academic Institute of Excellence (AIE) has launched eight new qualifications spanning engineering and information technology, marking the institution’s most significant academic expansion to date.