Akademia-student jaag op 61 haar studiedrome na

Akademia-student jaag op 61 haar studiedrome na Gepubliseer op:  17 Mei 2023 Terwyl die gedagte om ouer te word vir baie mense dalk vreesaanjaend mag wees, meen Akademia-student, Eurita van der Merwe, dat dié lewensfase geensins ʼn verskoning is om nie uitdrukking aan jou drome te gee nie. Op 65 jaar is Van der Merwe […]

Akademia Uitgewery stel pret-aktiwiteitsboek vir kinders bekend

Akademia Uitgewery stel pret-aktiwiteitsboek vir kinders bekend Gepubliseer op:  17 Mei 2023 Die Akademia Uitgewery het op 17 Mei die pret-aktiwiteitsboek vir kinders, Fontieland, bekendgestel. Hierdie boek, wat ideaal is vir leerders in graad 4 tot 7, is tydens die Fakulteit Opvoedkunde se leierskapsimposium by Leriba bekendgestel. As ʼn toekomsgerigte gemeenskapsinstelling strewe Akademia daarna om […]

Persvryheid – ook vir dié nuus waarvan jy dalk nie hou nie

Persvryheid – ook vir dié nuus waarvan jy dalk nie hou nie Gepubliseer op:  17 Mei 2023 Geskryf deur Yolandi GroenewaldAndré Gouws en Landi Slatter – dosente in Joernalistiek en Kommunikasie by Akademia. Meimaand staan bekend as Wêreldpersvryheidsmaand en vanjaar se tema is: Persvryheid as die drywer van alle menseregte. ʼn Eenvoudige definisie vir persvryheid […]

Net een letter kan ʼn groot verskil maak

Net een letter kan ʼn groot verskil maak Gepubliseer op:  12 Mei 2023 Geskryf deur Karien Brits, Akademia se taalpraktisyn Sosiale media gons oor die Suid-Afrikaanse Reserwebank wat daarvan beskuldig is dat hulle ʼn “spelfout” op die R100-banknoot gemaak het. Die Tsonga vir Reserwebank het van Banginkulu na Bangikulu (sonder die n) verander en nou […]

Die impak van kunsmatige intelligensie op die onderwys

Die impak van kunsmatige intelligensie op die onderwys Gepubliseer op:  11 Mei 2023 Geskryf deur DJ Cloete, dosent: Afrikaans, Afrikaansonderwys en Afrikaans as Taal van Onderrig en Leer by Akademia Kunsmatige intelligensie (KI) het reeds ʼn groot verskeidenheid industrieë getransformeer en die onderwys is geen uitsondering nie. Met die vermoë om groot hoeveelhede data te […]

Eerste openbare lesing vanuit die NP van Wyk Louw-sentrum ʼn sukses

Eerste openbare lesing vanuit die NP van Wyk Louw-sentrum ʼn sukses Gepubliseer op:  11 Mei 2023 Geskryf deur dr. Daniël Maritz, bestuurder van die NP van Wyk Louw-sentrum by Akademia Ek het vir professor Reitze Rodseth saam met sy vrou, Miranda, en twee seuns, Joshua en Nathan in 2017 in Pietermaritzburg ontmoet toe ek en […]

Tuisskoolleerders vind aanklank by Akademia se nauurse afstandsmodel

Tuisskoolleerders vind aanklank by Akademia se nauurse afstandsmodel Gepubliseer op:  11 Mei 2023 Bianca Pretorius is ʼn eerstejaarstudent by Akademia wat besig is om haar LLB-kwalifikasie op die nauurse afstandsmodel te voltooi. Sy werk ook bedags voltyds as ʼn persoonlike assistent en ontvangsdame by ʼn gevestigde regsfirma in Centurion. Pretorius was vanaf graad 10 ʼn […]

Akademia vier Afrikaansdag as trotse Afrikaanse hoëronderwysinstelling

Akademia vier Afrikaansdag as trotse Afrikaanse hoëronderwysinstelling Gepubliseer op:  8 Mei 2023 Afrikaans is op 8 Mei 1925 as amptelike taal van Suid-Afrika erken en dit word sedertdien jaarliks as Afrikaansdag gevier. Vandag, 98 jaar later, staan hierdie taal steeds volwaardig sy plek binne die hutspot van ampstale vol. Akademia, as ʼn trotse privaat hoëronderwysinstelling […]

Akademia celebrates the importance of mother tongue education on International Mother Language Day

Akademia celebrates the importance of mother tongue education on International Mother Language Day Published on:  21 February 2023 Akademia celebrated International Mother Language Day with the whole world on 21 February. The purpose of this special day was to promote mother tongue education in a multilingual world. This year’s theme, “Multilingual education – a necessity to […]

Matrics of 2022, you can still study this year!

Matrics of 2022, you can still study this year! Published on:  23 January 2023 After a long wait, the matrics of 2022 received their matric results at last. Congratulations to everyone! Perhaps you are wondering: What now? You completed your schooling and now you wonder what comes next. If you think of studying during 2023, […]

Akademia establishes the NP van Wyk Louw Centre

Akademia establishes the NP van Wyk Louw Centre Written by Prof. Danie Goosen, Academic Head of Akademia From the eighteenth century onwards the modern era was characterised by various revolutions which crashed over our world like tidal waves. In a certain sense the French Revolution of 1789 marked the start of this period which was […]

Akademia’s first honours qualification offered in 2023

Akademia’s first honours qualification offered in 2023 Published on:  4 January 2023 On Wednesday 4 January 2023 Akademia announced that the institution will be launching its very first honours qualification this year. A BComHons (Business Management) qualification will be presented in Afrikaans via the after-hours distance model as from 1 March 2023, which means that […]

Akademia hosts a Management Sciences Symposium in preparation for the fifth industrial revolution.

Akademia hosts a Management Sciences Symposium in preparation for the fifth industrial revolution. On 1 September Akademia’s, Department of Management Sciences within the Faculty of Economic Management Sciences presented a symposium with the theme: Society 5.0. This symposium was held at koshuis@Leriba and broadcast live for viewers.   The selected guests who attended the symposium […]

Akademia lecturer helps develop a new framework for academics

Akademia lecturer helps develop a new framework for academics Salomien Boshoff is a lecturer of BCom (Business Management) at Akademia. In cooperation with Elzette le Roux of the University Stellenbosch, she recently developed a framework for lecturers and academic support staff to help them navigate through certain challenges. ‘Emergency long-distance teaching’, ‘society 5.0’, and ‘online […]

New student council appointed to further develop student life at Akademia

New student council appointed to further develop student life at Akademia Published on:  26 August 2022 Akademia’s student council (SC) members for the 2022/2023 term were inaugurated on 25 Augustus during a remarkable event. The new SC stands prepared to make student life at the institution an exciting and valuable experience for all Fonties. According […]