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Author: Corporate Communication and Marketing/Korporatiewe Kommunikasie en Bemarking [Rozanne Engel]
Published: 11/02/2021
For almost two decades, the Words Open Worlds (WOW) project has made a tangible difference in the lives of over a million school learners across the country.
WOW is a non-profitable empowerment project overseen by the Toyota Stellenbosch University (SU) Woordfees. Launched in 2003, it aims to create programmes in underprivileged schools and communities to develop language, literacy and the arts, and help broaden the perspectives of all participants.
Numerous WOW project actions are presented throughout the year. These include school visits by the authors of prescribed books, reading circles and festivals, debate festivals, arts and culture festivals, workshops, the paint and poetry competition for young learners, as well as the fast-growing national Sanlam WOW Spelfees.
New joint president elected for NIVA and BVA Northern Ireland Branch
Share: The Northern Ireland Branch of BVA and the North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) have jointly elected veterinary nutritionist, Mark Little as their new President.
Mark Little is technical manager at Trouw Nutrition Ireland where he leads a team of nutritionists, giving multispecies on-farm advice for feed mills. As well as becoming a 2019 scholar with the Nuffield Farming Scholarship Trust, Mark has completed a PhD researching the nutritional influences on immunity in the transition dairy cow, with studies conducted at Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute, Hillsborough and Queen’s University Belfast.
THE University of Bradford has signed a memorandum of understanding with the World Wide Fund for Nature Central and Eastern Europe to promote circular economies and sustainable development. It will mean a closer working relationship between the two organisations and collaborations on tackling issues like climate change and biodiversity loss. Andreas Beckmann is regional CEO of WWF Central and Eastern Europe and completed an MBA at the University. He is also a member of the University’s Industry Advisory Board. He said: “On behalf of WWF-CEE, and as a University of Bradford alumnus and member of the University s Industry Advisory Board, I am very pleased to sign this partnership.