Pre-Exam checklist
Revisions done, alarm clock set, pencils sharpened – what else do you need to do for your exam? Here’s a quick checklist to help you make sure you’re all set for the big day.
Textbooks give students access to success and must be part of the higher education funding debate
Daily, we are reminded of the pressures that students returning to class – or enrolling for the first time – experience as they arrive at universities and colleges around South Africa. Just this week we have been bombarded with images of students sleeping rough at...Publisher Profile: Yolandi Farham
If you’re interested in the publishing industry or simply want to have a closer look at Oxford University Press Southern Africa – look no further than our recurring Publisher Profile feature. Publisher Profiles are brief Q & A sessions with our Publishers which...Bring adventure into your Physical Education lessons with orienteering
Physical Education forms a big part of the Life Orientation syllabus from Intermediate to FET Phase. Learners are encouraged to participate in physical activities that will improve their general fitness and wellbeing, assist them in working together as a team and...With spellcheckers, why do children still need a dictionary?
Today almost every child has a cellphone, or access to one. With free mobile or online spellcheckers available, who needs a dictionary, right? Wrong! Spellcheckers have a limited function when it comes to writing grammatically and using punctuation correctly. And as...Tips to Avoid Plagiarism
Every student is familiar with plagiarism, it’s a word loaded with consequences and negative connotations. However we often harbour very vague ideas about what it actually constitutes. There’s more to plagiarism than just copy pasting from another source or stealing...Inspire a love for reading in your classroom
If you can read, you can travel the world, go on adventures, meet heroes, unravel mysteries, investigate history, explore the universe and taste freedom! Reading solves problems too: poor spelling or vocabulary, concentration issues, sometimes even poverty and...Learning Zone – Taking Textbooks into the Future
Learning Zone redefines what a textbook can be. “People assume that when we talk about a ‘textbook’, we mean an inaccessible, dense tome. Nothing could be further from the truth,” points out Oxford University Press Southern Africa Higher Education and Trade Director...Seven Student Life Hacks & Tips
For those of us who have googled life hacks we know that the internet is chock-a-block with all sorts of cunning ways to organise clothing and prevent keys from being lost. What about life hacks for students? Student life isn’t always easy. Lectures and working take...
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