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The impact of the Margo Steele Bursary on students' lives
Accounting students at the University of the Witwatersrand’s newly renamed Margo Steele School of Accountancy have received a huge financial boost, with a donation of US$10 million (about R180 million) over the next 10 years. The donation, from an anonymous donor and alumnus of the school, was made in honour of Steele, who served as the first female head of school to the Wits School of Accountancy from 1987 to 1995.
Watch VideoIn this week’s episode, we dive into how Netflix is empowering Wits Film and TV students through the donation of state-of-the-art equipment. We learn about how Prof. Bavesh Kana and his team are improving the 100-year-old TB vaccine through gene editing. We find the age of the Taung Child fossil thanks to new research methods and explore the new precision medicine guidelines co-authored by Prof. Michèle Ramsay, which was published in Nature Medicine. Finally, we look into the Civic Leadership Programme that is preparing students to make a positive impact on society Read more at www.wits.ac.za/news.
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