It’s finally time to break out those flirty skirts, bright bikinis and that hot six pack you’ve worked on all winter.  The weather is warm and people have more desire to go out and of course, wear less. I dug into students’ minds to find out what really turns them on when the sunny weather calls for showing some skin. There was only one thing left to say – it’s about to get hot and sexy on campus!
“Bikinis, legs and cleavage! I can’t emphasise that any further,” says engineering …

The word is out! The July/ August issue of Village Voice – your number one campus magazine as usual ROCKS HARD!
In this Woman’s Month issue you can look forward to:
Meet the Wags – The glam girls who graced the soccer stands during the FIFA 2010 Soccer World Cup.
Word from the Village – The male Village Idiots share what they would do if they switched gender for a day.
Have your say – Students share their stories, and this issue touches on managing Girl-guy Friendships and the latest fashion fad amongst …

In web design circles, there’s a saying that goes “good designers redesign, great designers realign”. That’s exactly what we’ve done with the all new and improved www.studentvillage.co.za homepage.
The new SV homepage has a wealth of new features at your disposal. We’re still very much attached to the current site, so the changes are very small. We have realigned and polished the site as a way of de-cluttering and making it more user-friendly.
The homepage now lets you fill up on the latest headlines, party pics and blogs all from one central …

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Fay Humphries looks at how part-time work can improve your chances of building your career
I recently got a call from someone called Nelly. She’s in a really tight situation.
She’s 23 and sat her matric exams in 2007. She got an ‘F’ for just about everything, except for English. She got an ‘E’ for that. She lives just outside Ermelo with her mother, who is in her sixties. They’re both currently unemployed. In fact, Nelly has never been able to find a job.
She called because she’s looking for funding to go …

Student Village went onto campuses around the country to find out how much cash students have, where they get it and what they do with it
By: Anele Mdzikwa and Fay Humphries
If you’re studying full-time, get less than R1 500 in spending money a month, don’t have a credit card or a savings account, and are more upbeat about 2010 then you were about last year, then…guess what?
You’re a typical South African student.
We know this because some of our colleagues here at Student Village spent time on campus recently asking students …

Evoke your power and your passion for the planet and its people with this online game
By: Thabiso Mongalo
Have you ever seen a world hunger issue on the news, or read an article about food shortages in sub-Saharan Africa or even a human rights violation story in a newspaper?
Do you remember the feeling of hopelessness because you thought that there was nothing that you could do to help? Well, now there is!
Evoke is an innovative online game platform from the World Bank that is designed to empower you (and other like-minded …

Khanya – keeping it together is key

This actor and television presenter knows that time management is the only way to cope with a life led at full throttle

By: Olwethu Mlotshwa
Having hosted a number of television shows all while she was studying, Khanya Mkangisa is no stranger to juggling work and study. She has a degree from AFDA and a number of shows to prove it.
This multi-talented star has been juggling work, study and a social life since the tender age of 15. “I’ve never had a problem academically. It was …

Here’s some great tips on how to perform at your peak during your mid-year exams
By: Fay Humphries
The first step towards getting the job you want is getting the kind of marks that make potential employers sit up and notice you. Follow these simple suggestions and watch your results improve.
1. Start studying in time. Rather spend an hour and a half a day for a few weeks prior to your exams then try and cram six or seven hours of studying into your day just before the exams start.
2. Decide when it would …

There is life after the SWC, in the form of this premier event from Student Village.

The hugely popular Women’s Leadership Conference (WLC), organised by Student Village, is set to soar again in 2010 during the month of August..
“This year’s WLC will be the seventh time we’d hosted students from Cape Town, Johannesburg and Durban,” says Student Village director Marc Kornberger. “It’s a prestigious, ‘by-invite-only’ event. It provides a mentoring network to a select group of extremely talented young women from universities across the country, and affords sponsors an inspirational platform …