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History was made with BRICSCESS

History was made when the BRICS (Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Council of Exercise and Sport Science (BRICSCESS) was founded on 17 October 2015 during a meeting at the Manav Rachna International University in Delhi, India. The BRICSCESS is an international professional organisation which consists of professors, researchers, students, institutions, affiliates and other membership groups of exercise and sports science.
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NWU researchers continue to make their mark in BRICS, SADC

Prof Freek Cronjé from the North-West University’s Bench Marks Centre for Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) – as serving member of the International BRICS Sociology Steering Committee, was recently invited to Porto Alegre, Brazil to present a paper at an International BRICS Workshop. The title of the paper was: BRICS: In Search for Sustainable Development and Equality.
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NWU supports new BRICS university

Long-awaited consultations for the establishment of a virtual BRICS Network University are currently under way in Moscow, Russia, where the North-West University will clearly leave its mark on the international front.
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UPDATED RANKING: SA's 14 universities rated against BRICS - mostly sliding 

The University of Cape Town has slipped four places to outside the top ten on the QS University Rankings for BRICS. The rankings were published on www.TopUniversities.com and compares the Top 400 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. The University of Cape Town is however the country’s best placed of the eleven universities among the top 200. Eight of those eleven are in the top 100 but seven are in a lower position than last year’s rankings.
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BRICS university rankings - Does SA make the grade?

JOHANNESBURG - The QS University Rankings: BRICS published a comparison of the Top 400 institutions in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, the five major emerging national economies.
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BRICS Network University to be established in September

A large-scale event to establish a BRICS Network University has been planned for September
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BRICS countries universities will prepare professionals together

In April 2015, Russia for the second time entered the rights of the BRICS chairman, an informal association of five major emerging national economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. Until February next year, the countries, members of the group led by the Russian Federation, are planning to expand cooperation in education, science and youth policy.
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BRICS countries to establish a Sport Science foundation

The foundation of the BRICS Council of Exercise and Sports Science (BRICSCESS) is the outcome of an idea first conceived during the 18th International Scientific Congress “Olympic Sport and Sport for All” held 1-4 October, 2014 at Kazakh Academy of Sport and Tourism, Kazakhstan.
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