{"id":101894,"date":"2015-10-22T11:34:43","date_gmt":"2015-10-22T09:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/?p=101894"},"modified":"2015-10-22T11:34:43","modified_gmt":"2015-10-22T09:34:43","slug":"stoogle-an-information-portal-for-students-by-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/internet\/101894\/stoogle-an-information-portal-for-students-by-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Stoogle: an information portal for students, by students"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Students from the University of Cape Town have created a student information portal, <a href=\"http:\/\/stoogle.co.za\/\" target=\"_blank\">Stoogle.co.za<\/a>, in a bid to assist high school pupils and students with guidance when moving on to tertiary institutions.<\/p>\n<p>The platform launched at the beginning of 2015, and according to its founders, has gained &#8220;considerable traction&#8221; already.<\/p>\n<p>The site aims to help students on many levels:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>To help high school pupils choose their subjects in Grade 9;<\/li>\n<li>Guidance on where to go and what to study after high school, with assistance in applying;<\/li>\n<li>Helping students find accommodation and getting supplies for res and food for their &#8220;digs&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>Helping students get textbooks and tutoring on the cheap;<\/li>\n<li>And helping to find student jobs to pay their way.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Notably, the site also offers guidance on how to find funding to study, with access to student loans where bursaries are not possible.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We\u2019re even going so far as to help those in need experience university and gain an education,&#8221; the startup said.<\/p>\n<p>The site offers a host of free content, giving advice on a number of topics &#8211; from dealing with student loans and details about various courses &#8211; and also offers paid-for services such as Skype sessions and tutoring.<\/p>\n<p>The site was founded and developed by UCT students, Jason Basel, Ben Rath and James Kieser.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"my-4\">More on education in SA<\/h3>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/101734\/this-is-how-much-money-south-africas-top-universities-make\/\" target=\"_blank\">This is how much money South Africa\u2019s top universities make<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/general\/101412\/here-are-south-africas-26-universities\/\">Here are South Africa\u2019s 26 universities<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/lifestyle\/100488\/what-you-should-know-about-south-africas-5-best-universities\/\">What you should know about South Africa\u2019s 5 best universitie<\/a>s<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UCT students have created a student information portal, Stoogle.co.za, in a bid to assist high school pupils and students with guidance when moving on to tertiary education.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":100844,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9882],"tags":[25,10686],"class_list":["post-101894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-internet","tag-active","tag-stoogle"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101894","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=101894"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":101902,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/101894\/revisions\/101902"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/100844"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=101894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=101894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/businesstech.co.za\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=101894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}