Minister given a blue light to ride roughshod over academic rights
- 17 May 2013 12:42 - Jeremy Gauntlett
- The amended education Act echoes what apartheid’s architects had in mind for universities.
The real threat to academe is internal
- 14 May 2013 09:31 - Seán Muller
- The phrase 'academic freedom' is meaningless without institutional quality and integrity.
UKZN's VC made 'solemn oath to be impartial'
- 04 Mar 2011 10:34 - Staff Reporter
- it is often not realised that respect for the truth, ethics and integrity essentially guide vice-chancellors in their positions.
CHE audits 'might never be the same'
- 25 Feb 2011 10:58 - Renuka Vithal
- Unethical revelations undermine the legitimacy of the peer-review process, writes Renuka Vithal.
Stepping out of line
- 11 Feb 2011 09:43 - Caroline White
- The seeds of UKZN's corporate authoritarianism were planted at least a decade ago, writes Caroline White/
University dispute causes a crisis of credibility
- 28 Jan 2011 07:27 - Shirley Brooks
- The Council on Higher Education's supression of its audit report on UKZN has set a terrible precedent, writes Shirley Brooks.
Varsity's voices of dissent gagged
- 14 Jan 2011 14:28 - Martin Hall
- Supressing the entire audit of the University of KwaZulu-Natal does not benefit the university or the public, writes Martin Hall.
An opinion carries a high price
- 22 Mar 2009 06:00 - Angus Stewart
- The 'chilling effect' of threatened disciplinary proceedings hanging over the heads of academics who voice an opinion is troubling.
Defending our freedom to think critically
- 27 Nov 2008 09:46 - David Coldwel
- 'The three horsemen in academic freedom's apocalypse are massification, managerialism and immiseration'
