Private investors eye universities
The recent sale of the UK's College of Law to an equity firm has raised questions about the future funding of all higher education institutions
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An ongoing process of discovery
Scholars chart the past and present and rethink the notion of university in South Africa.
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Europe's tertiary revolutions
Contests centred on universities, states and markets continue to divide the North
-- and the globe
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Way forward for the humanities
The groundwork has been done and it is up to academics and institutions to come on board.
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Shock report reveals dire conditions
Students at South Africa's universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. David Macfarlane reports.
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UJ stampede highlights education chaos
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's "wonderful problem" came back to haunt him when a stampede at UJ left one woman dead and 17 injured.
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Asmal's biography sheds light on lessons that go unlearned
Kader Asmal's biography prompts questions about how seriously politicians take higher education.
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Silence vs dissent
If we want to reconstitute the humanities and social sciences, we first have to critique them
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Education's political nettles
Trevor Manuel's national development plan is clear on the problems but does it present workable solutions?
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Academically lost in translation
A new textbook for education students aims to ground them in the literacies of the academy.
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