Minister warns students over criticism
- 06 Jul 2012 10:13 - Bongani Nkosi
- Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana (28) hit a fire storm on his appointment to the Cabinet. Bongani Nkosi turns up the heat.
Europe's tertiary revolutions
- 04 May 2012 02:19 - Peter Scott
- Contests centred on universities, states and markets continue to divide the North -- and the globe
Private investors eye universities
- 04 May 2012 13:40 - Harriet Swain
- 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
An ongoing process of discovery
- 04 May 2012 10:56 -
- Scholars chart the past and present and rethink the notion of university in South Africa.
Way forward for the humanities
- 26 Apr 2012 09:29 - Staff Reporter
- The groundwork has been done and it is up to academics and institutions to come on board.
Shock report reveals dire conditions
- 02 Mar 2012 00:00 - David Macfarlane
- Students at South Africa's universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. David Macfarlane reports.
UJ stampede highlights education chaos
- 10 Jan 2012 16:31 - Staff Reporter
- 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.
Asmal's biography sheds light on lessons that go unlearned
- 29 Nov 2011 12:44 - Peter Vale
- Kader Asmal's biography prompts questions about how seriously politicians take higher education.
Silence vs dissent
- 28 Nov 2011 16:36 - Suren Pillay
- If we want to reconstitute the humanities and social sciences, we first have to critique them
Education's political nettles
- 18 Nov 2011 09:53 - David Macfarlane
- Trevor Manuel's national development plan is clear on the problems but does it present workable solutions?
Academically lost in translation
- 04 Nov 2011 15:15 - Judy Seligmann
- A new textbook for education students aims to ground them in the literacies of the academy.
Dilemma of the humanities
- 24 Jun 2011 00:00 - John Higgins
- The humanities in South Africa are caught between a rock and a hard place -- John Higgins assesses the state of the sector.
It's a case of supervising the supervisors
- 27 May 2011 00:00 - Layla Cassim
- When disputes arise, students have little or no recourse to challenge their superiors.
Slideshow | Uni accommodation shock report
- 01 Mar 2012 00:00
- Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has released a shocking report revealing the inadequate accommodation SA universities provide for many of its students.
