Mixed signals in post-school system
- 15 Feb 2013 11:36 - Nico Cloete
- Colleges are vital in the attempt to unscramble the confusion at the doors of higher learning that leave thousands in limbo.
Nzimande cleaning house to avoid another UJ stampede
- 11 Oct 2012 16:52 - Aneesa Fazel
- Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande has unveiled his plan to better manage the admission of thousands of prospective students to universities.
Publish or perish - and damage too?
- 13 Apr 2012 09:17 - Seán Muller
- The state's research-funding model does not serve all of academia equally well.
UP finish Varsity Cup season on a high
- 20 Mar 2012 09:31 - Staff Reporter
- The University of Pretoria have finished the Varsity Cup at the top of the log with a four-try bonus point victory over the University of Cape Town.
Calling all teachers
- 16 Mar 2012 11:55 - Staff Reporter
- The Mail & Guardian invites you to the next Teachers Upfront dialogue.
Barbarians at UJ's gate are just victims
- 21 Jan 2012 10:35 - SOCIETY
- Those in the stampede succumbed to the ideology of rampant individualism.
Blade's green paper cuts to the education core
- 13 Jan 2012 12:31 - David Macfarlane
- Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande's new policy document offers an unflinchingly thorough analysis of SA's training needs, but is it enough?
Mixed reaction to minister's proposals to improve training
- 13 Jan 2012 12:12 - Victoria John
- Experts question the proposal of a new application system for universities and the touting of FET colleges as a viable alternative to universities.
'It would be criminal to deny them access'
- 13 Jan 2012 12:01 - Bongani Nkosi
- At the centre of the University of Johannesburg crisis is its vice-chancellor, Professor Ihron Rensburg. He spoke to Bongani Nkosi.
UJ to pay tuition fees of stampede victim's son
- 11 Jan 2012 14:59 - Staff Reporter
- The University of Johannesburg says it will pay the tuition fees of the man whose mother was killed in a stampede at its Bunting Road campus.
Students prefer 'comprehensive' UJ to other institutions
- 11 Jan 2012 00:00 - Victoria John
- After a fatal stampede in Johannesburg, questions are being raised about why late applicants in Gauteng target UJ and not other universities.
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.
University, police deny culpability in death crush
- 10 Jan 2012 13:28 - Bongani Nkosi
- Neither the University of Johannesburg nor the metro police is willing to accept responsibility for the fatal stampede at the Bunting Road campus.
Woman killed, 17 injured in UJ stampede
- 10 Jan 2012 09:31 - Staff Reporter
- A woman has been crushed to death in a stampede at the University of Johannesburg, after applicants desperate for a berth rushed the varsity's gates.
Languages of excellence
- 21 Oct 2011 10:15 - Elbie Henning
- A school is pioneering a new method of teaching multilingual children in early grades.
A delicate balance
- 14 Oct 2011 11:54 - Barbara Dale-Jones
- Is an over-emphasis on the rights of teachers damaging the rights of learners?
Burmese firm gets SA exploration right
- 07 Oct 2011 00:00 - Craig McKune
- South Africa has handed an offshore petroleum exploration right to a company reportedly tied to the military junta of Burma.
Students outraged by Israel mission
- 12 Aug 2011 00:00 - Ilham Rawoot
- South African students have spoken out against what they call "Israeli apartheid agents" who plan to visit South African universities.
Vladislavic: Take two
- 20 May 2011 12:50 - Craig MacKenzie
- Author, Ivan Vladislavic, has won his second UJ prize with a three-part novel that covers familiar ground.
UJ's decision was to show solidarity with the oppressed
- 10 May 2011 09:52 - Staff Reporter
- Debate about the boycott of Israeli academic institutions has been marked by misunderstandings about the University of Johannesburg's position.
