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The poverty of poor economics

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The winners of the Nobel prize in economics experiment on poor people, but their research doesn’t solve poverty

LETTER: The murder of Prof Kamwendo at UniZulu

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Kamwendo’s murder is an incident that is simply at the extreme end of a spectrum of problematic dynamics in the South African academy

Tertiary institutions must initiate change, not pacify donors

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The Rhodes Trust tries to mollify criticism of Cecil John Rhodes’s legacy while not offending its wealthy alumni and other donors.

Long wait for change in our varsities

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Substantive transformation is central to UCT’s focus in the wake of the Rhodes statue debacle.

Policy isn’t a great part of our sums

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New proposals to train better maths teachers ignore many schools’ resource constraints.

Transformation is not UCT’s priority

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Yet it still claims it is working to change the racial demographic of its academic staff.

Academic privilege is a grey area

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The many barriers faced by younger staff unfairly protect senior incumbents.

No replacement for ageing brains

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As older academics retire, there seems to be little deliberate action to bring new blood on board.

The real threat to academe is internal

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The phrase 'academic freedom' is meaningless without institutional quality and integrity.

University rankings a flawed tool

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The manipulative game of comparison and quantification turns institutions into players, writes Sean Muller.

More PhDs are not the answer

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Proper human resource development and career and succession planning in academia are far more important.

Publish or perish – and damage too?

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The state's research-funding model does not serve all of academia equally well.

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