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Sen Muller
The poverty of poor economics
Article
Grieve Chelwa
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Sen Muller
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22 Oct 2019
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
Article
Sen Muller
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8 Dec 2018
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
Article
Sen Muller
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9 Mar 2016
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
Article
Sen Muller
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15 May 2015
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
Article
Sen Muller
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Sara Muller
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13 Feb 2015
New proposals to train better maths teachers ignore many schools’ resource constraints.
Transformation is not UCT’s priority
Article
Sen Muller
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21 Nov 2014
Yet it still claims it is working to change the racial demographic of its academic staff.
Academic privilege is a grey area
Article
Sen Muller
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7 Mar 2014
The many barriers faced by younger staff unfairly protect senior incumbents.
No replacement for ageing brains
Article
Sen Muller
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4 Oct 2013
As older academics retire, there seems to be little deliberate action to bring new blood on board.
The real threat to academe is internal
Article
Sen Muller
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14 May 2013
The phrase 'academic freedom' is meaningless without institutional quality and integrity.
University rankings a flawed tool
Article
Sen Muller
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4 Jan 2013
The manipulative game of comparison and quantification turns institutions into players, writes Sean Muller.
More PhDs are not the answer
Article
Sen Muller
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20 Sep 2012
Proper human resource development and career and succession planning in academia are far more important.
Publish or perish – and damage too?
Article
Sen Muller
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13 Apr 2012
The state's research-funding model does not serve all of academia equally well.
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