Higher Learning Reporter

New research suggests the leadership model for the public service in South Africa may have to be overhauled to improve service delivery.

Schools of public management and administration should become more involved with solutions in future.

South African research is poised for a boost, thanks to the establishment of an open-access platform for high-quality local scholarly journals.

Unisa’s College of Economic and Management Sciences (Cems) has set up a specialised support unit to bolster its expanding research actitivities.

The Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership is to recruit more students spread across a larger number of African countries in the next year.

South Africa is facing a serious shortage in management skills, said Professor Eon Smit, director of the University of Stellenbosch’s Business School, at an address to business…

Women remain massively under-represented in leadership positions in higher education. In 2007 only three (and one acting) of South Africa’s 23 vice chancellors were women. In…

A study by researchers at Monash University in Australia has found that gastric banding surgery has a profound effect on one of society’s biggest health issues: diabetes. The…

The definition of an “ideal employer” is very different for South African graduates compared with their European and North American counterparts, according to a new survey.…

The European University Association (EUA) has launched a Europe-wide platform to bolster doctoral education. The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) will aim to develop…

The National Research Foundation (NRF) honoured 19 of South Africa’s top researchers at its annual President’s Awards, which were made in three categories: a lifetime achiever…

Project management skills are so valuable that they can be used in everyday work-life and not just in a specific project. This is the view of Professor Pieter Steyn, principal of…