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Academic Standards

The gap year
Special Reports
/ 10 February 2020

The gap year

Taking a gap after school can be the best possible way for students to prepare for their future and find their feet

By Staff Reporter
Better standards and guidelines can bolster research literature reviews
Article
/ 20 June 2018

Better standards and guidelines can bolster research literature reviews

Researchers should try to make their literature reviews as reliable as possible and adhere to strict standards

By Staff Reporter
Matric marks adjusted only if necessary
Article
/ 6 January 2017

Matric marks adjusted only if necessary

Standardisation eliminates discrepancies that have nothing to do with pupils’ abilities.

By Mafu Rakometsi
Forget plagiarism: There’s a new and bigger threat to academic integrity
Article
/ 19 August 2015

Forget plagiarism: There’s a new and bigger threat to academic integrity

Weeding out student essays from paper mills will require work by established academia and a renewed commitment to integrity from varsity communities.

By Adele Thomas
Universities ‘look beyond the potholes’
Article
/ 30 January 2015

Universities ‘look beyond the potholes’

It is more urgent to improve lecturers’ teaching skills than to raise funds and develop new courses.

By Staff Reporter
Whose knowledge is it anyway?
Article
/ 9 November 2012

Whose knowledge is it anyway?

We need to assess whether the country’s education institutions have succeeded in eliminating the legacy of social exclusion.

By Staff Reporter
Common sense fails our students
Article
/ 10 August 2012

Common sense fails our students

Outdated models of academic support still persist in universities.

By Chrissie Boughey
UCT pops up on global varsity list
Article
/ 17 September 2010

UCT pops up on global varsity list

After global rankings last week put only one SA university in its top 200 — UCT — a second set of rankings this week also singled out UCT.

By David Macfarlane

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