African tertiary institutions have a role to play in generating the knowledge and inventions which will allow the continent to solve its unique problems
If graduates did not get their qualifications from the list of top 50 universities, 40 of which are in the US, France, China, Hong Kong, Australia, Germany, Canada and Japan, they will be excluded
There are several bursary opportunities still available
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The exclusionary obstacles that international students face affect their academic performance.
African universities were once considered vital tools for nation building and destroying them risks reversing the developmental gains we have made.
Unless the government acts now, we will leave our children with a legacy of scientific colonialism.
Flagship universities should be nurtured to enhance the continent’s competitiveness.
Western hegemony in higher education will not fall as long as state policies perpetuate it.
Despite overcoming much of its apartheid legacy, the university is being denied the financial aid it needs to develop its facilities.
African universities are under immense pressure to accelerate their developmental projects.
The Africanisation of the curricula at higher education institutions is long overdue.
Students at South Africa’s universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. <b>David Macfarlane</b> reports.
Leaked letter written by UKZN audit chair Martin Hall ‘substantially compromised audit’, writes <b>Ahmed Essop</b>.
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/ 26 November 2010
If tertiary collegiality has succumbed to managerialism, where do we go from here?
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/ 5 November 2010
In a first for South Africa, the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) has established a chair of rural education.
Governments and heads of state in the African Union have emphasised the importance of higher education in the development of modern Africa.