Council For Higher Education
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Unveiling excellence: DUT’s odyssey of innovation beyond its academia
The ENVISION2030 statement of intent highlights DUT’s aspiration to be creative, innovative, entrepreneurial and adaptive
College closures and the pitfalls of privatisation
As austerity batters public universities, fly by night institutions leave students in the lurch
TSIBA graduates making huge strides in the business world
The business school is a community where dreams are realised and careers are launched
Ngcukaitobi, the new sheriff at Walter Sisulu University
The new chairperson of the council reveals his plans to shake up his alma mater and some of the problems he found when he started getting involved in the university’s affairs
Council defends law school accreditation decision
The Council for Higher Education head has defended the council’s bombshell decision to withdraw the undergraduate LLB degree accreditation for WSU
Damning CHE report into university performance
Less than 5% of black African and coloured youth succeed at university, and more than half of all first-year entrants never graduate at all.
Universities round on Nzimande and his Higher Education Amendment Bill
They claim drastic legal changes will give him more power to interfere.
Streamlined Setas for better skills
Proposed changes to occupation-directed training suggest a multifaceted approach to improve its workplace relevance.
‘Failing the majority’
‘The current system is hampering economic growth and development’
Untangling the merger mess
Failed universities mergers are being examined for possible solutions, according to ANC secretary general Gwede Mantashe.
Concerns over standard at TUT
With about 60 000 students TUT is South Africa’s largest university of technology and second largest university, after Unisa.
Language ‘divides UFS students’
A Council for Higher Education report highlights the ‘unforseen negative’ influence of the parallel-medium policy.