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Why mere knowledge transfer fails
States and academics must collaborate or risk foreign experts taking over policy making
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Core issues besides finance and access hinder students’ success
The disparate backgrounds of students call for changes to courses and ways of teaching that don’t compromise academic competency
VCs: Set a trend for moderate pay
By accepting more modest remuneration packages, varsity vice-chancellors can send a powerful message to bosses in the corporate and parastatal sectors
State-backed loan scheme ticks all boxes
For the government to wholly fund public higher education is seemingly impossible.
Blade Nzimande’s R1bn varsity debt
Institutions enrolled students in good faith as they awaited funding — which has yet to materialise.
New Northern Cape university gets highest marks in SA
Despite having to deal with construction, residence and financing issues, Sol Plaatje students last year averaged the best grades across the country.
Future of Cida and its students still on hold
Cida students despair after crucial meeting to decide the future of the institution is postponed.
Protesting TUT students clash with security guards
Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.
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Call for applications for the position of GCRO executive director
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