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Why mere knowledge transfer fails

Article Mark Paterson - 27 Oct 2017

States and academics must collaborate or risk foreign experts taking over policy making

Letters to the editor: October 27 to November 2 2017

Article Staff Reporter - 27 Oct 2017

Readers write in about Ahmed Timol, the issues that hinder students' success, and President Zuma's statue in Nigeria

Core issues besides finance and access hinder students’ success

Article Staff Reporter - 20 Oct 2017

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

Article Jairam Reddy - 22 Sep 2017

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

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2016

For the government to wholly fund public higher education is seemingly impossible.

Blade Nzimande’s R1bn varsity debt

Article Staff Reporter - 24 Jun 2016

Institutions enrolled students in good faith as they awaited funding — which has yet to materialise.

New Northern Cape university gets highest marks in SA

Article Staff Reporter - 3 Mar 2015

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

Article Staff Reporter - 13 Feb 2015

Cida students despair after crucial meeting to decide the future of the institution is postponed.

Protesting TUT students clash with security guards

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Feb 2015

Student protests continued after NSFAS announced it did not have sufficient funds to assist all qualifying students at South Africa’s universities.

Zuma says universities are too costly – Nzimande disagrees

Article Staff Reporter - 12 Jan 2015

A 2013 government report found that government funding for these academic institutions has not kept up with enrolment numbers.

Funding woes hobble higher education department

Article Staff Reporter - 31 Oct 2014

Now the department is running at an inadequate capacity and is unable to perform all its functions.

Rural colleges need private boost

Article Staff Reporter - 28 Feb 2014

Revamping vocational training will achieve little in rural areas unless it is linked to job creation.

Khaya Dlanga: Poor non-white students still marginalised

Article Staff Reporter - 22 Aug 2013

The Council of Higher Education's recent report paints a scary picture of a student landscape little changed since 1982, writes Khaya Dlanga.

Equality not aligned with free-market forces

Article Ismail Lagardien Comment - 21 Sep 2012

If the US is anything to go by, the large-scale failure of for-profit institutions should be a lesson to those who want higher education privatised.

The pricey problem of varsity

Article Staff Reporter - 19 Nov 2008

Tertiary education is expensive and many who aspire to be students are forced to apply for study loans, such as those offered by banks.

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