Universities need to be agile and flexible and focused on innovation and job creation to create courses tailored to needs and the job market’s demands
The brain circulation among academics is an international phenomenon that must be celebrated instead of being despised
A timely call to rethink how African history and knowledge can reclaim space in global narratives
The statistics agency’s youth report notes worsening joblessness, hunger and safety concerns among South Africa’s youth
A transformative approach is needed to improve management processes and teaching outcomes, making institutions more efficient and graduates more employable
The requirements of the job market in all professions require ongoing university curriculum reviews to assess each programme’s relevance and alignment with the needs of professions, industry and society
Jeffrey Rakabe ponders transformation, trauma and tradition in a debut that challenges what it means to grow up
Universities in Africa need to secure funding for students and build new research collaborations while not excluding our US partners
A changing world requires that curricula be adapted to create graduates who are employable
If universities see artificial intelligence as a tool students must learn to use responsibly rather than a force to be policed, academia can establish a productive relationship with the technology
The plan ensures the transformative institution will make a difference locally and internationally
Undergraduate and postgraduate applications currently open, and aspiring scholars have a wide array of programmes to choose from
Students and staff at the university who are sympathetic to Palestine have asked that it boycott all Israeli academic institutions
The graduation season is set against the backdrop of an unemployment rate of 32.9% for the first quarter of 2024
The minister said detractors have celebrated the reputational damage to the student funding scheme, his department and the government.
The troubled student financial aid scheme will be placed under administration
The department of higher education on Friday announced that it would deregister Damelin, CityVarsity, Intec and Lyceum College
The student financial aid scheme’s board has rejected calls by students demanding that their accommodation allowances be paid to them directly
Extended Curriculum Programmes create an equitable education landscape
The business school is a community where dreams are realised and careers are launched
Creative, Distinctive, Impactful
The minister wanted to make the move in the wake of independent reports flagging poor financial controls, fruitless and wasteful expenditure, and mismanagement
It is imperative that we break the silence and change the narrative of black women who enter academic spaces
Fair discrimination requires all South Africans to have an equal chance to meet the minimum standard to access institutions of higher education
The leadership needs to be courageous and committed to the transformation of higher education
Most of SA’s youth will be left behind without investment in technology and infrastructure to support online learning from basic education up
Funding, collaboration and innovation can improve the skills and prospects of young South Africans
There are only six women vice-chancellors in SA, and progress in eliminating gender bias is slow
For the next three months we all must critically engage with the education sector to halt the flood of a generation slipping through.
Two months before the long-serving higher education director general was suspended, he reported Nzimande to the bargaining council
Because the government ignores legitimate complaints and softer forms of protest, and only protest action yields results, we have learned that power trumps the law, despite what the constitution claims. A human rights court could be an answer
At least 40 student beneficiaries of the foundation were briefly rendered homeless after their rent was not paid for more than two years