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Higher Education

Free higher education in South Africa: Cutting through the lies and statistics
Article
/ 25 January 2018

Free higher education in South Africa: Cutting through the lies and statistics

Zuma’s free higher education proposal is the worst kind of populism. It’s been sold as a radically progressive policy with no negative consequences.

By Seán Mfundza Muller
Stranded, with nowhere to go
Videos
/ 10 January 2018

Stranded, with nowhere to go

We went to Tshwane University of Technology to speak to students queuing to register for the 2018 academic year. Accommodation is one of the concerns.

By Bongekile Macupe and Malcolm Sekgothe
EFF rejects ‘class segregation’ proposed by fees commission report
Article
/ 14 November 2017

EFF rejects ‘class segregation’ proposed by fees commission report

​The EFF has rejected the Heher Commission’s report on the feasibility of fee-free education on the basis that it will create ‘class segregation’

By Jan Gerber
Letters to the editor: October 27 to November 2 2017
Article
/ 27 October 2017

Letters to the editor: October 27 to November 2 2017

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

By Letters
Without success, access will fail
Article
/ 6 October 2017

Without success, access will fail

We need to address student failure as a factor in their anger towards universities

By Staff Reporter
Universities must adapt to the future
Article
/ 6 October 2017

Universities must adapt to the future

Technology will constantly change the working world and institutions need to get the message

By Patrick Bean
Student fund gets a human face
Article
/ 29 September 2017

Student fund gets a human face

Steven Zwane is the scheme’s new boss and wants buy-in to support the business of helping students

By Bongekile Macupe
Curriculums must include local content
Article
/ 29 September 2017

Curriculums must include local content

Decolonised education is one that incorporates local information that is relevant to all learners

By Gert Van Der Westhuizen and Khomotso Ntuli
Wanelisa Xaba on using crowdfunding to pay fees: ‘I got a lot of shaming from people’
Article
/ 3 May 2017

Wanelisa Xaba on using crowdfunding to pay fees: ‘I got a lot of shaming from people’

Some students have turned to online crowdfunding to raise funds for their studies.

By Staff Reporter
Favour rigorous debate, not security
Analysis
/ 3 March 2017

Favour rigorous debate, not security

Wits University should take up students’ violence as a pedagogical challenge.

By Staff Reporter
Prioritise sustainability, and higher education thrives
Article
/ 24 February 2017

Prioritise sustainability, and higher education thrives

Countries thrive when supported by a well-resourced and value-creating higher education sector.

By Rudi Kimmie
A letter to first-year students who carry burdens heavier than their backpacks
Article
/ 15 February 2017

A letter to first-year students who carry burdens heavier than their backpacks

Iviwe Fakela, a University of Cape Town medical student, has words of encouragement for first-year varsity students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

By Iviwe Fakela
​Technical college examiners not paid for years
Article
/ 31 January 2017

​Technical college examiners not paid for years

Some are owed amounts ranging from R88 000 to R384 000 by the higher education department.

By Prega Govender
Students contest the status quo
Article
/ 6 January 2017

Students contest the status quo

Reparation and redistribution to stop generational inequality underlies the protests.

By Staff Reporter
To survive, South Africa’s universities must learn to engage with chaos
Analysis
/ 20 December 2016

To survive, South Africa’s universities must learn to engage with chaos

The annual gathering of UCT’s alumni revealed how hard universities must work in the coming years to encourage dissent and debate.

By Staff Reporter
​Higher education not a commodity
Article
/ 18 November 2016

​Higher education not a commodity

In this submission to the Fees Commission, academics outline the implications of free higher education.

By Mondli Hlatshwayo, Zolisa Marawu, Enver Motala, Salim Vally, and
Inequalities increase as fees rise
Article
/ 21 October 2016

Inequalities increase as fees rise

South Africa is trudging California’s ruined road of tertiary education to inequality and exclusion

By Staff Reporter
#Fees2017: Open letter to the South African ambassador to the United States
Article
/ 19 October 2016

#Fees2017: Open letter to the South African ambassador to the United States

The letter to ambassador Mninwa Johannes Mahlangu was written in a bid to apply pressure on the South African government to listen to students.

By Raeesa Pather
Students in New York rise up in solidarity with #FeesMustFall
Article
/ 18 October 2016

Students in New York rise up in solidarity with #FeesMustFall

Students and workers will march to the South African consulate to hand over a letter of demands to the South African ambassador to the US.

By Raeesa Pather
​Equal Education says high earners, taxed correctly, could fund fee-free education
Article
/ 5 September 2016

​Equal Education says high earners, taxed correctly, could fund fee-free education

The organisation said parastatal bailouts could also have been used more profitably.

By Prega Govender
​Billions potentially lost as universities stare down the barrel of a 0% fee increase
Article
/ 5 September 2016

​Billions potentially lost as universities stare down the barrel of a 0% fee increase

The education minister’s advisory board says another no-fee increase will cause even greater financial stress on poor students.

By Prega Govender
Flexibility key to meaningful quality assurance at universities
Article
/ 23 March 2016

Flexibility key to meaningful quality assurance at universities

Tefera Tadesse undertook a study to find out the realities, opportunities and impediments of quality assurance at Ethiopian universities.

By Staff Reporter
From school to university: Pupils face critical challenges
Article
/ 2 March 2016

From school to university: Pupils face critical challenges

There is a vital intersect between schools as a pipeline to higher education, and higher education as the conduit for teachers into schools.

By Melissa King
We need to give the Higher Education Amendment Bill a chance
Article
/ 25 February 2016

We need to give the Higher Education Amendment Bill a chance

The Bill strives to solve problems affecting the tertiary sector and has been a consultative and inclusive process, writes William Lebohang Somo.

By William Lebohang Somo
Fort Hare: Forge the way for former black institutions
Article
/ 17 February 2016

Fort Hare: Forge the way for former black institutions

The university has played a historic role but must now lead the way in establishing leading African institutions of knowledge.

By Staff Reporter
Investigation into fee-free university education launched
Article
/ 20 January 2016

Investigation into fee-free university education launched

President Jacob Zuma has announced a commission of inquiry into higher education funding and related issues.

By Pontsho Pilane
#FeesMustFall: Cavernous contradictions in education and the economy
Article
/ 22 October 2015

#FeesMustFall: Cavernous contradictions in education and the economy

The African child still bears the burden of apartheid and a brutal system of capitalism which keeps him begging for participation in the economy.

By Gugu Ndima
Consortium aims to reopen Cida City Campus
Article
/ 18 August 2015

Consortium aims to reopen Cida City Campus

SA’s only no-fee university has been closed since December, but a multimillion-rand offer to rescue the institute holds hope for poor students.

By Bongani Nkosi
St Augustine College to reinstate undergrad studies
Article
/ 4 August 2015

St Augustine College to reinstate undergrad studies

St Augustine College, the Catholic Church-owned higher education institution, has announced it is reinstating its undergraduate degree studies.

By Bongani Nkosi
Of the 18% of matrics registered at universities, half drop out
Article
/ 21 May 2015

Of the 18% of matrics registered at universities, half drop out

Senior academic at the University of Johannesburg Dr Andre van Zyl says universities enroll just over a quarter of youth who complete matric.

By Bongani Nkosi
This is the year varsities will transform – Blade
Article
/ 14 May 2015

This is the year varsities will transform – Blade

In the wake of the #RhodesMustFall movement, the minister is pushing for "urgent" demographic changes at the country’s universities.

By Bongani Nkosi
UKZN: Another statue, same revolution?
Article
/ 26 March 2015

UKZN: Another statue, same revolution?

Don’t belittle the act of defacing symbols of the oppression students say is being upheld at universities, writes Victoria John.

By Victoria John
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