University student protests in Africa are rife with demands for lower fees to cheaper meals. Lee Mwiti looks at the reality of varsity fees globally.
Blade Nzimande’s office has told school heads and professors not to communicate directly with the minister, but to go through the proper channels.
African universities are under immense pressure to accelerate their developmental projects.
The private, no-fee university has been deregistered by the education authorities after falling into the red to the tune of some R30m.
The experience of women in academics is often a journey of construction and a negotiation of identities, writes Dr Machika.
Professor Walter Baets puts new research on MBA studies into context and explains why an MBA is the ticket for personal and corporate success.
Nyenrode Business Universiteit and Stellenbosch University Business School transform the MBA.
North West University says its "Sieg Heil" was not intended to cause harm, but government says it "can only be characterised as unacceptable".
The launch of Blade Nzimande’s white paper and the audited data on universities exposes the steady pattern of dropouts, failure and graduation.
Refusing to forget the violent conflicts of South Africa’s past is the surest way of ending them.
Deputy Higher Education Minister Mduduzi Manana (28) hit a fire storm on his appointment to the Cabinet. Bongani Nkosi turns up the heat.
The recent sale of the UK’s College of Law to an equity firm has raised questions about the future funding of all higher education institutions
Scholars chart the past and present and rethink the notion of university in South Africa.
Contests centred on universities, states and markets continue to divide the North
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The groundwork has been done and it is up to academics and institutions to come on board.
Students at South Africa’s universities live in squalid accommodation and often go hungry. <b>David Macfarlane</b> reports.
Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande’s "wonderful problem" came back to haunt him when a stampede at UJ left one woman dead and 17 injured.
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/ 29 November 2011
Kader Asmal’s biography prompts questions about how seriously politicians take higher education.
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/ 28 November 2011
If we want to reconstitute the humanities and social sciences, we first have to critique them
Trevor Manuel’s national development plan is clear on the problems but does it present workable solutions?
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/ 4 November 2011
A new textbook for education students aims to ground them in the literacies of the academy.
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/ 11 October 2011
Two recently published reports have laid the groundwork for a white paper.
As the second anniversary of his assuming the reins at UFS approaches, Jonathan Jansen bemoans the anti-excellence culture in South Africa.
Strengthening women’s participation in higher education is more than just a ‘women’s issue’.
Students are using bursary money to buy alcohol.
The humanities in South Africa are caught between a rock and a hard place — <b>John Higgins</b> assesses the state of the sector.
The ‘consultancy culture’ at universities across the continent has a corrosive effect on education.
Support for intraregional collaboration in higher education is essential to boost local development.
When disputes arise, students have little or no recourse to challenge their superiors.
It’s no mystery why research is limited to some institutions.
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/ 9 February 2011
<em>M&G</em> readers share their thoughts on various reports in our newspaper.
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/ 11 January 2011
Many of the prospective students flocking to the University of Johannesburg may not get in at all, the institution said on Tuesday.