Student Funding

Clinton promises big changes for students if she wins

Article Staff Reporter - 14 Oct 2016

The US has one of the most expensive higher education systems in the world.

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.

Are student loans the only answer?

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2016

Fee-free higher education could cost as much as an additional R71-billion a year

Free university for all is unrealistic

Article Staff Reporter - 7 Oct 2016

South Africa's economy won't be able to shoulder the burden of what students are demanding

No fees: Breathe fire into ubuntu

Article Jeff Rudin 1 & Jeff Rudin - 26 Nov 2015

South Africa can afford fee-free universities without squeezing them to make do with even less.

Youth will force change on their terms if leaders dither

Article bogdan TagDiv - 29 Oct 2015

Young people need a clear vision of the type of country they want to live in and should truly address the inequalities of the past.

Ministers’ pockets can fund a degree

Article bogdan TagDiv - 16 Jul 2015

Mduduzi Manana believes his fellow Cabinet members can and should help pay for student fees.

Student is punished twice for being poor

Article bogdan TagDiv - 10 Jul 2015

A graduate says he can’t get a decent job because the university withheld his certificate over debt.

Industry has a major role to play in skills development

Article bogdan TagDiv - 2 Jul 2015

The responsibility for funding higher education and training cannot be a government responsibility alone.

Graduates capped with a debt letter

Article bogdan TagDiv - 5 Jun 2015

Students claim they didn’t get certificates after the funding agency failed to pay their fees.

Anatomy of a varsity textbook

Article Staff Reporter - 2 Apr 2015

It’s not just a lump of paper and ink, but a curated and researched stake in your future.

‘Mechanic’ fixes varsity breakdown

Article bogdan TagDiv - 27 Feb 2015

Acting vice-chancellor bends the rules to readmit 5 000 needy students who faced exclusion.

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