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Universities

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Article
/ 10 February 2011

DUT protests continue

DUT students have set one of the institution’s cars alight and thrown rocks at the executive director’s office in Pietermaritzburg on Thursday.

By Staff Reporter
UJ students gatecrash VC’s party
Article
/ 7 February 2011

UJ students gatecrash VC’s party

Unresolved tensions between students and management at UJ erupted on Friday at the university’s launch of its Soweto campus.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
‘Take the baton from Tutu’
Article
/ 4 February 2011

‘Take the baton from Tutu’

An institute for race studies has been set up opposite the notorious Reitz residence on UFS, writes <b>Kamogelo Seekoei</b>.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
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Article
/ 2 February 2011

Calm returns to Medunsa campus

Accommodation will be provided to all students at the University of Limpopo, management and students resolved at a meeting on Tuesday.

By Staff Reporter
A question of excellence
Article
/ 28 January 2011

A question of excellence

We need to scrutinise the ideological baggage of some favourite academic words.

By Sioux McKenna
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Article
/ 28 January 2011

Degrees of faith

If we can learn to think about religion, we can learn to think about anything, argues <b>David Chidester</b>.

By David Chidester
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Article
/ 28 January 2011

Wits joins Big Bang researchers

Physicists at Wits University now have access to the world’s largest and most complex scientific instruments used to study "elementary particles".

By Trevor Vickey
University dispute causes a crisis of credibility
Article
/ 28 January 2011

University dispute causes a crisis of credibility

The Council on Higher Education’s supression of its audit report on UKZN has set a terrible precedent, writes <b>Shirley Brooks</b>.

By Shirley Brooks
Cloud over new student loan plans
Article
/ 21 January 2011

Cloud over new student loan plans

Auditor general slams student financial aid scheme that will manage new R1,5-billion allocation.

By David Macfarlane and Kamogelo Seekoei
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Article
/ 19 January 2011

Climate lessons from Africa

Africa has a unique opportunity to provide solutions for the global problem of climate change, says Professor Sir David King.

By Tarryn Harbour
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Analysis
/ 14 January 2011

Varsity’s voices of dissent gagged

Supressing the entire audit of the University of KwaZulu-Natal does not benefit the university or the public, writes <b>Martin Hall</b>.

By Martin Hall
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Article
/ 14 January 2011

Tertiary fee pledges a step towards free education

Neither the ANC nor the government has any time frame in mind for the implementation of the goal of free education.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
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Article
/ 11 January 2011

Flood of new matrics besiege varsities

Two Johannesburg universities were flooded this week by unprecedented numbers of students seeking late admission.

By Ryan Hoffmann
Public funds for partisan politics
Article
/ 17 December 2010

Public funds for partisan politics

Higher education is not immune from the conceit of the one-party state, writes <b>Amanda Ngwenya</b>.

By Amanda Ngwenya
‘We too have a dream,’ say UFS students
Article
/ 10 December 2010

‘We too have a dream,’ say UFS students

Diverse campus lifestyles in the US inspire Kovsies to become ‘cohorts of change’.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
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Article
/ 3 December 2010

The humanities in all of us

It may be time to reinsert the liberal arts curriculum into undergraduate degrees argue <b>J Edward Chamberlin and Peter Vale</b>.

By Peter Vale
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Article
/ 1 December 2010

“Still in chains”, says black honours graduate

A UCT graduate has written a scathing open letter to HET MInister Blade Nzimande detailing the difficulties he and other black graduates face.

By Ryan Hoffmann
Universities vs teacher colleges
Article
/ 26 November 2010

Universities vs teacher colleges

Varsity snobbery endangers the training of teachers for the foundation phase, writes <b>Michael Rice</b>.

By Michael Rice
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Article
/ 26 November 2010

What are we doing to ourselves?

The research-subsidy formula could be undermining academic quality.

By Chrissie Boughey
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Article
/ 24 November 2010

Who will lecture the lecturers?

University lecturers should themselves be taught how to teach, Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande said on Tuesday.

By Ryan Hoffmann
A matter of status
Article
/ 19 November 2010

A matter of status

Researchers take issue with the suggestion of new colleges of education for foundation-phase teachers.

By Sarah Gravett
Fear shadows probe into UniZulu finances
Article
/ 19 November 2010

Fear shadows probe into UniZulu finances

Business interests within the University of Zululand (UniZulu), in question.

By David Macfarlane
Doing history differently?
Article
/ 5 November 2010

Doing history differently?

Now in its 17th year, UWC’s celebrated history seminar takes stock, writes <b>Jill Weintroub</b>.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 5 November 2010

Hostile takeover: The university loses its mission

The dispute about corporatisation of universities centres on the erosion of a sense of vocation, write <b>Alan Weinberg and Greg Graham Smith</b>.

By Alan Weinberg and Greg Graham-Smith
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Article
/ 3 November 2010

Campus a ‘battleground for politics’

Politics is playing a "devastating" role on campus and has made universities the terrain where "comrades and racists struggle".

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 1 November 2010

New blood at DHET

President Zuma signalled his commitment to improving the skills sector by appointing Hlengiwe Mkhize as deputy minister of Higher Education.

By Ryan Hoffmann
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Article
/ 29 October 2010

Wits students compete at MIT

Wits University students will become the first African team to participate in the iGEM competition, run by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

By Ryan Hoffmann
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Article
/ 29 October 2010

Prepare for the bursary interview

How you conduct yourself in a bursary interview will determine if you get that much-needed financial help, writes <b>Riva Levin</b>.

By Riva Levin
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Article
/ 29 October 2010

Stellenbosch takes open access lead

University is the first in Africa to sign the Berlin Declaration and post its research online.

By Staff Reporter
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Article
/ 22 October 2010

Green dream for Easter Cape

Rural development conference hears how the area can become South Africa’s bread basket.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
Curricula failing students, says study
Article
/ 22 October 2010

Curricula failing students, says study

First-year maths and science students perform worse than their predecessors.

By Kamogelo Seekoei
On the cusp of reinvention
Article
/ 15 October 2010

On the cusp of reinvention

It is necessary to reach the nation in languages that they understand best.

By Staff Reporter
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