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/ 15 October 2010
To improve South Africa’s dismal PhD performance the government will have to navigate a minefield.
Moves to recognise the value of learning gained outside formal institutions continue.
For many school-leavers, how to finance university study is the first and most challenging question they face.
UniZulu’s partnership with wildlife organisation opens doors for students
UKZN recently hosted the second Network for Regional Integration Studies seminar, involving African, Caribbean and Pacific states.
Long-time Wits University registrar Derek Swemmer joined the University of the Free State (UFS) at the beginning of the month.
The ministers of health and higher education held a press briefing on Thursday to explain remarks by Julius Malema regarding Medunsa.
The experts on how to survive as first-year university students are … this year’s second years. Here they share their advice for grade 12s.
Ari Sitas will head a government initiative "to rejuvenate and strengthen the social sciences and humanities", it was announced on Wednesday.
Students will stage an anti-homophobia protest at UCT on Thursday following what they term "hate crimes" against homosexuals at the institution.
University of Johannesburg’s "human-rights breakthrough" shows "solidarity with the oppressed".
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/ 29 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University will establish a faculty of agriculture and rural development by 2012, said Professor Noluthando Luswazi this week.
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/ 24 September 2010
Dr <b>Layla Cassim</b>’s first two articles on postgraduate study elicited a flood of queries from students keen on making the jump.
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is an enclave for research where scholars can explore ideas, think — and get a good lunch.
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/ 24 September 2010
Dr Anna de Jager received her doctoral degree in religious studies last week during the spring graduation ceremony at UFS.
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/ 24 September 2010
Students at the University of Cape Town now have free access to classes in Chinese culture and language.
Notorious for racist videos, the University of the Free State is sending students to the United States for leadership training.
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/ 24 September 2010
Archbishop Desmond has added his voice to calls for the University of Johannesburg to sever academic ties with Israel’s Ben-Gurion University.
<b>Nithaya Chetty</b> describes the excitement of developing computational material science in Africa.
A recent study of education offers an antidote to the toxic
pre-democracy diet of unreflective texts.
All ranking systems have flaws and biases that might ignore local needs, writes <b>Max Price</b>.
World rankings of universities are worthless, argues UCL provost <b>Malcolm Grant</b>, because they cannot possibly capture tertiary diversities.
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/ 20 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University vice-chancellor Marcus Balintulo shut down the university’s Mthatha campus on Monday following protests at the site.
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/ 17 September 2010
Walter Sisulu University (WSU) vice-chancellor Marcus Balintulo on Friday urged staff and students to return to the Mthatha campus on Monday.
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/ 17 September 2010
Students incensed by apparent privatisation plans at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) were due to continue protests on Thursday and Friday.
After global rankings last week put only one SA university in its top 200 — UCT — a second set of rankings this week also singled out UCT.
Student protests at the University of KwaZulu-Natal escalated as rumours of plans to privatise residences swept through the university’s campuses.
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/ 1 September 2010
UWC has stepped in to assist students affected by an apparent shortfall in funds from the National Students Financial Aid Scheme.
Weekend discussions between UWC and NSFAS have left the university "hopeful" that its fees crisis could be resolved before the end of September.
Master’s programme in finance stresses finding local solutions to the continent’s problems.
Young tutors who attended elite British private schools are helping convicts to gain an education.
An independent account of the University of KwaZulu-Natal’s merger has yet to be written.