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Unveiling excellence: DUT’s odyssey of innovation beyond its academia

The ENVISION2030 statement of intent highlights DUT’s aspiration to be creative, innovative, entrepreneurial and adaptive

Last week a student protest at the University of Zululand led to a police van being petrol bombed.

LETTER: The murder of Prof Kamwendo at UniZulu

Kamwendo’s murder is an incident that is simply at the extreme end of a spectrum of problematic dynamics in the South African academy

Real barrier is academic inertia

The CHE’s damning report provides ample evidence of the need for urgently reforming the undergraduate curriculum — but are its proposals workable?

US guru on student success in higher education to visit SA

The Council on Higher Education launches new focus on quality of university teaching and learning

Is institutional autonomy a myth?

The time has come to debate the assumption of academic freedom that universities hold dear .

Guerrillas in the mist

Not quite the movie of the week either: Shaun de Waal reviews Che, Part I: The Argentinean.

With CAP in hand

The battle for the heart of the South African university goes as far back as the National Commission on Higher Education (NCHE) in 1996.

New laws anger private educators

A wide range of private ­education companies are outraged at limitations the government is imposing on their businesses.