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Unisa has shortlisted two academics to take over from  the outgoing vice-chancellor.

Strike called off as Unisa, SRC reach an agreement

University operations are expected to return to normal on Monday

(John McCann/M&G)

The business of fake science

Publishers that flout sound peer review practices encourage bogus reports with widespread ramifications

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

Committee to monitor UniZulu ‘until it is fully functional’

Last Thursday, 32 students were arrested during a violent protest over meal allowances

Spelling it out: University of Johannesburg students protest in January over delays in getting NSFAS loans.

Thousands seek last-minute places at universities and colleges

The online system can assist with the placement of students, who did not apply to any university because of funding, but who now qualify.

Fake cover Forbes Africa.

Universities’ body discourages walk-ins

Zuma announced in December that free education would be provided for poor and working class first-year students starting this year.

Last batch: Sammy Williams is the manager of the Steenberg Adult Learning Centre in the Western Cape that is closing down because funding for teacher salaries has not been handed over.

Adult education fails its teachers

Colleges are closing down in the transition from one government department to another.

Funding woes hobble higher education department

Now the department is running at an inadequate capacity and is unable to perform all its functions.

Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande.

Blade launches white paper to meet needs of ‘neets’

Blade Nzimande hopes his white paper on post-school education and training will help millions of young people "out of the doldrums of poverty".

Will Blade’s Mr Fixit rescue varsity?

Will Blade’s Mr Fixit rescue varsity?

Questions are being asked over the experience of the newly-appointed Walter Sisulu administrators.