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How Unisa is taking education from graduation halls into society
As Unisa confers over 16,900 qualifications this Spring, remarkable stories of resilience emerge—from first-generation graduates and full-time workers to doctoral researchers…
Puleng LenkaBula: The ‘tipping point’ leader is Unisa’s first black woman vice-chancellor
She combines a fighting spirit with a commitment to feminist and ubuntu ethics — qualities that will drive change at the institution
The uberfication of the university
The pandemic is hastening neoliberal universities’ moves towards platform pedagogy, where lecturers become participants in the “just-in-time” gig economy and students become…
Covid-19 lockdown pushes Wits University to offer online learning
The university plans to teach online as South Africa’s lockdown continues, and is offering zero-rated data for its teaching sites, as well as computing devices for students
What we are learning about distance learning
Sacred Heart College in Johannesburg has learned some important lessons about teaching during the Covid-19 lockdown
Major boost for distance learning
Student numbers of the future demand a rethink of the traditional teaching model of universities.