Higher Learning Reporter
latest news & developmentsBreaking provincial boundaries to improve service delivery
Schools of public management and administration should become more involved with solutions in future.
Open-access journal on the horizon
South African research is poised for a boost, thanks to the establishment of an open-access platform for high-quality local scholarly journals.
Economic research gets a boost
Unisa’s College of Economic and Management Sciences (Cems) has set up a specialised support unit to bolster its expanding research actitivities.
Unisa’s inroads into Africa
The Unisa Graduate School of Business Leadership is to recruit more students spread across a larger number of African countries in the next year.
Conference on women in higher learning sectors
Women remain massively under-represented in leadership positions in higher education. In 2007 only three (and one acting) of South Africa’s 23 vice chancellors were women. In…
Diabetes breakthrough
A study by researchers at Monash University in Australia has found that gastric banding surgery has a profound effect on one of society’s biggest health issues: diabetes. The…
The graduate’s ideal boss
The definition of an “ideal employer” is very different for South African graduates compared with their European and North American counterparts, according to a new survey.…
Europe’s doctoral drive
The European University Association (EUA) has launched a Europe-wide platform to bolster doctoral education. The EUA Council for Doctoral Education (EUA-CDE) will aim to develop…
Doing the honours
The National Research Foundation (NRF) honoured 19 of South Africa’s top researchers at its annual President’s Awards, which were made in three categories: a lifetime achiever…
The age of the project manager
Project management skills are so valuable that they can be used in everyday work-life and not just in a specific project. This is the view of Professor Pieter Steyn, principal of…