Lis Lange
latest news & developmentsUCT council receives new claim from Kruger against vice-chancellor Phakeng
Meeting postponed to January as Phakeng faces mounting opposition to her leadership at the divided campus, including accusations of flouting governance processes
UCT crisis: Black academics and staff want Minister Blade Nzimande to intervene
The university is being torn by a crisis of governance which has seen growing antipathy to vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng’s leadership
UCT saga continues as inquiry into vice-chancellor takes shape
The former deputy at the centre of the row was accused of misrepresenting her credentials
R27m: Cost to remove UCT vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng
She is accused of flouting governance processes, along with council chair Babalwa Ngonyama, particularly regarding the exit of deputy vice-chancellor Lis Lange
Party political meddling threatens future of universities
Campuses elsewhere in Africa have seen the damage done by student activism influenced by political parties, a matter that has raised concern at South Africa’s higher education…
Differentiation cannot work with one-size-fits-all approach
The department’s proposal in this regard gives only variations on a homogenous system.
Wanted: A new student politics
The work-in-progress of liberation requires students to muster a daily heroism.
The trouble with transformation
We need to understand why we have failed the intellectual, ethical challenge, writes <b>Lis Lange</b>.
Examining higher education
The HEQC has audited 26 higher education institutions, 15 of them public, since the inception of the institutional audits in 2004.
Has it been worth it?
Twenty audits have been conducted by the higher education quality committee so far and have required an enormous amount of work from higher education institutions. They have had…
Keeping an eye on standards at universities
Three years ago the Higher Education Quality Committee of the Council on Higher Education was the subject of attention following the closure of 15 MBA degrees offered by public…