Spaces need scholars to deliberate in community and pursue crossdisciplinary work.
A new book provides a useful critique of the impact the economic-centred society is having on the purpose of higher-education institutions.
Peter Vale writes an open letter to focus the new incumbent’s priorities and tasks.
Mduduzi Manana writes to Professor Peter Vale to say he is committed to delivering quality education in South Africa.
If we were able to rise to the occasion of football’s greatest spectacle, surely we should be able to focus the same energy in improving education.
Kader Asmal’s biography prompts questions about how seriously politicians take higher education.
A journey Down Under is cause for reflection on the kind of legacy prosperity brings.
Accomplished philosopher Paul Cilliers still had his best work ahead of him
From home renovations to book sales: A week in the life of a relocated academic.
Diary of a migration from tranquil Rhodes to seething Jo’burg, by <b>Peter Vale</b>.
It may be time to reinsert the liberal arts curriculum into undergraduate degrees argue <b>J Edward Chamberlin and Peter Vale</b>.
The Stellenbosch Institute for Advanced Study is an enclave for research where scholars can explore ideas, think — and get a good lunch.
<b>Peter Vale</b> has been associated with Rhodes University for nearly 40 years. He shares the notes from his diary of his last week there.
“Never fight the crocodile in the water”: the phrase has been much on my own mind since I was asked to join the planning committee…
Peter Vale tackles Higher Education Minister Blade Nzimande about the neglected sector, humanities.
Incredulity: how else was one to react to the news that an American think tank had recently dished out a series of awards to other think tanks — including the locally based…
Notwithstanding signs of increasing commitment by the state, many worries continue over the future of South Africa’s higher education system. The elephant in the room remains the…
A former vice-chancellor of Stellenbosch University and a vastly experienced academic and administrator who has held senior positions in Australia, Chris Brink leaves our shores…
Despite the recent teachers’ strike, things have gone well for Naledi Pandor, the Minister of Education. But surely her predecessors will have told Pandor that dragons, far more…
Over the past decade, South Africa has given up an astonishing number of stories about its dark past. Some places, we can be sure, will never reveal their pasts except, perhaps,…
