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ANTHROPOLOGY

Pensioner goes back to class

Fifty years after matriculating, a 67-year-old has become the oldest-ever first-year student to study at Rhodes University

  • Bongekile Macupe
5 min read
A number of skills are in short supply in the country. The artisan industry is one of them.
MATRIC EXAM RESULTS

Matrics don’t need a degree to get a job

Artisans are in short supply and colleges and apprenticeships are a viable alternative to a university qualification

  • Nicola Vermooten
3 min read
unemployment among South Africans with advanced qualifications is rapidly rising, leading to an eroding unemployment gap between this category and other categories. (John McCann/M&G)
ACADEMIC RESEARCH

Higher education institutions need to face up to the future

The emerging new world order demands reflexive schools whose graduates address society’s needs

  • Theo H Veldsman
11 min read
Liberian president George Weah. (Reuters)
GEORGE WEAH

Liberia’s Weah announces free tuition for undergrads

Weah declared "free tuition for all undergraduate students" at all the public universities

  • Agency
2 min read
Young people don’t always know exactly what they want to study
BACHELOR OF ARTS

A more flexible curriculum approach can support student success

Curriculum structure and flexibility can play a crucial role in students’ progression and success

  • Delia Marshall
5 min read
When our schools and education authorities are unable to resolve disputes between themselves in good faith and instead frequently rely on the courts to settle matters
TEACHER SKILLS

Department juggles teacher numbers

Universities produce school teachers but they’re needed for preschool, college and adult education.

  • Prega Govender
3 min read
CURRICULUM

The humanities in all of us

It may be time to reinsert the liberal arts curriculum into undergraduate degrees argue <b>J Edward Chamberlin and Peter Vale</b>.

  • Peter Vale
8 min read