University Degrees
latest news & developments
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
Blended learning is the future
Universities are successfully combining e-learning with traditional direct contact sessions
Changing your career midstream
Many students start studying one field, only to discover an affinity for something totally different.
Rehumanising the colonialities
Universities in South Africa still support the ‘othering’ promoted by the West’s world-view.
We will bite our tongues no more
Language must be one of the pillars of the struggle to ‘decolonise’ the humanities.
Humanities row displays bad ‘form’
Freedom must prevail or the humanities will be at the mercy of political nationalism.
Recolonising the humanities?
Too many elite groups would have us stifle debate about academic freedom in the country.
Making life easier in the first year
Universities should actively foster a sense of belonging and connectedness among students.
Revisiting the purpose of a master’s
The term non-research master’s carries a sniff of deficiency, much like the apartheid notices about non-whites did.
Behind the first-year flood
Universities that offer diplomas as well as degrees appear to be the first choice of students who have been flooding universities.