By Alan Bain and Nicholas Drengenberg. Universities and schools around the world face constant pressure to find measures that demonstrate their impact on student learning. Most recently, they are devoting immense amounts of time, money and other resources to a new measurement approach called learning analytics. More...

By David Farrugia. The world of work has become an increasingly difficult environment for young people. Youth unemployment in Australia is persistently higher than for other age groups. More...

By John Butler-Adam. A lack of infrastructure is just one contributor to South Africa’s entrenched and ongoing educational inequality. There is another, less frequently discussed issue that is deepening this inequality: access to quality peer-reviewed information. More...

By Patrick Bond. There is a new student movement sweeping South Africa’s universities. Its enemies? Excessive fee increases and underpaid workers.
The next step in this fight could be taken beyond university campuses. More...

By Suellen Shay. There were several elephants in the room at the South African Higher Education Summit which ran just as university students were beginning a nationwide series of protests against fees. More...

By Emanuela Carleschi. The South African government’s research funding policy has long been criticised by academics. More...

By Emanuela Carleschi. Students in South Africa are crying out loudly for free university education. Has their dream been realised elsewhere? The answer is yes: in many European countries, for example. Public universities in Brazil, a country with which South Africa closely identifies, are also free. More...

By Leti Kleyn. Academics at South Africa’s universities increased their research output by 250% between 2000 and 2013. Taxpayers funded a great deal of that research. More...