By Suellen Shay. It is critically important that we decolonise South Africa’s universities. This will involve creating a radically altered curriculum and producing a genuinely diversified academic population. More...

By Moyra Keane. Is indigenous knowledge important in education? Can it be discussed in the formal science curriculum?
I posed this question to university foundation students for a research project into place-based science learning. The group of about 18 isiZulu-speaking students told me one after the other that their “local knowledge” was irrelevant. More...

By Roger Williamson. Great things are happening in African universities. There is a new mood of determination in higher education institutions across the continent, from South Africa to Ghana to Uganda and in many places in between. Special metrics are being developed to measure African universities' performances in the global higher education landscape. More...

Movement for Multiparty Democracy (MMD) Nalikwanda Member of Parliament Professor Geoffrey Lungwangwa has called on the Government to close down private universities that are offering below par qualifications.
Professor Lungwangwa said the universities are not adding any value to the education system in the country as they are just interested in making money and not the well being of students after their graduating. More...

By Osabuohien P. Amienyi. I moved from Nigeria to the US in the 1970s during the “golden age” of immigration that followed the introduction of America’s Immigration Act in 1965. More...

By Anna Leach. As part of a new series, a panel experts will discuss the future of universities on the continent. More...

By Daniel Wesangula. In Kenya many lecturers teach at more than one university. Is the government taking the pressure on staff and students seriously. More...

By Crain Soudien. A university should help us understand what it means to be a human being, argues outgoing University of Cape Town deputy vice-chancellor Crain Soudien. More...