By . In South Africa tens of thousands of students leave universities each year without completing their degrees. They are largely being pushed out of the system due to funding issues and a lack of academic support. More...
18 mars 2017
18 mars 2017
Thabo Mbeki calls for a ‘rebirth’. Is South Africa up to the task?
By . The appointment of former South African president Thabo Mbeki as Chancellor of one of the country’s largest tertiary institutions, the University of South Africa (UNISA), comes at a unique moment in the country. More...
18 mars 2017
Universities can do much more to recognise and plan for risks
By . If you want to understand how tough it is to run a university anywhere in the world today, just read the news. From student and staff safety to students apparently behaving badly, fee protests to governance issues: university managers have their hands full battling the many risks they face. More...
18 mars 2017
The peer-review system for academic papers is badly in need of repair
By and . Peer review, or scientific refereeing, is the basis of the academic process. It’s a rigorous evaluation that aims to ensure only work which advances knowledge is published in a scientific journal. Scientists must be able to trust this system: if they see that something is peer reviewed, it should be a hallmark of quality. More...
18 mars 2017
A degree with a difference: using South African sign language instead of the written word
By and . Nyeleti Nokwazi Nkwinika was a year into her Master’s dissertation in English, and she was struggling. This has nothing to do with her work ethic: the problem lay with her hearing. Nyeleti was born deaf and like many others in her situation, she battles with written language. More...
18 mars 2017
Decolonising the curriculum: it’s in the detail, not just in the definition
By , , , and . In the two years since student protests kicked off at South Africa’s universities, people have become increasingly interested in what decolonisation means. This stems from students’ calls for university curricula to be decolonised. People want a precise definition. But it’s not that simple. More...
18 mars 2017
The long journey from a refugee camp to an Australian school
By . Recently I visited one of the many refugee camps in Greece. These housed around 60,000 refugees who were headed for northern Europe when Europe’s borders closed last year. More...
18 mars 2017
Don’t deride the experts: Universities Australia chair
By . The chair of Universities Australia, Barney Glover, will issue a strong warning against the trend of to deriding experts in our populist, “post-truth” age. He will say the turn in public debate is a challenge for universities. More...
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