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10 octobre 2017

PM pledges review of university funding, tuition fees

By Brendan O’Malley. The Prime Minister, Theresa May, has announced a review of the whole system of student finance and has declined to rule out a switch to a graduate tax. In the meantime, she pledged to freeze fee rises and raise the threshold at which student loans will be repaid. More...

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10 octobre 2017

Muslim students studying abroad detained, repatriated

By Yojana Sharma. Human rights groups are expressing alarm over the fate of hundreds of Chinese students abroad belonging to the Uyghur ethnic minority and other Chinese Muslim students who have fled into hiding, disappeared or been repatriated to China where they have been sent to re-education camps. More...

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10 octobre 2017

Universities start to play catch-up in innovation drive

By Laeed Zaghlami. After many years of lethargy, inertia and bureaucracy, universities and higher education centres and institutions are pushing a new approach to higher education – one that is based more heavily on innovation, entrepreneurship and partnerships with private and public companies. More...

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10 octobre 2017

Optimising the contribution of HE in the SADC region

By Sharon Dell. The Southern African Regional Universities Association is pushing for closer alignment between the Southern African Development Community, or SADC, and the regional universities body as a way of ensuring that universities – as knowledge producers and developers of human capacity – play a more active role in the implementation of regional development strategies and build institutional capacities. More...

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10 octobre 2017

A controversial call for decolonisation of maths

By Nicola Jenvey. Formal metaphysical mathematics of the kind currently taught in schools and universities can and should be decolonised and uncoupled from its Western roots, and doing so would make it easier to teach and learn. More...

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10 octobre 2017

‘Free higher education requires funds and political will’

By Nicola Jenvey. The concept of #FeesMustFall and the notion that South African higher education should be provided without cost to students has substantial merit in the current environment, but also calls on the government to institute a clear funding model backed by the political will to implement it. More...

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10 octobre 2017

HE conference agenda reflects sector’s topical issues

By Nicola Jenvey. The issue of academic decolonisation was a strong feature of the 11th annual University of KwaZulu-Natal Higher Education Teaching and Learning Conference held in Durban in late September. More...

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10 octobre 2017

UKZN 11th ANNUAL HE CONFERENCE

The University of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa hosted the 11th Annual Higher Education Conference from 27-29 September in Durban under the theme “Crises, Contestations, Contemplations and Futures”, expanding its focus this year to include discussions on matters such as governance and leadership in higher education, and possible funding models. More...

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10 octobre 2017

Self-taught skills – A wake-up call for education systems

By Blessing Nemadziva. Years ago, a popular Zimbabwean musician, emotional at the joy of receiving an award, confessed that he had dropped out of school to learn to play the guitar under the guidance of an uncle in the city. To date, his achievements in that genre (Sungura) are unmatched. More...

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10 octobre 2017

The future of higher education is ‘balanced and inclusive’

By Ochieng’ O Benny. African universities and entire education systems need to embrace 'balanced and inclusive education' to produce forward-looking graduates capable of tackling the continent’s socio-economic challenges and of adapting to changing global trends. More...

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