27 avril 2016
27 avril 2016
African academics are being caught in the predatory journal trap
By . Academic journal articles are the lifeblood of many researchers. These articles bring exposure, prestige, and money for individual academics and their institutions. More...
27 avril 2016
South Africa’s universities risk becoming bureaucratic degree factories
By . Universities around the world have become stressed business enterprises. Funding considerations now dominate institutional strategy. This commercialisation is often driven by falling government subsidies and funding pressures. More...
27 avril 2016
University students are becoming a new kind of democratic citizen
By . If one tracks South African student activities in 2015 it becomes apparent that a new politics is bubbling below the surface of academic life. This first emerged with the #RhodesMustFall and #OpenStellenbosch protests, followed more recently by #FeesMustFall. More...
27 avril 2016
How unequal access to knowledge is affecting South African society
By . Inequality has a profound impact on people’s ability to accumulate skills and knowledge. The protests that rocked South Africa’s universities suggest in October 2015 suggest that the impact of inequality on the distribution of educational opportunities may have deepened so much that it now affects social cohesion. More...
27 avril 2016
Universities must rethink how they retain and nurture young academics
By . In the years after South Africa became a democracy, the country’s universities began a tough process of change. They worked to improve access for students across the board of race and gender. More...
27 avril 2016
University autonomy: insights from Tanzania, Uganda and Nigeria
By , and . A new piece of draft legislation could give South Africa’s higher education minister increased power over the country’s universities. More...
27 avril 2016
Teaching students about Africa may be one way to stem xenophobia
By . It is no secret that South Africa views itself as somehow “outside” the African continent. The country’s National Development Plan, a roadmap for the next 15 years, concedes that even the country’s policy makers lack knowledge about the continent. They also, the plan’s authors say, “tend to have a weak grasp of African geopolitics”. More...
27 avril 2016
Top lecturers share their teaching secrets: passion, focus and flexibility
By . What makes a great teacher? Globally, university teaching is often dismissed by academics as being secondary to research. But, for the 2015 winners of South Africa’s National Excellence in Teaching and Learning Awards, teaching comes first. More...
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