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27 avril 2016

How technology can open up South Africa’s universities

The ConversationBy . There are two revolutions happening in South Africa’s universities. One is very public and hard to ignore. In 2015 the country saw the emergence of energetic, organised student movements demanding wholesale changes in the sector. More...

27 avril 2016

Why Africa’s professors are afraid of colonial education being dismantled

The ConversationBy . A series of student protests in South Africa has thrown up a number of questions. Many of these are linked to the problem of decolonising institutions. And at least one implicates the country’s professoriate by asking: how do academics transcend Western knowledge systems and ways of learning in African universities. More...

27 avril 2016

How the rise in ethnic tensions at Kenya’s universities is hurting the academy

The ConversationBy . There were high hopes for Kenya’s public universities after the country gained independence from Britain in 1963. Universities were meant to become instruments of national integration. Sadly, 53 years on, that dream appears well and truly dashed. Ethnic tension is a daily reality on the country’s campuses. More...

27 avril 2016

How reading fiction can help students understand the real world

The ConversationBy . The real world is often overwhelmingly complicated. Literature can help. This is true at universities too: courses in comparative literature offer students new insights into their chosen disciplines by unlocking new, varied perspectives. More...

27 avril 2016

The untold story of how Africa’s flagship universities have advanced

The ConversationBy . Africa has the lowest university enrolment rates in the world. In the past two decades, though, virtually all the continent’s higher education systems have recorded massive growth. More...

27 avril 2016

Why lecturers need to know all about their students' lives, fears and hopes

The ConversationBy . Know your students and where they come from. This, in my opinion – and research confirms it – is one of the key ingredients for an enabling teaching and learning environment. More...

27 avril 2016

Why it’s time for business schools to radically rethink the MBA

The ConversationBy . Employers love business school graduates. That’s not just a wild claim: 96% of employers globally polled by the Graduate Management Admission Council in January 2016 said that hiring such graduates creates value for their companies. More...

27 avril 2016

South African ‘born free’ students see the world through the prism of race

The ConversationBy . Some people are astonished that this is happening nearly 22 years after the end of formal apartheid and that such clashes often involve the so-called “born frees” – young South Africans who were born after apartheid ended in 1994. But the country is undergoing a massive transformation. Race lies at the heart of this process, just as it lay at the heart of the apartheid state. More...

27 avril 2016

How teachers can help migrant learners feel more included

The ConversationBy . Children are often at the forefront of working out what it means to be a new arrival in a different country. They feel the anxiety that comes with being the new girl or boy at school. More...

27 avril 2016

How language drives students’ transition from rural to urban areas

The ConversationBy . Molofo and Bulewani are training as teachers at a university in one of South Africa’s largest cities, Cape Town. Both young men come from rural backgrounds and English is not their first language. Their experiences of moving from a rural area to a city, and of becoming English speakers, offer a fascinating insight into how language development and social transition are intertwined. More...

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