In a country as unequal as South Africa, the people who have access to higher education have the power to shape the society, including its elites and middle class.
The decline in government investment in higher education and the ever-increasing reliance on fees has made universities more like private for-profit corporations.
A school in south London has become the latest building to win the UK’s most prestigious architecture accolade, fuelling the debate as to the importance of architecture to learning.
The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
Africa is a developing continent but there’s ample opportunity for careers in science that can contribute to science advancement as well as uplifting the socio-economic status of the continent.
Do university and college websites give students enough information about how to prevent and respond to sexual assaults on campus? Here’s a reality check.
Flexible learning and teaching can help those who want to study while working. It requires structural changes and attitude shifts within universities and companies whose employees want to study.
What does it really mean to be “ready” for university? Research involving more than 3000 high school learners and first year university students have tried to answer this complex question.
Evidence-based solutions to our systemic dilemmas won’t be conjured out of thin air. Universities, governments and businesses all have to work together.