Instead of being a democratic right and legitimate form of expression, protests have increasingly been framed as threats to national security.
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The Hunger Games salute, teabags and Pepe the Frog are being adopted by young pro-democracy activists across south-east Asia.
A new documentary follows a group of young Australian climate activists, loosely weaving their fresh protests with historical events. It’s powerful, if a little too polite.
An African literature lecturer shares how embodied teaching can help students feel that their lives and stories matter.
The Australian National University is turning to digital proctoring to replace the role of a walking invigilator. But who watches the proctor, what are the risks, and what data will be collected?
How the protest movement in Hong Kong moved onto university campuses – by two researchers who have witnessed the unfolding events.
Academic freedom protects free speech, but also conditions it. Knowledge cannot be tested and doesn’t advance if there isn’t also a duty to be well informed and reasoned.
Academics should become intellectual defenders of public interest and role models for civic engagement, scholars say.
Young people have reason to protest today and call for action on climate change. But they risk anxiety if they feel they are not heard and nothing is done.
Hong Kong’s protesters are galvanised by their cause, but whether they can sustain their momentum and bring about real change remains to be seen.
Back in 1989, workers joined students in pro-democracy protests. Now students are joining workers agitating for better conditions.
More than ever, South African universities need a new social contract that charts a way forward and begins to heal divisions.
African universities were key actors in developing post-colonial and decolonised societies.
Education remains one of government’s key priority sectors yet it continues to be in a crisis.
A populist movement that threatened to topple a French government more than 60 years ago has important lessons for today’s protests and why they represent a reckoning.
Far from proof of a flawed education system, politically active school students are evidence our education system is working well.
Revolution Starts on Campus
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Fifty years ago, students rose up against authoritarian governments, racial inequality and, most passionately, the war in Vietnam. Two historians reflect on those momentous days in 1968 – and discuss what current movements learn from them.
The 1968 protests at Columbia University led the institution to abandon a gym project that residents considered racist and cut off its defense work – and generated worldwide attention in the process.
The 50th anniversary of major student unrest was perhaps not the ideal moment to propose controversial higher education reforms.
As the student protest over conditions at Howard University continues, a scholar weighs in on what the fallout means for historically black colleges and universities.
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Professor, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Black Studies and History, Amherst College
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Professor of Digital Society, University of Glasgow
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Departmental Lecturer in African History and Politics, University of Oxford
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Professor of Architecture and SARChI: DST/NRF/SACN Research Chair in Spatial Transformation (Positive Change in the Built Environment), Tshwane University of Technology
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Researcher, Social Sciences, University of Fort Hare
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PhD Scholar, Wits School of Education, University of the Witwatersrand
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Professor and Head of Department of Political and Conflict Studies, Nelson Mandela University
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Chief Research Specialist in Democracy and Citizenship at the Human Science Research Council and a Research Fellow Centre for African Studies, University of the Free State
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Head of Department, University of Johannesburg
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Chief Director: Tshwane University of Technology – Institute for Economic Research on Innovation; Node Head: DST/NRF SciSTIP CoE; and Professor Extraordinary: Stellenbosch University – Centre for Research on Evaluation, Science and Technology., Tshwane University of Technology
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Academic Staff Development Lecturer, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town
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Senior Researcher in Labour Studies and Education, University of Johannesburg
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Director of the Centre for Education Rights and Transformation and Associate Professor of Education, University of Johannesburg
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Lecturer in Philosophy, University of Cape Town
