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People young and old love the classic video game Tetris. A working knowledge of the spatial reasoning concepts underlying Tetris can set students up for success in mathematics.
A new book explores how Cape Town became a hub for African opera.
Two experts in policy and technology who were also co-authors of an international climate assessment see reasons for optimism.
Society has very different attitudes to near-death experiences and psychedelics.
Almost 30 years into democracy, South Africa still hasn’t ensured the jobs of senior public servants are not tied to the tenure of government ministers.
The pandemic has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
It is important to embrace all the nation’s languages in a multilingual and multicultural society. This will ensure they are used, developed and mainstreamed.
Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
In my research, I’ve seen how people can feel a new sense of gratitude, meaning and purpose. They often take up new hobbies and careers. They become less materialistic and more altruistic.
COVID-19 has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
Canadians for the most part have been well served with dispassionate professional judgements about matters of public interest, except when it comes to what kids learn at school.
Words matter because they influence the way we understand environmental problems and shape their solutions.
Writing groups provide a space where the “rules of the game” of academia become clear.
The Mark Lamberti case shows that South African business suffers from deeply rooted racial prejudices.
The governor of South Africa’s Reserve Bank has been appointed to chair an important IMF committee. Countries in sub-Saharan Africa stand to benefit.
The Steinhoff corporate scandal will do South Africa a huge service if it makes the point that corruption and mismanagement have nothing to do with race.
The slow pace of transformation in post apartheid South Africa is a reflection of persisting racism that has infected formal corporate institutions.
It’s easy to understand why the government treats each student demand as distinct. But these are complex issues and they are intertwined.
The push for decolonisation could ironically end up trapping universities in a colonised curriculum.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Religion, Psychology and Culture, Vanderbilt University
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Professor of Policy Analysis, Pardee RAND Graduate School
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Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University
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Director of Centre for Postgraduate Studies, Rhodes University & Visiting Research Professor in Center for International Higher Education, Boston College, Rhodes University
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Acting Deputy Vice Chancellor, Academic & Student Affairs/ Dean, Teaching & Learning, Rhodes University
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Senior lecturer, Centre for Higher Education Research, Teaching and Learning, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor of Higher Education Studies. Head of Department of the Centre for Higher Education, Research, Teaching and Learning, Rhodes University
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Professor of Public Affairs, Tshwane University of Technology
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Associate Professor of Psychology, University of Limpopo
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Senior Research Fellow, University of the Witwatersrand
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Academic Staff Development Lecturer, Centre for Higher Education Development, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Higher Education and Human Development, University of the Free State
