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For universities, the logic of this governance can perhaps best be described as a form of neomedievalism
GAME OF THRONES

Something rank about ratings

The logic of governance at these institutions is that of neomedievalism in the war of excellence

  • Leonhard Praeg
  • Ulrike Kistner
  • Benda Hofmeyr
5 min read
General secretary of the South African Communist Party Blade Nzimande has described media articles about President Jacob Zuma and Nkandla as ‘white people’s lies’.
UNIVERSITY RANKINGS

University rankings buy into corporate thinking

The logic of governance at these institutions is that of neomedievalism in the war of excellence

  • Leonhard Praeg
  • Ulrike Kistner
5 min read
NGUGI WA THIONG O

Humanities row displays bad ‘form’

Freedom must prevail or the humanities will be at the mercy of political nationalism.

  • Ulrike Kistner
4 min read
Under new management

Under new management

<i>Ulrike Kistner</i> considers the ambiguities of transformation in higher education.

  • Ulrike Kistner
8 min read
ULRIKE KISTNER

Recolonising the mind: The rise of African National Education

That Africanisation of higher education has been or should be the hallmark of higher education reform is an assumption that makes little common sense.

  • Ulrike Kistner
8 min read
ULRIKE KISTNER

The business of academe

Many academics, particularly those in the so-called "struggling disciplines" of "low strategic value", find themselves caught in an interminable restructuring mill that freezes…

  • Ulrike Kistner
6 min read