At Howard University, Dr. Sipho Sithole is reshaping global perspectives on Zulu culture — one classroom, conversation, and cultural exchange at a tim

If we create one system, we could start seeing as many new products as research papers, and as many new jobs as there are journal articles

We desire existential certainty in this world of complexity and amid our sense of powerlessness, but turning to the new oracles isn’t a solution

A university that teaches but does not innovate, that researches but does not apply, will find itself detached from the society it is meant to serve and elevate

Activity-based and experiential learning should be encouraged at school and tertiary institutions so that the academic curricula must align with new realities.

Higher education institutions cannot be responsible for linguistic deficiencies. The real change needs to start at school level

Inadequate or no funding, poor academic support, isolation and loneliness are some of the problems postgrads have to deal with

Many students come from families who are struggling, and poverty follows most of the students through the university gates

A changing world requires that curricula be adapted to create graduates who are employable

Innovative approaches are needed to ensure edtech companies’ long-term viability while fostering access to quality education for all

Students and staff at the university who are sympathetic to Palestine have asked that it boycott all Israeli academic institutions

This is made evident by corruption at universities, assassination attempts, the failure of the students funding scheme, and the Mpati report on governance quality and racial…

Students need to learn creative and critical thinking, so they can work with AI, while they are at university and in the world of work

An outreach programme aimed at boosting participation in STEM subjects in Limpopo has highlighted the concerns and dreams of the next generation

Fair discrimination requires all South Africans to have an equal chance to meet the minimum standard to access institutions of higher education

Those in power have learnt very little from the past and will continue to cling to the capricious hope that somehow the problem will go away

Their demands and the reactions they solicit no longer match those of 2015’s #FeesMustFall – students need an actionable plan, funds, accommodation

The #FeesMustFall protests demonstrated the burden of higher education in South Africa, a concept institutions contend with annually

There are secure, well-paid jobs in universities but it is highly unlikely that aspiring entrants will not get them

Five years after the first call for universities to decolonise, a new book examines what has changed at the level of the curriculum