SWEEP is a response to South Africa’s national challenges and is therefore...
According to findings of Statistics South Africa’s Quarterly Labour Force Survey of 2024, the youth unemployment rate reached 32.9% in the first quarter of 2024. In the same period, the unemployment...
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Optimism in Higher Education as the new Minister of Basic Education promises...
It was one meet-and-greet in a series of scheduled stakeholder meetings between the new Minister of Basic Education, Ms Siviwe Gwarube, MP, and a myriad of interest groupings in the broader education...
View ArticleRegistration for the 3rd biennial Higher Education Conference extended to 30...
Join us in-person for USAf’s 3rd biennial Higher Education Conference taking place, in person, from 9 to 11 October 2024 at the CSIR Convention Centre. This is a three-day event designed to bring...
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A feisty political scholar and analyst is set to address Universities SA’s...
He is an accomplished scholar and former Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of the Witwatersrand – a term he held for seven and a half years from June 2013 to December 2020. Once South...
View ArticleUniversities South Africa’s second Student Affairs and Student Success cohort...
Wednesday, 14 August saw the Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) programme launching its second intake of the Student Affairs and Student Success (SASS) programme, online. Read more >...
View ArticleSAJU 6 is set to foster sustainable research, innovation and impact...
Universities’ executive leaders, senior and emerging academics and researchers, as well as students interested in global research partnerships will descend on the 6th South Africa-Japan University...
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A research study highlights key impediments to student women participation in...
Low self-esteem is a significant barrier to student women participation in entrepreneurship at universities, according to findings of the study titled Barriers Faced by student women in Higher...
View ArticleUniversities South Africa’s Board of Directors pays tribute to the late...
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) joins the community of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in paying tribute to UWC’s former Rector and Principal, Professor Brian O’...
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The SAJU Forum is a model of effective North-South partnerships
South Africa’s collaboration with Japan is a model of productive North-South partnerships, benefiting both nations through advancements in research, internationalisation efforts and mutual progress in...
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A celebration of enduring and fruitful partnerships
The not so hospitable weather in Stellenbosch this week was downplayed as speaker after speaker at the opening of the SAJU 6 Conference counted on drawing warmth from the cordial relations between...
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The SAJU Forum has yielded visible successes over time, which could be...
The South Africa – Japan Universities (SAJU) Forum was this week hailed as a uniquely successful network, characterised at its core by trust, mutuality, co-design and respect. This, according to...
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Advancing doctoral assessment strategies; the importance of standardisation...
Assessment standards as applied in postgraduate (especially doctoral) research proposals, dissertations and written and oral examinations were the subject of discussion at a recent meeting of the...
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From vision to strategy: transforming postgraduate mathematics training...
“Innovative and collaborative strategies are essential in addressing the challenges in mathematics education,” Professor Alfred Msomi (right), Acting Chairperson of the Community of Practice for the...
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The Carnegie Math Pathways project is key to advancing students’ quantitative...
Persistent disparities in students’ mathematics performance highlight the need for a more cohesive and dynamic approach to teaching mathematics, remarked Professor Alfred Msomi, Acting Chair of the...
View ArticleUniversities South Africa’s Board of Directors’ Response to a Resolution of...
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf Board) has seen and read the resolution of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training (PPCHET) dated 30 August, in...
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The South Africa-Canada Universities Network begins to take shape with...
South African universities will today (Thursday, 5 September) meet online with their Canadian counterparts in a webinar to identify opportunities for joint research between and among institutions from...
View ArticleHigher Education has lost a legend in Human Resources management
Universities South Africa (USAf) deeply mourns the loss to premature death, of Dr Kgomotso Kasonkola, Senior Director: Human Resources (HR) at the University of the Witwatersrand. His passing is a...
View ArticleMemorial Service announcement in respect of Dr Kgomotso Kasonkola
The University of the Witwatersrand will host a memorial service in respect of Dr Kasonkola today, from the Great Hall, in Braamfontein, from 12:00 Read more The post Memorial Service announcement in...
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Human Resources Directors in Higher Education pay tribute to a departed...
The Universities South Africa Office has from Monday been showered with tributes and accolades as members of the Human Resources Directors’ (HRD) Forum acknowledged receipt of the shocking news of Dr...
View ArticleEntrepreneurship remains the most viable route to economic freedom; start...
Students would do well to start business enterprises while still studying, to optimise the opportunity of experimenting in universities’ protected environments that offer support and invaluable...
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