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    Omanyano ovanhu koikundaneki yomalungula kashili paveta, Commisiner Sakaria takunghilile Veronika Haulenga

Higher Education

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Namibia

42.5% of Namibians prefer to study abroad

https://youtu.be/si6Gp27P_ao     By Finna Kahili, via News on One   University of Namibia (Unam) vice-chancellor Professor Kenneth Matengu said 42.5% of Namibians prefer to study abroad. Matengu said this during the Higher Education Day celebration at the University of Namibia yesterday. Matengu said despite the continent's population of two billion, only 30 million are enrolled in higher education. "In Africa compared to the rest of the world, you can […]

todayAugust 12, 2024 33

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South Africa

S.A Student Forum Calls for Removal of Ministers Nzimande and Motshekga

The S.A Student Forum 4 Service Delivery calls for the exclusion of the sixth administration the country's Higher Education, Science and Innovation minister Blade Nzimande and Basic Education Angie Motshekga from the government of national unity cabinet, citing their failures. They propose integrating education ministries and appointing non-political experts to ensure free, quality, decolonised education. The forum’s Nhongo Solo says competent ministers are needed to address dropout rates, unemployment, and […]

todayJune 24, 2024 21

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Lifestyle

Deaf and hard-of-hearing students need more support from their universities – South Africa study

Students who are Deaf or hard of hearing may feel isolated. Jorge Elizaquibel     By Tonny Nelson Matjila, University of South Africa     Adjusting to university life tends to be tough no matter who you are. But what happens when deafness makes the usual demands even more difficult? Deaf students or those who are hard of hearing need extra accessibility measures to ensure they’re able to participate in even […]

todayMay 23, 2024 23

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World

Divesting university endowments: Easier demanded than done

A ‘divest from death’ banner at a University of Oregon protest against the Israel-Hamas war on April 29, 2024. AP Photo/Jenny Kane     By Todd L. Ely, University of Colorado Denver     Campus protests expressing solidarity with the Palestinian people and objecting to Israel’s military campaign in Gaza include many calls for universities and colleges to divest – a word that basically means sell – any of their […]

todayMay 13, 2024 17

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Africa

Kenya’s public universities: financing model overhaul fails to address biggest challenge – funding

    By Ishmael Munene, Northern Arizona University   Kenya adopted a new approach to public university funding beginning with the 2023-24 academic year. Rapid student enrolment growth and declining state revenues have triggered the need for the reforms, which will require students to meet a higher proportion of costs. Ishmael Munene, who has a scholarly interest in African higher education, examines the background to these reforms. What are the […]

todayMay 7, 2024 19

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Business / Economics

South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why

South Africa’s minister of higher education and training, Blade Nzimande. Darren Stewart/Gallo Images via Getty Images     By Thandi Lewin, University of Johannesburg   The board of South Africa’s National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) has been dissolved by the country’s higher education and training minister, Blade Nzimande, and the organisation placed under administration. Nzimande made the decision because of “(the problem of) non-payment of (students’) allowances”. Thandi Lewin is […]

todayMay 6, 2024 22

Person with Disability
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South Africa

Academics with disabilities: South African universities need an overhaul to make them genuinely inclusive

Academics with disabilities need support to ensure they’re fully included in university life. LumiNola     By Sibonokuhle Ndlovu, University of Johannesburg   Very little research has been conducted about academics with disabilities working in South African universities. This means their stories, and the challenges they face in the daily demands of their jobs, are not often told. Sibonokuhle Ndlovu, who holds a PhD in education and lectures on the […]

todayApril 23, 2024 17

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Africa

Young Kenyans are not finding work: how universities can do a better job of training entrepreneurs

    By Renson Muchiri Mwangi, KCA University; Judy N. Muthuri, University of Nottingham, and Mohsen Gul, University of Cambridge   Kenya’s long-term development blueprint, Vision 2030, envisions an empowered youth driving economic growth. The focus on its young population (aged 15–34) is apt given that the median age of the country’s population of 55 million is around 20 years. This has led to a succession of policies and strategies […]

todayApril 8, 2024 3

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Lifestyle

University rankings are unscientific and bad for education: experts point out the flaws

  By  Sharon Fonn, University of the Witwatersrand   We rank almost everything. The top 10 restaurants in our vicinity, the best cities to visit, the best movies to watch. To understand whether the rankings were any good you’d want know who was doing the ranking. And what it was they were looking for. These are exactly the same questions that are worth asking when looking at the international ranking […]

todayFebruary 13, 2024 16

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