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University governance update identifies several areas of concern

By Edwin Naidu A recent briefing on the state of governance of higher education institutions in South Africa, particularly focusing on the role and responsibilities...

Clones in the classroom: why universities must be wary of embracing AI-driven teaching tools

By Collin Bjork The university sector in Aotearoa New Zealand is at a tipping point due to chronic underfunding, shifting enrolments and increasing costs from inflation. In...

Rail may be an option to end carnage on our roads

By Edwin Naidu Are there too many vehicles on South Africa’s roads, and how is this affecting the nation? According to Stats SA, there are 12...

South Africa needs more nautical scientists and maritime engineers – if you love the sea these may be the careers for you

By Ekaterina Rzyankina When most people are asked to picture an engineer at work, they probably imagine a civil engineer in a hard hat at...

‘We nicknamed it Eddy’: What do schools and teachers think of AI in classrooms?

By Vitomir Kovanovic, Maarten de Laat and Rebecca Marrone It’s almost two years since ChatGPT burst onto the scene in late 2022. Since then, educators worldwide have...

Africa University Games demonstrates the developmental potential of university sports

By Johnathan Paoli International University Sports Federation (FISU) president Leonz Eder has called for more to be done in ensuring the utilisation of sports in...

Kenyan school blaze victims mourned at mass funeral

Thousands of mourners stood before rows of small white coffins on Thursday at a memorial service for 21 children who died in a boarding school...

Online classrooms where students run the show: we tested how this unconventional model can work

By Matthew Wingfield, Bettina von Lieres and Laurence Piper The Zoom meeting window opens, immediately revealing scores of smiling or anxious faces. Some people have quirky backgrounds;...

The matric dance is a after party debt hangover

By Edwin Naidu In a country with high unemployment, poverty and deepening inequality, is there an argument for the matric dance to be stopped at schools in South Africa...

Research must be linked to the delivery of a public good

By Edwin Naidu There’s no shortage of information on the remarkable happenings in education, science and technology, for good or bad, in South Africa or Africa.  If one considers social media...
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