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Stellenbosch academics feel the strain of dual language decision

University management says preliminary figures show a decline in number of black students who registered at the institution this year

Nsfas criticised for underutilising funds

DEMANDS: Wits university students protest outside the Parktown campus over fee hikes. Picture: PUXLEY MAKGATHO

Democratic Alliance says young people are being denied opportunities to study because the available funding is not made available to them

Student protesters cause more than R145m in damages in three months

Students from several universities protested at the Union Buildings in Pretoria last year. There is something perverse in taking pleasure from burning art works, the writer says. Picture: SOWETAN

Higher Education and Training Minister Blade Nzimande says protests are a democratic right, but resorting to violence and damage to property are criminal acts

BUSINESS DAY TV: It is hard to deliver ‘a quantum change in a short time’

Advtech CEO Roy Douglas discusses the education group’s full-year results, growth plans in its existing businesses and acquisitions

University of Cape Town may cut jobs as it applies austerity

Max Price.  Picture: HETTY ZANTMAN

Vice-chancellor Max Price says the university needs to save R120m in two years with 80% of savings from staff bill


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