On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the video of the speech had disappeared from the school’s YouTube page. Students[…]
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will increase students’ living allowances by 10% for the 2023 academic year. The increase will be backdated to the beginning of the academic year, NSFAS spokesperson Maduvha Maseda said. “This follows the minister of higher education, science and innovation Blade Nzimande’s concurrence with[…]
LOCAL Stellenbosch University says it’s studying the findings and recommendations of the Independent Khampepe Commission of Investigation into allegations of racism at the institution. The university’s rector and vice-chancellor, Wim de Villiers, has received the commission’s report. Stellenbosch University asked for a probe following incidents of alleged racism at the institution[…]
The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called on academics and universities around the world to boycott Israeli universities over their involvement in the occupation of Palestine, illegal settlements and aggression against Palestinian land and people. “Hamas condemns the decision of the Zionist University Presidents’ Committee to recognise the so-called[…]
The newly conferred Stellenbosch University Chancellor, Justice Edwin Cameron, says the university community deserves an institution that is free of discrimination. He was speaking during his official inauguration as a Chancellor in Stellenbosch on Tuesday night after being elected in 2019. Cameron takes up the position amidst a racial uproar after charges[…]
Mthokozisi Ntumba has become a household name in SA after being shot dead during a fees protest by students outside Wits University on Wednesday. He was a bystander who was struck while leaving a nearby clinic in Braamfontein. His death is being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid).[…]
The Student Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, says it stands in solidarity with students facing exclusions at tertiary institutions across the country. It was reacting to Wednesday’s protests by Wits students in Braamfontein in Johannesburg during which a man was shot dead and two students wounded during[…]
The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said that all monies have been paid despite the coronavirus pandemic and has encouraged students who require funding to apply. NSFAS paid funds to public institutions of higher learning or TVET colleges directly, which then distribute the funds to students whose applications were[…]
As the country awkwardly phases itself into the “free higher education” era, the opportunities for our best and brightest learners are set to snowball. South African universities are amongst some of the best in the world, and according to New World Wealth’s index on the number of millionaires they produce, it’s easy[…]
Some institutions of higher learning were inundated with prospective and returning students on the first day of registration on Monday. This is despite pleas by institutions for students to use online processes for inquiries and checking the status of their applications. Wits University says it will only accept over five-thousand[…]
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