Transformation in South Africa’s institutions of higher education has been slow and uneven.
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By identifying the genes and molecules crucial to resistance in American chestnuts and other species, researchers hope to use genomic techniques to breed trees that can flourish in the face of blight.
Pittsburgh’s struggle to move beyond steel demonstrates that industry dominance is temporary. Other regions can learn from Pittsburgh’s slow economic recovery.
School admission in South Africa continues to mirror entrenched societal inequities.
Why isn’t academic development working effectively enough in South African higher education?
In a world where algorithms increasingly shape everyday life, many works of art are beginning to reflect how intertwined we’ve become with computational systems.
Fresh debate and discussions with youth activists challenging the status quo can have real legal and political weight.
People young and old love the classic video game Tetris. A working knowledge of the spatial reasoning concepts underlying Tetris can set students up for success in mathematics.
A new book explores how Cape Town became a hub for African opera.
Two experts in policy and technology who were also co-authors of an international climate assessment see reasons for optimism.
Society has very different attitudes to near-death experiences and psychedelics.
Almost 30 years into democracy, South Africa still hasn’t ensured the jobs of senior public servants are not tied to the tenure of government ministers.
The pandemic has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
It is important to embrace all the nation’s languages in a multilingual and multicultural society. This will ensure they are used, developed and mainstreamed.
Solutions already exist. What’s holding humanity back is the will to get past the status quo and embrace innovation.
In my research, I’ve seen how people can feel a new sense of gratitude, meaning and purpose. They often take up new hobbies and careers. They become less materialistic and more altruistic.
COVID-19 has intensified wanderlust – but also the need for mindful, ethical travel.
Canadians for the most part have been well served with dispassionate professional judgements about matters of public interest, except when it comes to what kids learn at school.
Words matter because they influence the way we understand environmental problems and shape their solutions.
Writing groups provide a space where the “rules of the game” of academia become clear.
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Professor of Political Studies, University of Johannesburg
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Professor of Higher Education, Rhodes University, South Africa, Rhodes University
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Associate Professor of Climate Change, Technology and Policy, Carleton University
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Professor of Religion, Psychology and Culture, Vanderbilt University
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Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Leeds Beckett University
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Professor of Policy Analysis, RAND School of Public Policy
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Professor/Senior Research Fellow, Centre for Advancement of Scholarship, University of Pretoria
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Prof of Archaeological Science, University of Oxford
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Professor of Higher Education and Human Development, University of the Free State
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Senior Lecturer, University of Cape Town
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Professor of Law, New York Law School
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Visiting Adjunct Professor, School of Governance, University of the Witwatersrand
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Lecturer of Philosophy, University of the Western Cape
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Interim Head of the Health Sciences Education Department, University of Cape Town
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Professor of English Language Teaching and Literacy Development, Rhodes University