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ViewAssaf panel wants two history journals off DHET subsidy list

None of the 25 publications scrutinised by review escape criticism

ViewTop medical research council officer heads to North-West

Jeffrey Mphahlele takes up deputy vice-chancellorship of research at university

ViewSouth African Parliament hears call to scrap free higher education

Democratic Alliance says funding system for poor students is unsustainable

ViewSouth African MPs spotlight university autonomy

Meeting follows clashes between MPs and university management

ViewParliament rallies behind South Africa’s cash-strapped science department

Voices from across the political spectrum unite in critique of research underfunding

ViewWho are the new advisers on UK’s future research assessment?

A who’s who of the panel advising research funders on research-evaluation review and REF

ViewIncoming NRF chief vows to shake up South African research

“Tough calls” ahead on funding priorities, MPs told

ViewPostgrad bursaries plummet by 3,000 in South Africa

Budget cuts and policy shift blamed for sharp drop

ViewSouth African fisheries out-innovate farming and forestry

Push for sustainable fishing practices behind innovation push

ViewSouth Africa laments death of Bob Scholes

Climate change expert hailed as a research ‘giant’ and ‘true leader’

ViewPrivacy paperwork looms for South African researchers

Personal data protection law compliance will “be challenging for everybody”

ViewWork begins on two more public South African universities

Gauteng-based institutions will target criminology, science and technology

ViewStudent funding threatens South Africa’s university system

“We’re shooting ourselves in the foot”, says Blade Nzimande

ViewParliament’s unease grows over South Africa’s universities budget

Ruling party MP asks science minister unusual question on whether to back or reject budget

ViewRamaphosa to lead South Africa’s cabinet science committee

Decision at odds with white paper, which suggested science minister would lead committee

ViewSouth Africa team to tackle gender-based violence in higher education

“Sexual and gender misconduct guiding framework” will also be set up

ViewSouth Africa resumes Covid vaccination drive

Pregnant and breastfeeding women will be excluded

ViewNzimande backs student aid scheme trouble-shooter

Payments ‘on time for the first time’

ViewSA ethics committees urged to broaden engagement

More varied, longer-term approach advocated

ViewSTFC announces partnership with South African research funder

Agreement aims to reinforce research programmes through joint educational training activities

ViewSouth African Fulbright scheme to be ‘phased out’

Replacement programme will see South African PhDs registered locally spend a year in the US

ViewUniversity of Cape Town mourns history lost in fire

But 19th century watercolours among treasures rescued from inferno

View‘Significant resistance’ to decolonisation in South Africa

White academics must take a more active stance against racism, meeting hears

ViewCovid-19 vaccine production threatens routine vaccines in South Africa

Hoarding of raw materials by US and Europe leaves South Africa short

ViewSA universities set enrolment targets for scarce skills

But nothing new from government on how increased recruitment will be financed

ViewSouth African universities say they can’t manage student debt

Umbrella body warns debt write-off would undermine sustainability

View‘Colonial structures’ won’t vaccinate Africa

South African HIV stalwart urges investment in the continent’s health capacity

View‘Too soon’ to say if South African suicides rose during lockdown

Data scarcity makes it difficult to tease out trends, says Stellenbosch academic

ViewSouth Africa halts Covid vaccinations following US blood clot reports

But the country has not seen cases of rare clotting disorder

ViewMPs urge students to keep protests peaceful

Damaging property ‘not a student right’ in South Africa