Universities South Africa
USAF
Road Fatality Interventions
Submitting University University of Cape Town Summary of the impact: Road fatalities were labelled a pandemic as early as 1973 (British Medical Journal, 1973)....
Universities urged to support the multilingualism study
Universities South Africa’s Community of Practice for the Teaching and Learning of African Languages (CoPAL) Chairperson, Professor Nobuhle Hlongwa, has urged public universities to support...
DHET update on two university research studies: Gender Transformation and Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Institutions
At the first sitting of Universities South Africa’s Transformation Managers’ Forum (TMF) in March, officials from the Department of Higher Education and Training presented plans of...
Analysing disability support at South African public universities
Universal access and disability support in higher education remains a subject of concern for Universities South Africa’s (USAf’s) Transformation Strategy Group (TSG) – hence the imperative...
Unveiling new Employment Equity targets
South African universities have until 1 September this year to implement new plans to meet updated Employment Equity (EE) regulations and targets. According to the Department...
SA universities’ visit to Hungary culminates in the signing of a formal collaboration agreement
Thursday, 3rd April 2025, marks the last day in the official programme of Universities South Africa’s (USAf’s) delegation to Hungary, in eastern Europe. The 26-strong...
An invisible epidemic: fighting hearing loss
Submitting University University of Pretoria Overview Hearing loss strikes at the heart of what makes us human — communication, engagement and learning, and developing...
South African Universities — Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals
A recent outcome of this focus area is the South African Universities – Mapping the Sustainable Development Goals report, based on a USAf-commissioned study in...
Facilitating Online
Increasingly, universities are using online resources and interaction to support student learning. Even educators with excellent face-to-face facilitation skills are likely to confront a significant...