Universities South Africa
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Universities South Africa’s 3rd Higher Education Conference starts in Pretoria today
South Africa’s universities converge in Pretoria this week for the 3rd Higher Education Conference starting at the International Convention Centre of the Council for Scientific and...
Universities SA invites research proposals for the National Graduate Destination Survey set to commence immediately
Following years of engaging relevant stakeholders on a National Graduate Destination Survey (NGDS), Universities South Africa (USAf) secured a partner during 2023 and is now ready...
Higher Education has lost a legend in Human Resources management
Universities South Africa (USAf) deeply mourns the loss to premature death, of Dr Kgomotso Kasonkola, Senior Director: Human Resources (HR) at the University of the...
Universities South Africa’s Board of Directors’ Response to a Resolution of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf Board) has seen and read the resolution of the Parliamentary Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and...
Universities South Africa’s Board of Directors pays tribute to the late Professor Brian O’ Connell
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) joins the community of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) in paying tribute to UWC’s...
Universities South Africa congratulates Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane on her appointment to the Ministry of Higher Education and Training
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) has congratulated Dr Nobuhle Pamela Nkabane, MP, for her appointment, last Sunday, to the position of Minister:...
Universities South Africa congratulates Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela for winning the Templeton Prize 2024
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) has congratulated Professor Pumla Gobodo-Madikizela, the SARChI Chair for Violent Histories and Historical Trauma and the...
Universities South Africa announces the launch of a cross-cultural energy transition project partnership with the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC)
Universities South Africa proudly announces the launch of a cross-cultural energy transition project partnership between herself and the Texas International Education Consortium (TIEC). This relationship...
SA universities are consolidating planning towards integrating African Languages in their core functions and in administration
The 3rd Vice-Chancellors' Language Policy Colloquium that takes place from 5-6 December 2023 will sharply focus on implementation practices, monitoring and evaluation of the Language...
The USAf Board Directors welcomes the decisions of the NSFAS Board pertaining to findings of an investigation into the appointment of student allowances direct payment service providers
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) welcomes the decisions of the Board of the National Students Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS): To terminate...
USAf’s Transformation Dialogue seeks to shift higher education from a compliance-driven to an innovation and inclusivity-driven transformation process
Is there real transformative activity taking place in higher education, or has this been a box-ticking exercise? This question spurred Universities South Africa’s (USAf) Transformation...
USAf’s three groups congregate at Stellenbosch University this Thursday to explore multilingual mathematics education in higher education
About 70 delegates representing all public universities in South Africa are expected to descend on Stellenbosch University this Thursday, 17 August, 2023. These are members...
Key challenges created by the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) place universities at risk of instability and being plunged deeper into debt
The Board of Directors of Universities South Africa (USAf) is deeply concerned about the key challenges that have been created by the National Student Financial...
Although universities offer a welcoming, highly supportive environment, new entrants will need to put in serious work to succeed
As public universities prepare to receive a new cohort of fresh school leavers on their campuses for the 2023 academic year, the Chief Executive Officer...
Universities SA appeals to key stakeholders to join hands in ensuring smooth registration of new and returning students in 2023
A meeting held on 28 November 2022 with the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) Board, senior officials at NSFAS and other key stakeholders, highlighted...
2nd Vice-Chancellors’ Consultative Colloquium on the revised Language Policy Framework begins today
Public universities’ executive leadership and other stakeholders will descend on the University of Pretoria’s (UP’s) Senate Hall in Hatfield this afternoon for a start to...
EDHE enlists the Oxford University Innovation expertise at its Innovation Ecosystems workshop
The Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) Programme’s Kick-off event for 2022, starting today, takes the form of a workshop on Innovation Systems and Academic...
Universities SA commends Government for assuring all qualifying and accepted NSFAS recipients of funding in 2022
Universities South Africa (USAf) has commended the Government for resolving a funding shortfall of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) for the 2022 academic...
Simon Gifford to grace EDHE’s Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme Economic Activation Workshop as speaker
A much-admired and respected entrepreneur, Mr Simon Gifford, will be sharing entrepreneurship insights with members of the Student Women Economic Empowerment Programme (SWEEP) during the...
Medal for Social Sciences and Humanities Recognising Engaged Scholarship Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) & Universities South Africa (USAf)
Pretoria, Monday 13 December 2021 – The Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC), in partnership with Universities South Africa (USAf), invite nominees for the HSRC – USAf Medal...
The SEP-TLF study shines a spotlight on academic staff experiences during the pandemic
The long-awaited study that was exploring Staff Experiences of, and Perspectives on Teaching and Learning and its Future (SEP-TLF) has been concluded. This study, a...
USAf has adopted a Code of Conduct re: POPIA as a guide to universities
In the quest to prepare and enable its member institutions to comply with the Protection of Personal Information Act (POPIA), Universities South Africa compiled a...
Public universities are accepting 2021 applications
Despite the disruptions caused by COVID-19 in 2020, the applications season is open at most public universities, with varying closing dates across the sector. Read...
“We need to enhance their learning experience for nothing but success”
As students arrive at various campuses to register for their first year of undergraduate study, all role-players within the university system would do well to pull...
EDHE Shining a Spotlight on Studentpreneurs across South Africa
The Entrepreneurship Development in Higher Education (EDHE) programme will be launching the second iteration of the national Entrepreneurship Intervarsity 2020 competition on 21 January 2020 at...
Call by Vice-Chancellors for a meeting with the President of South Africa
The Vice-Chancellors of all 26 public universities are calling for an urgent meeting with the President of South Africa, to register their anger at the scourge...
Universities must act in concert against gender based violence — among other social ills plaguing South Africa
Universities South Africa (USAf), together with all its member institutions, is deeply distressed by news of the gruesome death of a young woman and student at...
South African and Japanese universities re-launch a collaboration pact in Tokyo
A large delegation from South Africa’s higher education sector will represent the country in the re-launch in Tokyo, of the South Africa-Japan Universities (SAJU) Forum. The...
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Students must draw lessons from the late Ahmed Kathrada
At the time when there is so much concern about what is going on at our public universities , students would do well to take lessons from the life of the late stalwart and political activist, Ahmed Kathrada. of the late stalwart and political activist, Ahmed Kathrada.
Universities SA Statement on the outcome of the consultative meeting between Minister of Higher Education and Training, Dr BE Nzimande and the Boards of USAf and UCCF
Following a joint consultative meeting on 12 August, 2016, between the Minister of Higher Education and Training and the Boards of Universities South Africa (USAf) and Universities Chairs of Council Forum (UCCF), the outcome was published on 14 August 2016.