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Sleep Science takes UCT research outcomes into the marketplace

The vision of Sleep Science – a spin-off company from the University of Cape Town (UCT) – is to optimise the health, well-being and performance of South Africans through evidence-based, best-practice sleep research, teaching, education and other...

Guidelines for Universities to follow Regarding Work Integrated Learning in the Context of the Covid-19 Pandemic

Following the hard (Level 5) lockdown in 2020, Universities SA’s Work Strategy Group conducted a study in collaboration with the Council on Higher Education and the Department of Higher...

Students’ Access to and Use of Learning Materials

A study completed by the University of the Free State’s Centre for Teaching and Learning has brought to the surface, students’ experiences of emergency remote teaching and learning during...

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 Code of Conduct for...

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 more… Applications closing dates

South Africa’s universities’ visit to China: 14-24 October 2019

A 12-person delegation of South Africa’s universities visited China’s top five universities in October 2019, to explore building a collaborative relationship between universities of the two countries — that...

“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 out all the...

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 Protea Hotel OR...

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 of gender-based violence...

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 one of its...

Scholarly Presses in South Africa; how sustainable are they?

Late during 2018, the CEO of Universities South Africa commissioned a study of South Africa’s scholarly presses. The purpose was to generate an understanding on how the scholarly presses...

Reconceptualising Health Professions Education in South Africa

As a response to the continuing shortages of healthcare professionals, the Academy of Science of South Africa (ASSAf) undertook a study to investigate the full value chain in health...

Senior ICT undergraduates are invited to apply for a two-week ICT training in China

The Huawei Seeds for the Future programme offers undergraduate students (3rd or 4th year students) in ICT a two week training and cultural experience in China. During the first...

Exploring a Work-Based Values Approach in South African TVET Colleges to Improve Employability of Youth – a literature review

Notwithstanding the much expanded access to South Africa’s tertiary education in the past decade, youth employability remains a national concern. Technical and Vocational Education and Training (TVET) colleges, predominantly...

Universities SA supporting the 2018 South African Women in Science Awards

The Department of Science and Technology (DST) calls for nominations for the 2018 South African Women in Science Awards (WISA). The awards recognise and reward excellence by women scientists...

Higher Education Funding Workshop

Universities South Africa (USAf) convened a Higher Education Funding Workshop which was joined by higher education specialists from the World Bank to look at how university systems are funded...

DHET FAQs on expanded NSFAS and bursary scheme

The Department of Higher Education and Training has published a list of frequent questions emerging since the free education declaration was made. It responds to those questions and explains...

Challenges from the re-absorption of outsourced services call for increased introspection and information sharing for the sustainability of universities

As universities consider and adopt the different approaches to insourcing in response to union and student demands and also for delivery of social justice, it is evident that insourcing...

USAf exploring the establishment of a new strategy group

As part of seeking to understand how the university sector may respond to big changes taking place in the higher education environment, both locally and globally, Universities SA will...

PA Workshop

USAf hosted its annual workshop for Personal Assistants/Executive Secretaries in the Office of the Vice-Chancellor on 8 – 9 December 2016 in Franschoek, Cape Town. The first day was...