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USAf’s 7th Biennial Research and Innovation Dialogue seeks to entrench impactful research for positive societal and economic change

The 7th Biennial Research and Innovation (R&I) Dialogue of Universities South Africa (USAf) starts this morning (Thursday 21 September) in Umhlanga, north of Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. The two-day meeting...

South Africa is catching up with the globe on Open Access but needs to do more to reach desired goals

Even though South Africa has made significant advances towards achieving Open Access to scholarly publishing, there are hurdles to still overcome that require a concerted national effort by the...

The SA government must lead the Open Access movement to develop a national policy position and strategy

There is an urgent need for the Department of Science and Innovation (DSI) in partnership with the Department of Higher Education and Training (DHET) to assume a leadership role...

What follows the Joint Colloquium of Mathematicians, Linguists and Education Deans?

The Joint Colloquium on Multilingualism in the teaching and learning of Mathematics in Higher Education –Enhancing Success achieved its intended objectives with success, says the Director: Operations and Sector...

Mathematics teachers in the Venda region of Limpopo need to disclose the secret behind their high success rate

South Africa needs to study why TshiVenda communities produce an astronomical number of actuaries for this country, and why the Venda region of the Limpopo province consistently produces the...

State funding for universities’ language initiatives could increase with compelling evidence of potentially bigger impact

The year 2023 marks the first year that the government has given more money to the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) – an amount of R47-billion to undergraduates...

The changing profile of university students calls for a decolonial re-thinking of higher education, says Professor Emmanuel Mgqwashu

Despite all the financial and human resources pumped into higher education in South Africa, the depressing educational outcomes remain the same. Throughput, pass and dropout rates remain racialised and...

Learners run away from any career that requires mathematical competence, says Dr Mxiwoxolo Krexe

At the recent Joint Colloquium on Multilingualism in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics – Enhancing Success, Dr Mziwoxolo Krexe of theDepartment of Adult, Foundation Phase and Educational Foundations...

Teachers preferred adapting words from English rather than using coined terms in their first languages — a study revealed

Last week, Universities South Africa (USAf) held a Colloquium on Multilingualism in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics – Enhancing Success but framing mathematics education in the context of...

A framework for thinking about languages and literacies towards university mathematics curriculum for access and transformation

To make a case for a curriculum that encourages greater access and transformation, a mathematics education language development specialist used students’ talk about their experiences, and difficulties with languages,...

Language is fundamental, but is not always the only enabler for university mathematics success

Results from research into engineering mathematics of students in the University of Cape Town’s Engineering Extended Programme showed that female students (58.6%) outperformed their male peers (54.8%). They also...

Research exploring alternatives to one-size-fits-all solutions to students’ Academic Literacy needs

Critical research is being done into improving curriculum responsiveness to enhance responding to students’ needs in both teaching and assessment. This is to move away from the “one-size-fits-all” model...

Why meaning making is critical in multilingual mathematics classrooms

Professor Anthony Essien, Associate Professor in Mathematics Education and Interim Numeracy Chair, Wits School of Education used a rainfall chart to show his audience how the word ‘least’ –...

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 Strategy Group (TSG) to...

Multilingual mathematics classrooms can enhance learner understanding, change attitudes towards mathematics and increase success

Africa is endowed with works of art available for classroom illustration of various mathematical concepts from elementary schooling, all the way to university instruction — Professor Kakoma Luneta (below)...

Multilingual education provision is invaluable provided this model is appropriately resourced, says a higher education top executive

Learning environments allowing students to exchange mathematical ideas in their mother tongue enable learners to grasp complex concepts more naturally and deeply, thereby turning multilingualism into a gap-bridging asset...

Issues warranting priority attention in universities’ pursuit of multilingualism in mathematics teaching and learning

Each of the three communities of practice (CoPs) that jointly hosted last week’s Colloquium on Multilingualism in the Teaching and Learning of Mathematics – Enhancing Success had come to...

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 of three Universities South...

Exposure to Switzerland’s innovation and entrepreneurship landscape boosts confidence in a young South African

The founder of one South African student start-up that won a trip to a 10-day residency programme at the University of Basel in Switzerland, in June, has called the...

Universities SA’s World of Work Strategy Group commits to an ambitious multi-year programme of action

Significant stakeholder engagements in the first half of 2023 sparked numerous project considerations in Universities South Africa’s World of Work Strategy Group (WSG) if the university sector is to...

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