Category: Media Statements

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 of Universities South Africa...

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 the need for adequate preparation...

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 Entrepreneurship, that will be...

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 year. Responding to a...

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 SWEEP Economic Activation Workshop...

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

“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...

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