Category: Other Reports

What we’re learning about our university students

The three-part series of publications titled Understanding Students — published in March, October and November, 2018, shares findings from a set of surveys of students, and to an extent,...

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...

Guiding Framework for Universities on Reintegrating and/or Managing Currently Outsourced Operations

Following the FeesMustFall uprising in October 2015, and the students’ and workers’ demand to universities to re-absorb the outsourced catering, cleaning, gardening and security services into universities’ mainstream workforce,...

Consumer Protection Act Guidelines for Universities

The Consumer Protection Act, 2008, (CPA), which came into force on 1 April 2011, governs all transactions and interactions with consumers for the provision of goods or services. In...

Rural Campuses Connection Project (RCCP)

The Rural Campuses Connection Project (RCCP) was undertaken to provide high-bandwidth connections for rural university campuses to the South African National Research Network (SANReN). The then HESA received a...

Study on Remuneration of Academics in South Africa’s universities

This study, driven by wide perceptions that academic careers were less financially rewarding than those in the public and private sectors, sought to compare the guaranteed remuneration packages in...

Higher Education Price Index (HEPI)

The Consumer Price Index (CPI) is a mechanism by which price inflation or deflation on various commodities, products and services is determined. In the process of reviewing public universities’...

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What we’re learning about our university students April 3, 2018
Challenges from the re-absorption of outsourced services call for increased introspection and information sharing for the sustainability of universities October 31, 2017
USAf exploring the establishment of a new strategy group October 31, 2017
Guiding Framework for Universities on Reintegrating and/or Managing Currently Outsourced Operations November 1, 2016
Consumer Protection Act Guidelines for Universities September 30, 2015
Rural Campuses Connection Project (RCCP) March 1, 2015
Study on Remuneration of Academics in South Africa’s universities December 12, 2014
Higher Education Price Index (HEPI) October 1, 2014
The Value of Designated Subjects in Terms of Likely Student Success in Higher Education June 30, 2014
Revisiting ‘Co-operative Governance’ in Higher Education A Discussion Document March 16, 2014
Promoting Higher Education – Industry Partnerships and Collaborations May 16, 2012

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