Category: Education
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South Africa’s university system at a “tipping point”
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More than 1,200 South African academics are warning that the country’s university system is at a tipping point as a result of chronic underfunding. The researchers from 18 South African universities have signed an open letter to the president Jacob Zuma, higher education and training minister Blade Nzimande and finance…
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Mentorship: the route to networks, upliftment, science
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“Mentorship is important in all fields, but it’s particularly important in science,” says Dr George Smoot. Ten years ago, Smoot won the Nobel prize for physics, after he discovered the cosmic microwave radiation background, the ancient radiation left over from the Big Bang. Last week, he was one of 29…
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Education at the click of a button
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It is education at the press of a button. Anyone with an internet connection can access some of the best teachers the world has to offer. Since they began in 2008, more than 25-million people have enrolled in Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs), in courses that range from Introduction to…