https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/499.html South Africa Higher Education news 15 Higher Education news - South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/196/499.html en-us Sun, 24 May 2026 02:39:54 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/beyond-enrolment-5-steps-to-quality-higher-education-in-sa-289977a For many young South Africans, a university degree is the ultimate tool to escape poverty, but 30-40% of qualifying students are unable to access higher education each year. Expanding entry is only part of the solution. 1-268380 Fri, 22 May 2026 16:36:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africas-government-is-drowning-in-its-own-complexity-845573a In many South African municipalities, officials now spend more time reporting on collapse than preventing it. Water systems fail while compliance reports multiply. Infrastructure projects stall inside approval chains designed to improve accountability, but which increasingly delay implementation itself. Across government, every major failure now appears to generate another coordinating structure, another oversight mechanism, another verification process, or another layer of reporting. The South African government is becoming trapped within layers of accumulated complexity whose administrative demands may now exceed the institutional capacity available to sustain them effectively. 1-268379 Fri, 22 May 2026 15:52:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africa-needs-ai-literacy-with-accountability-734432a Recent reports that South African universities are tightening controls around the unethical use of artificial intelligence in assignments are not surprising. Across the sector, institutions are responding to a growing reality: students now have easy access to tools that can generate text, answer questions, solve problems and imitate original work at speed. Universities are right to protect academic integrity. A qualification must still reflect a student’s own competence, judgment and effort. 1-268362 Fri, 22 May 2026 13:05:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/are-university-land-sales-unexpectedly-driving-urban-development-067775a Are South Africa’s universities quietly becoming unexpected catalysts for large-scale urban development through the release of strategically located land? A major new project in Johannesburg suggests this trend may already be underway. 1-268357 Fri, 22 May 2026 12:01:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/up-breaks-ground-on-major-solar-pv-project-at-persequor-park-956604a The University of Pretoria (UP), in partnership with the AttSolar consortium, officially broke ground on a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) facility following a sod-turning ceremony held at Persequor Park in early May. The milestone marks the start of physical construction on one of the University’s most significant infrastructure investments to date and signals a clear shift towards large-scale embedded renewable energy generation on campus. 1-268324 Thu, 21 May 2026 17:02:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/how-registered-counsellors-build-resilience-in-south-africa-845583a The resilience of South Africans is always being stress-tested by the country’s high rates of trauma due to poverty, inequality, crime, gender-based violence and substance abuse. In the places where we live, work and get an education, there is also rising burnout, depression and anxiety with clear effects on learning outcomes, productivity, and workplace culture. 1-268319 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:42:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/portfolio-power-the-key-to-thriving-in-a-brutal-economy-178816a As technology accelerates, markets shift, and workplace expectations evolve, with uncertainty always front of mind, South African professionals are increasingly opting to pursue portfolio careers - combining several professional activities instead of depending on a single full-time employer. 1-268318 Thu, 21 May 2026 16:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/up-academics-receive-national-orders-for-reshaping-south-africas-future-390928a As South Africa celebrated some of its most influential thinkers, artists and innovators after the release of the 2026 list of National Orders by the Presidency, two academics from the University of Pretoria (UP) emerged as symbols of a country increasingly shaped by both technological innovation and creative imagination. 1-268273 Wed, 20 May 2026 15:30:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/significant-adjustment-on-the-horizon-needed-for-tertiary-education-734362a An innovative new academic study warns that higher education institutions worldwide must urgently reinvent teaching, learning, and curriculum delivery or risk becoming obsolete in the face of rapidly evolving student expectations and technological disruption. 1-268272 Wed, 20 May 2026 15:06:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/uct-gsb-executive-education-recognised-in-financial-times-2026-rankings-623251a UCT GSB has been included in both Financial Times Executive Education 2026 rankings, with its open-enrolment programmes placed 71st globally and its customised programmes placed 86th globally. 1-268271 Wed, 20 May 2026 14:24:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Higher Education South Africa