Universities can't decolonise the curriculum without defining it first: ShutterstockAcademics are trying to rid South Africa’s universities of the procedures, values, norms, practices, thinking, beliefs and choices that mark anything non-European and not white as inferior. Decolonising the curriculum forms part of this work. But what does this … [Read more...] about Universities can’t decolonise the curriculum without defining it first | The Conversation
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Decolonisation debate is a chance to rethink the role of universities | The Conversation
Decolonisation debate is a chance to rethink the role of universities: The decolonisation of South Africa's university curriculum seems to have fallen off the agenda, overtaken by the push for free higher education. ShutterstockWhen South African students launched the “Rhodes Must Fall” campaign in 2015, one of their major demands was that the university curriculum be … [Read more...] about Decolonisation debate is a chance to rethink the role of universities | The Conversation
When universities aren’t properly funded, everybody loses | The Conversation
When universities aren't properly funded, everybody loses: A year on from South Africa's #feesmustfall protests, funding remains a hot issue. Kim Ludbrook/EPAIt seems that South Africa’s universities are on a knife-edge once more. Its students are ready to march again. It’s striking that universities find themselves in this position less than a year after the #feesmustfall … [Read more...] about When universities aren’t properly funded, everybody loses | The Conversation
African philosophy of education: a powerful arrow in universities’ bow | The Conversation
African philosophy of education: a powerful arrow in universities’ bow: An African philosophy of education offers new ways of thinking about the continent. ShutterstockTo understand what an African philosophy of education is and why it’s so important, consider the role that universities should play in any society. Universities, no matter where they are, ought to be places … [Read more...] about African philosophy of education: a powerful arrow in universities’ bow | The Conversation
Ranking African universities: hypocrisy, impunity and complicity | The Conversation
Ranking African universities: hypocrisy, impunity and complicity: Ranking organisations call the shots about which universities are ‘best’. ShutterstockNearly ten years ago I confronted an expert about what she claimed was an “African phenomenon” in higher education. She was reluctant to provide me with the raw data upon which this “phenomenon” was premised, so I vigorously … [Read more...] about Ranking African universities: hypocrisy, impunity and complicity | The Conversation
