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The NRF held The Ethics in Scholarly Publishing Workshop on 11 April 2018, the event was held in partnership with a number institutions concerned. Below is a report and documentation coming from the Workshop:  NRF Ethics Workshop Report Appendix 1 Programme The Ethics Workshop Appendix 2 Scale and Nature of Unethical Publishing by J. Mouton…
Sci Bytes @ SciSTIP is a new information series produced by SciSTIP. Its aim is to disseminate on a regular basis brief reports about some aspect of the science and innovation system in South Africa. The aim is to inform and share knowledge produced by SciSTIP. The “bytes” are written in a nontechnical style. read more: LINK TO SCIBYTES@…
The latest VitalStats 2016 - Public Higher Education is now available, please follow the link to download the full publication. Link: VitalStats 2016 - Public Higher Education  
This issue of BrieflySpeaking reflects on the targets that were set in the National Plan for Higher Education of 2001. Using data from VitalStats 2016, which was published in March 2018, we consider the extent to which these targets have been reached and point to some interesting developing trends. Read more: BrieflySpeaking (6) The National…
Final Call for Abstracts: The Southern African Quality Assurance Network (SAQAN) is pleased to announce that the 4th Southern African Regional Conference on Quality Assurance in Higher Education will be held in Maseru, Lesotho from 8th to 10th October 2018. It will be hosted by the Council on Higher Education (Lesotho) in partnership with the…
With the entrance of many new players in the South Africa private higher education market, both local and international, the landscape in terms of size and shape is changing rapidly. This monitoring brief provides an overview of five current trends and suggests potential future developments in private higher education. Link to the monitoring brief…