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Navigating the leap: Expert advice for students transitioning to university

Transitioning from high school to higher education is a pivotal period filled with both challenges and opportunities for students and their families. Speaking on VOC Breakfast on Monday, Professor Salomé Human-Vogel, an Associate Professor in the Department of Educational Psychology at the University of Pretoria, emphasized the varied experiences students face during this transition. “For some learners, it’s an exciting time, their first taste of independence, away from parental supervision, […]

2 December 2024

International

US university condemned for removing pro-Palestine commencement speech from YouTube

On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the video of the speech had disappeared from the school's YouTube page. Students and activists say it’s because the speaker brought attention to Palestine. Mohammed had been voted by her classmates to give […]

24 May 2023

Local

NSFAS increases living allowances for 2023 students

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) will increase students' living allowances by 10% for the 2023 academic year. The increase will be backdated to the beginning of the academic year, NSFAS spokesperson Maduvha Maseda said. “This follows the minister of higher education, science and innovation Blade Nzimande's concurrence with the proposal that was put before him a few weeks ago.” Nzimande convened the consultations which included inputs from the […]

18 March 2023

Local

Stellenbosche university admits need for reform

LOCAL Stellenbosch University says it’s studying the findings and recommendations of the Independent Khampepe Commission of Investigation into allegations of racism at the institution. The university’s rector and vice-chancellor, Wim de Villiers, has received the commission’s report. Stellenbosch University asked for a probe following incidents of alleged racism at the institution in recent years. De Villiers said it’s clear, according to the report, that black personnel and students do not feel […]

10 November 2022

International

Hamas calls for boycott of Israeli universities over involvement in occupation

The Palestinian Islamic Resistance Movement, Hamas, has called on academics and universities around the world to boycott Israeli universities over their involvement in the occupation of Palestine, illegal settlements and aggression against Palestinian land and people. "Hamas condemns the decision of the Zionist University Presidents' Committee to recognise the so-called 'Ariel' settlement college as a university within its membership," said Dr Abdel Latif Al-Qanou, an official spokesman of the movement. […]

22 June 2022

Local

Stellenbosch University deserves an institution that is free of discrimination: Chancellor

The newly conferred Stellenbosch University Chancellor, Justice Edwin Cameron, says the university community deserves an institution that is free of discrimination. He was speaking during his official inauguration as a Chancellor in Stellenbosch on Tuesday night after being elected in 2019. Cameron takes up the position amidst a racial uproar after charges were laid against a white student for allegedly urinating on the belongings of a black student. Stellenbosch University says it […]

19 May 2022

Local

Mthokozisi Ntumba: Know the man who was killed in the Wits protest crossfire

Mthokozisi Ntumba has become a household name in SA after being shot dead during a fees protest by students outside Wits University on Wednesday. He was a bystander who was struck while leaving a nearby clinic in Braamfontein. His death is being investigated by the Independent Police Investigative Directorate (Ipid). Here is what you need to know about Ntumba. A husband and father of four According to police minister Bheki […]

12 March 2021

Local

UCT SRC stands in solidarity with students facing exclusions at tertiary institutions

The Student Representative Council of the University of Cape Town, says it stands in solidarity with students facing exclusions at tertiary institutions across the country. It was reacting to Wednesday’s protests by Wits students in Braamfontein in Johannesburg during which a man was shot dead and two students wounded during clashes with the police. UCT SRC President, Declan Dryer says no student deserves to be excluded for any reason. “The […]

11 March 2021

News

NSFAS will not be affected by delays in academic year

The National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) said that all monies have been paid despite the coronavirus pandemic and has encouraged students who require funding to apply. NSFAS paid funds to public institutions of higher learning or TVET colleges directly, which then distribute the funds to students whose applications were successful. Speaking to VOC’s Breakfast Beat on Thursday, spokesperson Phatisa Ntlonz explained that numerous changes have been implemented to combat […]

8 October 2020

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