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24 March 2010: Study on student retention, graduation and beyond

The published study, Student Retention and Graduate Destination: Higher education and labour market access and success (Cape Town: HSRC Press, 2009) was launched today at a seminar hosted by Dr Vijay Reddy, Executive Director of the Education, Science and Skills Development research programme of the Human Sciences Research Council. To mark the occasion, Professor Haroon Bhorat and Ms Natasha Mayet, of the Development Policy Research Unit, University of Cape Town, presented the key findings of one of the chapters of the monograph on student graduation, labour market destinations and employment earnings.

11 August 2009: Skills shortages hamper growth targets

The recent action by health professionals in South Africa, protesting against low salaries and poor working conditions, highlighted reasons for the frequent emigration of key figures from the medical sector. But this is not the only professional field that is facing shortages.

28 March 2007: Participants in HSRC study win notebooks

Five participants in a 2006 tracer study of Grade 12 learners who were in  Matric in 2005 have won notebook computers in a competition to encourage participation in the study. The notebooks will be handed over to the winners at a ceremony in Pretoria at 11:00 on Wednesday, 28 March.

08 February 2006: New research project on high drop-out rate of black students
The Association for Black Empowerment in Higher Education (ABEHE) and the HSRC have entered into a joint partnership to research the high failure rate of black students in higher education.
13 September 2005: Partnerships between higher education facilities and industry

New book: Working Partnerships in Higher Education, Industry and Innovation- financial or intellectual imperatives

07 June 2005: Vocational training is falling through the cracks

New report on VET training in seven southern African countries.

20 April 2005: Public-private partnerships in higher education vital but require better regulation

New report: The Business of Higher Education. A study of public–private partnerships...

14 December 2004: Performance scores in international maths and science study reflective of South African inequalities
View the preliminary findings of TIMSS 2003, South Africa.
16 August 2004: Higher education dreams dashed

New study on student aspirations and higher education realities.

03 May 2004: Chasing credentials and mobility

View this new book on private higher education in SA.

25 February 2004: Human Resources Development Review 2003

Severe problems in key spheres are hampering human resources development in South Africa.

The fact sheets cover a selection of some important aspects in HRD Review 2003.
  1. 1 The youth labour market
  2. 2 Low levels of training in the workplace
  3. 3 Building up our national science system
  4. 4 Contours of private higher education and training
  5. 5 Skills migration and the brain drain in South Africa
  6. 6 Enterprise training in South Africa
  7. 7 Intermediate skills in ICT as important as high-level skills
  8. 8 Is there a shortage of engineers in South Africa?
  9. 9 Human resources development and the economy
14 October 2003: Huge challenges to training unemployed youth for smallest enterprises

There are immense difficulties involved in the training unemployed youth for the very small and micro enterprises (VSMEs).

14 October 2003: Curriculum reform of FET Colleges overdue

The overall FET system does not do enough at present to help colleges in their transformation efforts

 
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