Distance Education

• Transforming Education in Challenging Environments: A Free Online Course, Open to All, Starting on 24 June 2019. Enquiries: d.laurillard@ucl.ac.uk. 

Education: South Africa

• Navigating the Rights and Responsibilities in the Growing Role of Private Actors in Education: Private Schools No Longer Cater Just for the Rich But for Poorer People Too by Daniel Linde and Rubeena Parker. Sunday Times Page 20.
• Cop on Standby for All Gauteng Schools by Yoliswa Sobuwa. Sowetan Page 8.
• Gauteng Education - Plan for Getting It Right in the Early Learning Stage.

Post- Secondary  Education

• More students are going to university than before, but those at risk of dropping out need more help.
• Critical Mandela Studies – A unique intellectual exploration.
• Universities ‘captive platforms’ for HIV interventions.

Language and Literacy

• Warm Welcome for Historic Khoekhoegowab Language Course.
• English remains more equal than other languages and continues to colonise the classroom.
• Korean language speakers should take pride in Konglish – it’s another wonderful example of linguistic diversity

Open Education and Open Educational Resources

• Open Pedagogy for Teaching Structures.

Science and Technology

• Naledi Pandor appoints task team on fourth industrial revolution.

Teaching and Learning

• Advice on Advising: How to Mentor Minority Students.

Technology Enhanced Learning
Transactions on Learning Technologies: Call for Associate Editors from Africa and the Middle East.

Youth

• Bernstein: SA economy is hostile to young – here’s how to change that.