Copyright

• EU approves controversial Copyright Directive, including internet ‘link tax’ and ‘upload filter’
• How copyright bill will affect musicians, academics and the visually impaired.

Education: South Africa

• 45% of urban Cape schools are at ‘highest risk’ of crime.
• Debate at the National Council of Provinces on the inadequate funding and the low salaries paid by the Government to Grade R Teachers, especially in Kwazulu Natal, on Wednesday, 12 September 2018 .

Higher Education

• Universities in the Neoliberal Age: The Colonisation of Higher Education by Neoliberalism is a Sinister Assault on Academic Freedom by Rafael Winkler. Mail & Guardian Page 35.
• We visited the SA campus soon to lose the Monash name, and found students talking revolt, but going to class.
• Technology and mentoring key in UFS approach to learner success.
• Universities in the neoliberal age.
• Fulu Netswera’s tough task at NWU business school.
• Fourth Industrial Revolution – Keeping people at the core.
• Not enough diverse academic research is being published.
• No easy way to clarify higher education quality.
• Academics are cautioned to avoid predatory journals.
• 16 African universities to tackle poor research output.

Teaching and Learning

• South African Teachers Urged to Apply for Global Teacher Prize 2019 Before Nominations Close.