Three South African vice-chancellors paint a post-COVID picture for universities
Mamokgethi Phakeng, Vice-Chancellor, University of Cape Town Adam Habib, Vice-Chancellor and Principal, University of the Witwatersrand Tawana Kupe, Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University, University of Pretoria Across the world, the higher education sector is changing because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Conversation Africa’s Nontobeko Mtshali asked vice-chancellors from three South African universities to share their insights about what these changes could mean for the country’s higher education landscape. What long-lasting changes to South Africa’s higher education sector has the pandemic brought? And how will these affect the way universities deliver teaching and research? Mamokgethi Phakeng, University of Cape Town:…