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March 17, 2025

Global crises have hit education hard: 24 years of research offers a way forward for southern Africa

Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand

A review of research over two decades points to steps that can make education systems more resilient in times of crisis.

The pandemic has driven university students’ stress levels up as they grapple with remote learning. thembi.jpg/Shutterstock/For editorial use only

May 4, 2021

How the pandemic is hurting university students’ mental health

Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand; Annie Burger, Stellenbosch University; Anthony J Onwuegbuzie, University of Cambridge; Bryan Jason Bergsteedt, Stellenbosch University; Samantha Adams, Stellenbosch University, and Talitha Crowley, Stellenbosch University

Ultimately, these studies will help us to make sense of how the pandemic is reshaping higher education.

Economics lecturers need to teach their students about more than just numbers. Reuters/Philimon Bulawayo

November 29, 2016

The way economics is taught needs an overhaul: a South African case study

Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand and Loïse Jeannin, University of Johannesburg

In both the global North and South, economics tends to be taught with micro- and macroeconomic models that are disconnected from sociopolitical realities. We suggest new ways of teaching economics.

As degrees become more commonplace, African graduates are struggling more to find jobs. George Esiri/Reuters

September 18, 2016

If Africa grows its universities cleverly, its economies will flourish

Sandile Swana, University of the Witwatersrand and Emmanuel Ojo, University of the Witwatersrand

Global economic realities shouldn’t deter African universities from continuing to push for massification. But they must do so armed with knowledge, lessons from elsewhere and strong funding models.

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