Around the world, many teachers are choosing to leave their home countries once they've qualified. It's a global phenomenon, and one that impacts both developed and developing nations – in some positive ways, but with negative effects particularly for the source country that's losing skilled teachers to supposedly "greener pastures".
Democracy and scientific peer review have something in common: it's a "system full of problems but the least worst we have". That's the view of Richard Smith, a medical doctor and former editor of the illustrious British Medical Journal.
A collaborative study involving local and international researchers has created an intervention strategy to help improve the diet and lifestyle of schoolchildren in South Africa.
A few years ago, Mojisola Deborah Kupolati lost her mother to cardiovascular disease, which may have been exacerbated by a poor diet. She says it was this personal realisation about the importance of healthy eating that drew her to a career in nutrition.
African history has gone through many incarnations as an academic discipline. Most recently, there's been a global turn in African historiography. This shift has been prompted by a greater awareness of the powerful forces of globalisation and the need to provide an African historical perspective on this phenomenon.
The Progress in International Reading Literacy Study (PIRLS) 2016 report paints a concerning picture of primary school-level reading literacy in South Africa, with no significant progress made since the last report in 2011...
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