Citizen reporter Corporates contributed 30% of philanthropic income in 2018, compared to 14% in 2013, while individual donors (including bequestors) increased funding from 4% in 2013 to 8% in 2018. Picture: iStock
The survey, conducted in 2019 and based on data from the 2018 calendar year, indicated that 11 universities raised an impressive R1.61 billion in 2018, which increases to a total of R1.91 billion when income from Sector Education and Training Authorities (Setas) was added.
Out of the 26 universities in South Africa – the 11 that took part were the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT); University of Cape Town (UCT); Durban University of Technology (DUT); University of the Free State (UFS); University of Johannesburg (UJ); University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN); University of Pretoria (UP); University of Stellenbosch (SU); Tshwane
iKUDU one year on - Transforming curricula through internalisation and virtual exchanges 14th Dec 2020 | Source: ufs.ac.za
“There is an urgency to rethink internationalisation in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We have to ensure that all students can participate in internationalisation and prepare them for a world in which they have to navigate unknown spaces”. This challenge was posed by the Vice-Rector Research and Internationalisation of the University of the Free State (UFS), Professor Corli Witthuhn, to the iKudu project’s first webinar, which took place in two iterations in November 2020. Dr Lavern Samuels, the Director of International Education and Partnerships at Durban University of Technology, South Africa and Chair of the Director’s Forum of the International Education Association of South Africa responded that “a coalition of the committed is required, bringing new voices to the table with respect for diversity and plurality, taking interdisci