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Students going hungry, waiting for UFH to process meal allowances PREMIUM By Mfundo Piliso - 24 April 2021
Many University of Fort Hare students are going hungry every day while waiting for the university to process their meal allowances.
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So what exactly is the N+2 rule?
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N+2 rule is part of the core funding policy of the scheme for students registered before 2018. NSFAS funds students for the minimum number of years (either 3-4 years) plus an additional two years to complete their degree. If students do not complete their degree in the two years, NSFAS ceases to fund a student for longer than this period.
In June 2020, Blade Nzimande, the minister of higher education, said that the department was not going to change the stipulated number of years within which NSFAS beneficiaries are expected to finish their studies. This was in response to students asking for it to be scrapped. He said the application of the rule had become more efficient in 2020 and they had found many students had exceeded the rule.
Research outputs do not make a university ranking
15 Apr 2021
The recent department of higher education and training report on universities’ research productivity is interesting but it is only part of the picture. (Graphic: John McCann/M&G)
The Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) recent Report on the Evaluation of the 2019 Universities’ Research Output has led to some excitement with various claims made about the positioning of certain universities in comparison to others.
The DHET’s research outputs policy encourages universities to engage in research. On an annual basis university research outputs are evaluated and generate research outputs subsidies, intended to provide operational funds to support and stimulate research activity.