AS TALKS continue on the thorny issue of tertiary education fees, SA’s cash-strapped universities are suffering a slide on global rankings.The University of Cape Town (UCT) dropped 20 places and the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) fell 28 places in the latest QS World University Rankings.While UCT still tops the country’s list on the QS ranking for 2016-17‚ published on Tuesday‚ it now ranks 191st worldwide.Wits is now ranked 359th.READ THIS: SA universities drop in global rankingThe University of Pretoria (UP) and Rhodes University (RU) fell from the 501-550 band to the 551-600 band.The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) slipped into the 651-700 band‚ from 551-600 a year ago.However‚ Stellenbosch University (SU) broke into the top 400 (in 395th place‚ from the 401-410 band in 2015).The University of Johannesburg (UJ) remained stable in the 601-650 band.Newcomers‚ the University of the Western Cape (UWC) and North West University (NWU)‚ entered into the rankings in the 701+ ...
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