Merging of research and education departments spells disaster for scientific inquiry
SA research threatened by higher education demands
03 June 2019 - 05:05
SA believes in the power of science, on paper at least. Innovation will make the country more competitive; it is vital to SA’s development, we are told.
And yet this week we watched the major driving force in science and research in the country (and its major funder), the department of science & technology, subsumed into the department of higher education & training. Now the slow, often plodding, needs of research will be matched against the loud and fiery demands of higher education, replete with its burning campuses...
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