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Podcast: The Talking Point
Episode: Funding of Higher Education
Description: Guest: Prof. Sizwe Mabizela - Vice Chancellor of Rhodes University As universities gear up to open their doors to students (new and returning), many families are grappling with a critical question: how will they finance university studies? In addition to this, there are challenges around adequate student accommodation, the decline in NSFAS-supported students and university debt leading to financial exclusion. Our next guest has written an opinion editorial on the decline in funding for Higher Education. He argues for the reassessment of the 2018 NSFAS funding model as it not only affects students applying for funding...