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Education

Thursday briefing: ​Were a generation of students mis-sold the idea of a university degree?

Today at 08:45 AM, via The Guardian

In today’s newsletter: Rising debts, frozen thresholds and spiralling interest have left ​millions of graduates questioning whether England’s student finance system still resembles the deal they were promised

Good morning.

In November, Rachel Reeves tucked a freeze to student loan repayment thresholds into her autumn budget, to little fanfare. The threshold, normally expected to rise each tax...

Education

South Africa: Teaching Mathematical Statistics – One Lecturer’s Way of Testing What Students Understand

Today at 06:35 AM, via AllAfrica

[The Conversation Africa] It’s getting tougher to assess how much university students have learnt. In his work as a Mathematical Statistics lecturer, Michael von Maltitz has tried a new way of getting students to learn, and of assessing what they’ve absorbed and retained. Students have to show and discuss how they arrived at their understanding of the subject. They can’t just rely on cramming,...

Education

Who’s Feeding the Kids?

Yesterday at 21:14 PM, via New York Times

Plus, what SNAP cuts bring to the cafeteria table.

Lifestyle

RIP | Soli Philander dies aged 65

Today at 08:39 AM, via The South African

South Africa’s entertainment industry is mourning the loss of Soli Philander, who has passed away at the age of 65.

Science/Tech

The Final Episode: MultiChoice Pulls The Plug On Showmax

Today at 09:43 AM, via Tech Financials

In an expected move in the African streaming landscape, MultiChoice has officially announced the termination of its flagship streaming service, Showmax. The decision, described as the result of a “comprehensive review,” marks a stunning end to the platform that once stood as the continent’s primary challenger to global streaming titans. The curtain is falling on […]

Science/Tech

MultiChoice pulls the plug on Showmax

Today at 09:20 AM, via TechCentral

MultiChoice has announced it will discontinue Showmax, drawing a line under one of Africa’s most ambitious streaming experiments.

Science/Tech

US Cybersecurity Adds Exploited VMware Aria Operations To KEV Catalog

Today at 09:00 AM, via Slashdot

joshuark writes: The U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) has added a VMware Aria Operations vulnerability tracked as CVE-2026-22719 to its Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog, flagging the flaw as exploited in attacks. VMware Aria Operations is an enterprise monitoring platform that helps organizations track the performance and health of servers, networks, and cloud...

Motoring

Big change of plans for the Gautrain

Yesterday at 16:57 PM, via TopAuto

The Gautrain’s management has announced that it will continue to operate as a public-private partnership for an extended period, despite previous reports that it would be taken over by the Gauteng government by the end of March.

Health

Gemma Oaten on eating disorders

Yesterday at 13:02 PM, via BBC News

For Eating Disorders Awareness Week, actor Gemma Oaten joined us in the studio