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South Africa’s national student financial aid scheme has helped millions but is in trouble: here’s why theconversation.com/south-africas-… via The Conversation Africa

🪘 Our May seminar is with UCT's Southern Africa Labour & Development Research Unit SALDRU 🔎 A study on the difference in mean labour market outcomes in South Africa by race & gender 📊 By Vimal Ranchhod, @gabrielespi & Arindam Jana ✍️ Hybrid event bit.ly/3WFh8zb

How did learning losses play out at the nexus of secondary and post-secondary education in South Africa? Our new article explores: doi.org/10.1016/j.ijed…

Our new ⁦LSE Inequalities⁩ ⁦SALDRU⁩ collaborative paper on the racialisation of privilege in South Africa. Shout out to fab co-authors Nicola Branson ⁦Johs. Hjellbrekke⁩ ⁦Murray Leibbrandt⁩ ⁦Vimal Ranchhod⁩ ⁦Emma Whitelaw⁩! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.11…

The screening will be followed by a panel discussion at 14h00, with panellists Murray Leibbrandt (SALDRU), Isobel Frye (Social Policy Initiative), Neil Coleman (Institute for Economic Justice) and Rachel Bukasa (Black Sash)

Is there a link between community protests in South Africa & inequalities experienced within/between communities? Join us to find out when our colleague Chandré Jacobs presents this study ⬇️ A hybrid event hosted with SALDRU ✍️Registration is required: bit.ly/4gtQqRj

An ad-hoc version of the SALDRU December Workshop: Frontiers in applied economics for developing countries will be held on 12-13 December 2024 at UCT. Papers should be submitted by 18 October. Read more about the workshop: saldru.uct.ac.za/2024/10/03/sal…

Do you want to visit sunny summer Cape Town? Are you doing innovative Economics research? Come present at the SALDRU December Workshop! While the first full workshop will start next year, we are also holding an ad-hoc version this year, *12-13 December 2024*. Details below:

SALDRU is hosting an in-person seminar "Problems and concerns with the 2022 South African census" by Tom Moultrie on 16 Oct 1-2pm in the Seminar Room, School of Economics, UCT. Light lunch served from 12:30 in the adjacent staff lounge. RSVP by 11 Oct: tinyurl.com/5n7sa47r

Details about the matric class of 2024. #NSC2024

Happening today! Register for the link to attend online

What are the gender gaps in economics higher education, teaching & research in SA? Nicola Branson & Emma Whitelaw show that despite notable progress, disparities remain, particularly at the doctoral and professorial levels. Read more: saldru.uct.ac.za/2024/11/28/adv…

What are the gender gaps among economics students and staff in public higher education in South Africa? ♂️♀️Have they changed over time? We summarise some findings from our International Economic Association - Women in Econ report here: saldru.uct.ac.za/2024/11/28/adv…

🌟 Our most-read article of 2024 in English! "South Africa’s higher #education funding conundrum: could the current #funding system hamper #socialmobility and university performance?" 📖 Haven’t read it yet?  bit.ly/47E5DdJ Emma Whitelaw

How can efforts to close the inequality gaps assist sustainable growth and poverty reduction in Africa? Join us for this policy dialogue co-hosted with AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 – a side event of SALDRU's 'South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy' conference in April. 👀 bit.ly/3Dti0zA

📢 SALDRU is proud to host the "South Africa at 30 Years of Democracy" conference at UCT! 🇿🇦🎉 A deep dive into our progress since 1994 & pathways for the future. 📅 Funded by AFD_en 🇫🇷 🇪🇺 & European Commission, supported by The Presidency 🇿🇦, National Treasury & NPC. #SA30 #Democracy #Research

Wealth, race, social mobility & inequalities are on our agenda in Accra this week. Building on past research, members from our nodes at SALDRU & Inst. of Statistical, Social & Economic Research & affiliates from LSE Inequalities are studying social mobility from middle class to the top: 👀bit.ly/4ihcHm8

🔊 Position: Chief Research Officer / Senior Research Officer We are seeking a Chief Research Officer or Senior Research Officer to play a pivotal role in the AFLEARN Data Hub. ➡️View the advert: jobs.uct.ac.za/job-invite/104…

Over 30 years of policy in focus: SALDRU convened policy makers, business leaders, researchers & civil society to assess SA’s progress since democracy, including in post-school education & training, to explore new ways to unleash the country’s potential: bit.ly/44nF79G