Title:
South African universities need to better support doctoral supervisors
Author:
Puleng Motshoane
Academic Developer, University of Johannesburg, South Africa
Published:
The Conversation, 30 September 2022
From the article:
South Africa’s government has ambitious plans for doctoral education. The country aims to increase its output to 5,000 doctorates annually by 2030. In 2013, the figure stood at 2,051; by 2019 it was up to 3,445.
It also wants 75% of all academics employed at universities to hold a PhD by 2030. In 2019, that figure was just 46%.