MALAYSIA - Uproar over sudden postponement of student registrations

Title:

Uproar over sudden postponement of student registrations

Published:

University World News, 6 October 2020

https://www.universityworldnews.com/post.php?story=20201006163215364

From the article:

Malaysia’s higher education sector is in an uproar after the higher education ministry on Friday suddenly ‘recommended’ that universities postpone the registration of students for the new academic year, which had already started, in view of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases.

SOUTH AFRICA - University of KwaZulu-Natal [UKZN] suspends classes across all campuses until further notice

Title:
UKZN suspends classes across all campuses until further notice

Author:
Cebelihle Mthethwa

Published:
News24, 10 February 2020

From the article:
"Classes have come to a complete halt at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN) as students demand that their historical debt be removed so that they can register for the 2020 academic year."

To read this article:
https://m.news24.com/SouthAfrica/News/ukzn-suspends-classes-across-all-campuses-indefinitely-20200210

See also:
UKZN forced to extend registration period after student protests.
Published: EWN, 11 February 2020
To read this article: https://ewn.co.za/2020/02/11/ukzn-forced-to-extend-registration-period-after-student-protests

Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), South Africa: TUT turns away scores of students

Title of short article:
TUT turns away scores of students

Author:
Isaac Mahlangu

Published:
Sowetan Live, 23 January 2020

From the article:
"Hundreds of students were left frustrated at the Tshwane University of Technology's Sosanguve campus after they were turned away without registering yesterday.

The students, who had formed long queues at the campus, were provisionally accepted to the university last year but when they arrived they were told their courses were full."

To read this article:
https://www.sowetanlive.co.za/news/south-africa/2020-01-23-tut-turns-away-scores-of-students/