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The HSRC Research Data Service provides a digital repository facility for the HSRC's research data in support of evidence based human and social development in South Africa and the broader region. Access to data is dependent on ethical requirements for protecting research participants, as well as on legal agreements with the owners, funders or in the case of data owned by the HSRC, the requirements of the depositors of the data. We facilitate data use by preparing comprehensive metadata and disseminating data and related documents to appropriate target audiences. Data sharing is subject to an End User License agreement. Data sets from the following projects have been curated and are available for use:
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Research data: HIGHER EDUCATION
2022 The development of African languages as mediums of instruction in higher education: from policy to practice
African languages and speakers were severely disadvantaged under South African colonialism and apartheid due to a "Eurocentric" linguistic w...
Download this report2021 Black tax: how young black professionals embrace a public good
The answer to whether students should pay for higher education in South Africa or get it for free remains both topical and contested. One ar...
2021 Development, decolonization and the curriculum: new directions for new times?
The purpose of this chapter is to work critically with this South African decolonial moment in higher education. It asks what insights the S...
2021 Institutional culture and transformation in higher education in post-1994 South Africa: a critical race theory analysis = Culture institutionnelle et transformation dans l'education superieure en Afrique du Sud apres 1994: une analyse de la theorie critique de la race
Apartheid left in its wake a South Africa characterized by social inequalities that are embedded and reflected in all spheres of social life...