The Portfolio Committee on Higher Education and Training undertook an oversight visit to the University of Zululand, the Department of Higher Education and Training, Tshwane University of Technology and the University of the Free State on 12 - 15 April 2010 as part of its ongoing oversight visits to institutions of higher learning. The purpose of the oversight visit was primarily to interact with the above mentioned institutions on critical issues such as admissions policy, enrolment planning, merger processes, their transformation plan, student access and success, challenges of student accommodation in residences as well as those experienced by student leadership at higher education institutions.