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The need for a new language? How historically disadvantaged institutions grapple with the effects of labelling in Higher Education: the case of the University of the Western Cape
(Taylor & Francis, 2017)
Tertiary institutions in South Africa have been dichotomised through the colonial structure and apartheid which sought to subjugate some institutions and elevate others. Not only have historically disadvantaged institutions ...
Lifelong learning and connected-up development: insights from South Africa
(UNESCO, 2011)
Lifelong learning through the four major stages of people’s development
(Schuller and Watson 2009) embodies the need for integrated, connected-up
approaches to development. I will reference briefly three examples in ...
Perceived stressors of oral hygiene students in the dental environment
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
University students are exposed to a multitude of stressors that may impact on their performance. The nature of health sciences education
generally involves early engagement with patients and communities, which may add ...
Dynamics of building a better society: Reflections on ten years of development cooperation and capacity building
(SUN Media, 2014)
The modern world is an environment of rapid change. Per Dalin points
out that we are experiencing an unprecedented ten revolutions occurring
simultaneously. There are revolutions prompted by globalisation and the
population ...
The academic transitional experiences of masters’ students at the University of the Western Cape
(AOSIS OpenJournals, 2012)
Transition has been a major focus of educational institutions. However, most of the research into student transition focuses on the challenges related the transition from high school to university. Not much emphasis has ...
Preceptor reflections on the Community Health clinical rotation for fourth year pharmacy students at the University of the Western Cape
(2019)
This paper describes the community health clinic rotation of the Patient Care Experience programme (PaCE) offered to fourth year pharmacy students (2018) at the University of the Western Cape. Reflections from the collective ...
The way forward with dental student communication at the University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa
(Health and Medical Publishing Group, 2016)
Dental students are extensively trained to provide dental treatment to their patients during the undergraduate programme. However, no
or little time is spent on the training of basic communication skills. Embedding a ...
The centre for multilingualism and diversities research at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2014)
There is an urgency in theorising how
diversity is negotiated, communicated,
and disputed as a matter of everyday
ordinariness that is compounded by the
clear linkages between diversity, transformation,
voice, agency, ...