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Funding as a crisis for mature women students: Agency, barriers and widening participation
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Drawing on a research investigation into the learning pathways of mature women, this
chapter highlights funding as a crisis. Mature women students face barriers to access,
participation and success in higher education. ...
Designing online learning environments in higher education: Building capacity of lecturers to design and facilitate blended e-pedagogy for mature students
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Amidst the spread of COVID-19, higher education institutions (HEIs) in South Africa
were compelled to offer academic programmes through online learning by utilising digital
information and communication technologies (ICT) ...
Gender-based violence in adult education: The experiences of rural learners and adult educators
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Gender constitutes an integral part of both individual and collective uniqueness, and it is
distressing that gender-based violence (GBV) remains persistent in education. Gendered
violence is a scourge globally, more ...
Leadership in education: The impact of leadership on the successful implementation and support of remote teaching, learning and assessment
(2023)
The stimulus of collective leadership across all faculties is pertinent to the successful implementation
and assessment of sustainable remote teaching and learning support. This study identified the role
leadership had ...
Tin Roof owner adamant venue not source of Covid-19 ’superspreader event’
(Independent Online, 2020)
Cape Town - A large number of Covid-19 cases among high school pupils tracked to a bar in Cape Town has raised questions about social gatherings and easing of lockdown.
James Truter, owner of the Tin Roof bar in Claremont, ...
Social support for digital inclusion of women in South African townships
(Elsevier, 2022)
Despite strong evidence of its critical role in facilitating digital inclusion, social support – the
emotional, instrumental and informational aid received from support networks to assist an individual’s use of digital ...
Socio-economic crisis, social security, distributive justice, and vulnerable adults’ access to post-school education and training in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
Emerging international theoretical perspectives illuminate new understandings
about adults’ access to post-school education and training (PSET) in contexts of crisis.
As the crisis brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic ...
Partnership for first-year students in innovative programme
(José Frantz, 2020)
Over the past few years, much emphasis at higher education institutions
in South Africa has been placed on constructing higher education in a
more collaborative manner. The #RhodesMustFall movement followed
by #FeesMustFall ...
Towards a socially just continuous professional development model for teachers as adult learners
(2022)
In 2020, the world experienced an unprecedented pandemic with devastating, lasting effects. For South Africa,
it revealed stark inequalities in society and in schools. One such disparity was that between the digitally ...
Community education and the crisis of biodiversity loss: Reflections from the hall of mirrors of past projects
(University of the Western Cape, 2022)
South Africa is one of the most biologically diverse countries on our planet, and many
South Africans depend on our biodiversity for their livelihoods. However, we face a rising
biodiversity crisis, with many of our ...