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Lifelong learning and professional development in 'Residential Universities': Implementing the 'White Paper on post-school education and training'
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
This is a compilation of key documents from the four year
action research project between the University of the
Western Cape (UWC) and the South African Qualifications
Authority (SAQA) which seeks to implement ...
Making sense of the transitional maelstrom of part-time students and their conceptions of learning as mediated by conceptional domains of work, family and self. A case study of undergraduate, part-time political studies students at a university in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The traditional trajectory of young students in higher education in South Africa is currently under sharp scrutiny and the general provision is considered to be inadequate in terms of quality, diversity and quantity. There ...
Working the ‘in-between-spaces’ for transformation within the academy
(South African Journal of Education, 2018)
This paper considers the importance of ‘in-between spaces’ within the academy for challenging dominant institutional culture and hegemonic power relations towards a ‘de-colonised’ university. It questions ‘mainstreaming’ ...
A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a South African higher education context
(South African Association for Research and Development in Higher Education (SAARDHE), 2016)
Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ...
A realist assessment of the implementation of blended learning in a higher education context: the case of the Library and Information Science Department at the University of the Western Cape
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Opportunities for further studies by working adults came under threat as the University of the Western Cape stopped the offering of after-hours classes in most of its Faculties. Unqualified and under-qualified librarians ...
Building common knowledge: negotiating new pedagogies in Higher Education in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
Discussions in this chapter are located within an action research-based study which aims at supporting the integration of enhanced pedagogies in one university in South Africa. The study recognises that even full-time ...
Keeping the doors of learning open for adult student-workers within higher education
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The Freedom Charter of the African National Congress (ANC), the triumphant South African liberation movement, proclaims that ‘the doors of learning shall be open’ for all. Twenty years since coming to power, the doors of ...
Eleventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture in 2014
(University of the Western Cape, 2015)
The event included a live performance by Jana Natya Manch (The People’s Theatre Group), also known as Janam (Birth). Janam has created original plays for the past 40 years; they have performed more than 8000 times in over ...
Seventh annual Julius Nyerere memorial lecture presented by Tara Fenwick in 2010
(University of the Western CapeUniversity of the Western Cape, 2015)
An adapted version of the seventh Julius Nyerere lecture by Professor Tara Fenwick. Speaking about globalised spaces in the knowledge economy and the conflicts taking place in these spaces. Fenwick further argues that ...
Tenth Annual Julius Nyerere Memorial Lecture presented by Saleem Badat in 2013
(University of the Western Cape, 2013)
Badat explores the connections between lifelong learning and higher education as well as lifelong learning in relation to that much over - used word ‘transformation’– whether transformation of higher education, ...