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UJ launches interdisciplinary student storytelling project in collaboration with Brand South Africa and PRISA
A new collaboration between various UJ departments aims to provide students with an opportunity to tell their stories of hope, resilience and ‘how they play their part in society’. The students from the Department of Strategic Communication in the Facu … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 25, 2021
Master Classes for Academics by the Division for Academic Planning, Quality Promotion and Academic Staff Development
Master teachers are not born; they become. They become primarily by developing a habit of mind, a way of looking critically at the work they do; by developing the courage to recognise faults, and by struggling to improve’. (Common 1989:385 in Leibowitz … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 24, 2021
How a classroom maths test and intervention can help Grade 1 teachers
The world is entering the second year of the pandemic. Grade 1 teachers are tired after having the novel corona virus disrupting their work in numerous ways. Many lacked support even before lockdowns started. Also, six-year-olds can’t really explain th … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 24, 2021
Opinion: AI and emerging technologies are powerful tools – but can be bad for democracy
At a minimum, new technologies have played a complementary role in the decline of democracy, even if they have not caused it directly. The long-term effect of this is a question for the future, but it contains the ingredients for tech-based authoritari … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 24, 2021
UJ recognises multilingual ethos with creative writing prizes
UJ recognises multilingual ethos with creative writing prizes: Introducing new categories for isiZulu and Sesotho sa Leboa The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Prize for South African Writing, also known as the UJ Prize, was instituted in 2006. S … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 23, 2021
Covid-19 reinforcing the trend of ‘extreme nationalism’ from Canberra to Pretoria
Dr Adeoye O. Akinola is a Senior Researcher at the University of Johannesburg’s Institute for Pan-African Thought and Conversation in South Africa. He recently penned an opinion article published in the Daily Maverick: 18 March 2021. On 9 March 2021, P … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 23, 2021
SA’s Auditor-General advocates for accountability and good governance at UJ lecture
At a time of enormous public sector spending, accountability in the public sector has become even more central to the social contract between governments and citizens. Building a strong public sector requires contribution of a wide range of stakeholder … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 19, 2021
UJ Economist bridging Africa’s economic divide in a changing climate
Professorial Inaugural address: Prof Nicholas Ngepah Social and economic exclusions are often quite entrenched in states within fragile situations, where the lack of solidarity in the society and the production process run very deep. In such societies, … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 19, 2021
Vice-Chancellor Message – 19 March 2021
Dear UJ Community As we grapple with conversations around student debt, one of the key questions we must answer is why only 35 percent of our students entering universities in South Africa graduate within the prescribed period, as statistics show. Not … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 19, 2021
UJ design students scoop top honours in National Design Competition
The University of Johannesburg (UJ) Industrial Design students within the Faculty of Arts, Design and Architecture (FADA), took top honours in the national Furniture Design Competition hosted by the Department of Trade, Industry and Competition (the dt … Continued
Author: Alicia Venter Date: March 18, 2021