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My take home from today's session, titled "Decolonising Higher Education". Prof @FabAcademic was joined Prof Siphamandla Zondi
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1. Decolonisation is the undoing of colonialism, the latter being the process whereby a nation establishes and maintains its domination of overseas territories.
2. Prof @FabAcademic said that the FeesMustFall student movement forced universities to decolonise.
2. Prof @FabAcademic said that the FeesMustFall student movement forced universities to decolonise.
3. Prof @siZondi said that decolonisation is NOT about:
•reforming the universities nor the higher education
•changing the face of the universities
•mere replacement
•fighting against
•just a movement
•reforming the universities nor the higher education
•changing the face of the universities
•mere replacement
•fighting against
•just a movement
My take home from today's session, titled "What is the role of professors in transformation of universities?". Prof @FabAcademic was joined Prof @busani_ngcaweni (UNISA) and Prof @thandi25M (NMU).
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1. More than 20 years into the country’s democracy, South Africa continues to face deeply entrenched inequalities in all spheres of our society, including our public universities. Despite notable progress made in addressing historical inequalities in public universities...
patterns of systemic exclusion, marginalisation and discrimination persist.
2. Equity of success, participation and opportunity needs to be pushed so that the excellence more inclusive and not be like during Apartheid where excellence only referred to a specifc gender and race.
2. Equity of success, participation and opportunity needs to be pushed so that the excellence more inclusive and not be like during Apartheid where excellence only referred to a specifc gender and race.
My take home from session 7 of the planning you #academiccareer journey series called "Publishing in Academic Journals". Prof @FabAcademic was joined by Prof Anthony Essien & Prof Lucia
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1. Getting a research project published in an accredited journal holds benefits for both the researcher and the institution hosting the journal. It is through publication that the research, including its scientific and practical contributions, is disseminated to others in a...
particular field. This makes scientific researchers and practitioners with similar interests aware of new knowledge in their field and it helps to advance knowledge and its application.
My take home from today's session:
Prof @FabAcademic was joined by Prof @john_ataguba & Prof @MrsMaswime for session 7 of the succeeding in your postgraduate studies series. And today's topic was 'Research design & methodology'.
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Prof @FabAcademic was joined by Prof @john_ataguba & Prof @MrsMaswime for session 7 of the succeeding in your postgraduate studies series. And today's topic was 'Research design & methodology'.
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1. When reading a research study's findings you should always ask yourself questions like; what data was collected? how was the data collected? population & sampling? and how was the data interpreted/analysed?
2. It is important to know the difference between research design and method. Research design is a plan to answer your research question. Whereas, a research method is a strategy used to implement that plan. Research design and methods are closely related, because good research..
Here is a thread of all the live sessions with @FabAcademic and her weekly contributing guests.
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Session 1 - Succeeding In Your Postgraduate Studies
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Session 2 - Writing A Research Proposal
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Express your motivation in the first section. Explain to the organization why you are keeping in touch with them in a few sentences. Express the position for which you are applying (or the one you might want to have should it become available).
Framework your capabilities in the center paragraph(s). Make a point to coordinate them to the requirements of the position.
