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Showing 1 to 20 of 121 for “"South African University"”.
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Surviving separatism : persistent divisions among South African university students
Bibliography: leaves 173-185.
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A qualitative exploration of blackness among black South African university students
… of Apartheid, the new mandate of the democratic South African government has been to provide equal quality education for all and to desegregate the education system in South Africa. The desegregation of tertiary education afforded Black students the opportunity to navigate different campuses with …
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A further study of transportation problems on South African university campuses
This thesis surveys the transportation problems of universities in RSA, and solutions proposed thereto. The transportation problems referred to are problems of access to and egress from the campus; internal circulation on the campus (whether of vehicles or pedestrians); and parking on the campus. …
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Racial integration : a social intervention on a South African university campus
… been interested in the effects of contact in South Africa where, until twenty years ago, intergroup contact had been formally restricted. Although research has shown a significant inverse relationship between contact and prejudice in this country, 'hyper-segregation' has been well documented …
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Research capacity development of individuals at three South African university research centres
In South Africa, there has been recognition of the need for increasing research capacity at South African universities and within the national science system. Furthermore there has been a need to address imbalances in the racial and gender profile of researchers. There has been a growth of …
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Evaluation of a pay-for-performance system at a South African university
… (PFP) system implemented at the University of Cape Town (UCT). Joseph and Louw-Potgieter (2007) did a previous evaluation that found the PFP system at UCT worked partially for some Professional, Administrative and Support Staff (PASS). Thus, this study asked the following …
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Black feminist intellectual activism: a transformative pedagogy at a South African university
… to the marginalised bodies and lives in the university environment. The research demonstrates how two marginalised groups claim space on campus through performativity involving the body and voice. In the Edudrama, Reclaiming the P…Word, young black women, via representation of word and body, …
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Social networks and academic achievement : a study of a South African university
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 28-30).
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Practitioner and institutional perspectives on lifelong learning at a South African university
… understood at a higher education institution in South Africa. The study is built around a case study at the University of Cape Town (UCT). The research questions posed were: What are the different understandings of 'lifelong learning' at UCT? And secondly, what factors have shaped the development …
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Student engagement challenges encountered by international postgraduate students at one South African university
… of International Postgraduate Students (IPGS) in South African universities. Given the situation of being in a foreign country, IPGS were likely to face unique challenges as they engage in the new higher education environments. This is against the background that the concept of student engagement …
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Factors influencing the throughput of postgraduates in a South African University of Technology
… and Information Management, Durban University of Technology, 2020.
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Factors impacting on first-year students' academic progress at a South African university
… the Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences, University of the Western Cape during the course of 2009/2010. The aim was to obtain insight into the learning challenges that these students encountered and the reasons why some of them were less successful in the learning process, while others …
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Constitution and negotiation of rural student identities at an urban South African university
… and negotiate their identities within an urban South African university. Much of the re-search on rurality in South Africa has focused on rural areas as places, and not on the people occupying them. Using a convenience sample of 12 participants, this study was qualitative in nature and employed …
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The marketing of university libraries, with special reference to South African university libraries
… place, whether it is correct to assume that university library managers in South Africa do understand the main tenets of marketing. Secondly, the investigation was undertaken to determine whether these librarians actually do implement some or all of the principles of marketing in the …
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South African university students' user experience of mobile applications for anxiety and depression
Background: Globally, university students have been shown to be disproportionately affected by common mental disorders (CMDs). The primary CMDs reported by students have been anxiety and depression. Research on South African students has proven no exception. Moreover, this predicament is worsened …
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How international students navigate the social and academic practices of a South African university
… navigated the social and academic practices of a South African university. A sample of thirteen students was selected from the Humanities faculty at the University of Cape Town, each of whom was a visiting student for either one semester or a full academic year. Participants volunteered for …
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Benefits of service-learning: a case of pre-service teachers at a South African university
… of Education students to Service-Learning at a South African University. Service Learning (SL) is a practice that links community service with learning activities for the promotion of substantive learning. The aim of this study was to investigate whether third year pre-service teachers could …
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Internationalisation and the pursuit of a developmental settlement : the case of a South African university
… higher education institution (HEI) – namely, the University of Pretoria – is internationalising, while taking into account the dual imperatives of national development needs and of competing and integrating with an increasingly interdependent and globalised world. These dual imperatives and the …
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Interactions of diverse students in a South African university residence : the case of Tuks Village
… to explore interactions of diverse students in a South African university residence. The purpose of the study was to understand how students from different racial and ethnic backgrounds interpret their own experiences as they had to share their personal space with people who had previously been …
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Associations between mental health, social cognition, and COVID-19 stress among South African university students
… all populations globally, most notably among university students, who are already a vulnerable cohort to CMDs, including PTSD. As integral socio-cognitive mechanisms of emotional regulation and interpersonal functioning, cognitive and affective empathy may potentially protect against or …
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