Institutional Curiosity

Authors

Mary Crewe (ed)

Keywords:

Higher education, reflections

Synopsis

This is the first collection of writing by various academics from the University of Pretoria about reimagining the University and how it may look in the future. Re-imaging the institution requires novel ways of thinking and engaging in debates about change, continuity, knowledge and excellence. These opinion pieces, thoughts and reflections about the University were shared by staff members and other collections will be published as contributions are received.

Chapters

  • Foreword
    Mary Crewe
  • UP can stake its place as a benchmark space of higher learning in, and of, Africa
    Prof Siona O'Connell
  • Video killed the radio star!— Reimagining UP after a pandemic
    Prof Christian W.W. Pirk
  • A university of the city: shifting classrooms, emerging solutions, deepening change
    Prof Stephan de Beer, Prof Jannie Hugo
  • Imagine if... We rise with tomorrow's challenges
    Dr Heather A. Thuynsma
  • Person-centered approaches for functional learning in professional programmes
    Prof Faheema Mahommed-Asmail, Dr Renata Eccles
  • Institutional culture needs to change: What can a restorative justice model offer to address sexual harassment in South African institutions of higher education?
    Prof Cori Wielenga
  • Breaking silos to bring innovation
    Dr Aqil Jeenah
  • The neoliberal university is dead. What if this is something worse?
    Dr Chris Broodryk
  • Reimagining the University of Pretoria: Engaging in the realisation of the circular economy as a transformative approach to a sustainable global future
    Prof David Walwyn
  • The evolving landscape of higher education
    Dr Sameera Ayob-Essop, Prof M. Ruth Mampane
  • Accommodating religious identities in the Economic and Management Sciences Faculty
    Prof Nasima M.H. Carrim
  • Index

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Published

6 July 2022

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ISBN-13 (15)

978-0-620-99231-2(e-book)