Second year Education student Ms Khethokuhle Bhengu is thrilled to be the only candidate from South Africa to be selected to participate in a training programme for African Youth with Disabilities taking place in Egypt.
A group of Education students participated in a community engagement endeavour held by the African Midwife Organisation (Ababelethisi) in Ngoleleni, KwaZulu-Natal.
The Schools of Education and Religion, Philosophy and Classics, in collaboration with the University Language Planning and Development Office and the JL Dube Institute, hosted the annual John Dube Memorial Lecture at the Dulcie September Conference Centre on the Edgewood campus. Dube was the first president of the African National Congress (ANC) and a Nobel Peace Prize laureate.
As part of its community engagement and outreach programme, UKZN’s School of Education in the College of Humanities, participated in the inaugural Local Science Exhibition Day in Nquthu, northern KwaZulu-Natal hosted by Nquthu Local Municipality.
School of Education students shared their views on volunteering at a workshop hosted by Mangosuthu University of Technology (MUT) in uMlazi on, Community Engagement – what does student volunteerism in higher education entail?
UKZN in partnership with the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) screened the student-centred documentary film: Ready or Not! Black Students’ Experiences of South African Universities.
Education student Ms Shongani Dladla of the Community Development Association (CDA) together with the Rotaract Associate hosted a Call me a Woman march on the Edgewood campus.
Academics from the College of Humanities Professor Kathleen Pithouse-Morgan (School of Education) and Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya (School of Built Environment & Development Studies) have been recognised by UKZN for excellence in teaching.
They both received the Distinguished Teachers’ Award (DTA) during a graduation ceremony.
Tragedy and hardship dogged Dr Sphesihle Zuma during his studies but he persevered and was awarded a PhD in Education from UKZN following research he did on reimaging Moodle as an effective learning management system.
The plight of a student and mother-of-three who faced dropping out of university because of financial problems inspired Dr Sheeren Saloojee to research macro issues of this common phenomenon.