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A Life-Course Perspective of Managing the University Capacity Development Programme at a University of Technology, South Africa: An Autoethnographic Study (82726)
Session Chair: Eric Parilla
Thursday, 31 October 2024 10:05
Session: Session 1
Room: Room 105
Presentation Type:Oral Presentation
Prior to the birth of a new democratic government in South Africa, access to higher education was systematically designed to benefit certain social structures such as whites and black elites. Consequently, social stratification gained prominence as a result of such architechtured and engineered high education system. To transform the imbalances of the past, a new constitution of the Republic of South Africa had to be established to bring about social justice. The constitution foregrounded access to education as a fundamental right. Hence, the establishment of the National Council of Higher Education in 1996 which was used as a springboard to transform higher education. Consequently, various university funding mechanisms were introduced. The University Capacity Development Programme is one of such mechanisms in introduced in 2018. To date, its implementation remains novel in the ever changing and dynamic higher education landscape. Therefore, the benefits and challenges of the implementation of the University Capacity Development Programme at an institutional level is not well documented. A Phenomenological research design to reflect on the implementation of the University Capacity Development Programme. The life-course perspective was used as a theoretical framework for the study. Reflections from the University Capacity Development Programme Grants Manager was used as data source and provided valuable insights on the implementation of the University Capacity Development Programme from 2018 - 2023.
Authors:
Phiwayinkosi R Gumede, Mangosuthu University of Technology, South Africa
About the Presenter(s)
Dr Phiwayinkosi Gumede is currently at Mangosuthu University of Technology in South Africa
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