<![CDATA[Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation Latest News]]> e971254c-0890-409c-9d89-8828489663b5 <![CDATA[BOOK LAUNCH: Predicaments of Knowledge - Decolonisation and Deracialisation in Universities by Suren Pillay]]> Join us for the launch of Predicaments of Knowledge: Decolonisation and Deracialisation in Universities by Suren Pillay.

]]> Mon, 31 Mar 2025 22:00:00 GMT cc2d762c-35a5-485f-a6de-da5341df018e <![CDATA[Release of first ACUSAfrica book - Emancipatory Imaginations: Advancing Critical University Studies]]> We are pleased to announce that Emancipatory Imaginations: Advancing Critical University Studies is now available. Edited by Dina Zoe Belluigi and André Keet.

]]> Wed, 26 Mar 2025 22:00:00 GMT 9698b971-0f17-49c5-bdc8-0277917c8175 <![CDATA[The Africanisation-Decolonisation Project (AFDEP-Mandela University)]]>
 
A call for a community of practice. 
 
Empowerment through Participation: Take Part in The Africanisation-Decolonisation Project at Nelson Mandela University (AFDEP-NMU) Survey.We would like to welcome you to participate in our AFDEP-NMU survey, which will assist us in exploring and developing a set of conceptual and programmatic criteria for the project. 
]]> Tue, 09 May 2023 22:00:00 GMT b318c66d-35a6-4e62-98ad-b26f0f7af074 <![CDATA[CUS Around the World: Knowledge Sharing in 2021]]> With the end of 2021 drawing closer, we asked our contributors to share highlights of their work from the year. Specifically, work that engages with the university in critical ways. Below are the responses. We hope that they provide you with a taste of some of the great work being done in the field of Critical University Studies.

]]> Sun, 06 Feb 2022 22:00:00 GMT fe4c12d6-8481-4c67-b023-343c81eb5043 <![CDATA[The Renaming of the Nelson Mandela University]]> Earlier this year, the Engagement and Transformation Portfolio (ETP) Office, in close collaboration with the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET), introduced an Occasional Paper Series under the theme: The Transformative, Responsive University.

]]> Tue, 16 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT 99028c74-d1c2-416f-a0bb-fb0366315fad <![CDATA[New ACUSAfrica blog by Desire Chiwandire]]> HE Disability Inclusion Research in the Global South

Are Global North Research Practices Blocking Progress of Higher Education Disability Inclusion Research in the Global South?

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT 3b8175a2-e317-43f2-b383-c5e3970eddc9 <![CDATA[Taking Mandela University Boldly into the Future in Service of Society]]> Earlier this year, the Engagement and Transformation Portfolio (ETP) Office, in close collaboration with the Chair for Critical Studies in Higher Education Transformation (CriSHET), introduced an Occasional Paper Series under the theme: The Transformative, Responsive University.

]]> Mon, 15 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT 34b33100-7b3d-448a-9772-e89754838140 <![CDATA[Transformative Scholarship: The CriSHET Journey 2018-2021 Report]]> CriSHET) was launched in 2018 as a strategic outfit to drive the transformation agenda of Nelson Mandela University. ]]> Sun, 14 Nov 2021 22:00:00 GMT 62187116-82d0-4844-a39a-322fcb424ce4 <![CDATA[ACUSAfrica Colloquium Report released]]> ACUSAfrica hosted its first colloquium in February of 2021. Entitled "Critical University Studies and the Battle Against Global Racism", the aim of the colloquium was to build the ACUSAfrica network to advance critical and radical approaches to the study of higher education through a combination of practical and intellectual work.

]]> Sun, 26 Sep 2021 22:00:00 GMT 804d97c0-670e-47de-8d03-5579609a29f4 <![CDATA[Postdoctoral fellow, Dr Desire Chiwandire, publishes chapter in new book on Disability in Africa ]]> We are pleased to announce that one of our postdoctoral fellows, Dr Desire Chiwandire, recently had his chapter on “Students with Disabilities’ Lack of Opportunity for Sport and Recreational Activities: The Case of South African Universities” published in an Edited Volume Book by the University of Rochester Press. The title of the book is ‘Disability in Africa: Inclusion, Care, and the Ethics of Ubuntu’ and it is co-edited by Toyin Falola (UT Austin) and Nic Hamel (UT Austin).

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