Dr Trishana Ramluckan, a postdoc in the School of Law, received an award from the South African chapter of the international professional body ISACA at a virtual event. ISACA (formerly known as the Information Systems Audit and Control Association) is a non-profit professional organisation that focuses on IT audit and governance, risk and compliance, and…
Continue ReadingThe Presencing Institute, founded to promote the Theory U model of social innovation and leadership that arose out of the work of Dr Otto Scharmer at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the United States, will list the theses of three GSB&L doctoral graduates who did their doctoral research in the field. All three graduates…
Continue ReadingProfessor Donrich Thaldar of the UKZN School of Law is one of eight beneficiaries in Africa of a US$200 000 research grant from the Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) and Facebook. In an effort to support interdisciplinary independent academic research across Africa in the field of Artificial Intelligence (AI), ethics and human rights, the HSRC…
Continue ReadingA text book titled: Reflections on African Cities in Transition – Selected Continental Experiences has been written and published by a group of UKZN and international scholars and practitioners as well as masters and doctoral students. The work – part of the well-known Springer series – Advances in African Economic, Social and Political Development –…
Continue ReadingAll Rise: A Judicial Memoir – a new book penned by former Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke – was the focus of discussion at a webinar hosted by UKZN’s School of Law in collaboration with Pan Macmillan Publishers. Facilitated by the Dean and Head of the Law School, Professor Managay Reddi, the debate involved panellists…
Continue ReadingSenior lecturer in Information Systems and Technology, Dr Upasana Singh has developed a conceptual framework, ASSET© (Academic SkillSET) for online teaching, learning and assessment. The framework was developed as part of her research on the impact of COVID-19 on academics in Higher Education. ASSET© is designed to assist lecturers as they navigate the online learning…
Continue ReadingAcademics from the School of Accounting, Economics and Finance (SAEF) came together for a three-part virtual Bring and Share Problem-Solving Symposium to share the lessons they have learnt during the period of emergency online teaching in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The symposium was inspired by lecturer Dr Kerry McCullough’s appeal to her colleagues for…
Continue ReadingSchool of Accounting, Economics and Finance academic, Professor Msizi Mkhize and his son, Commerce Master’s student, Mr Siphesihle Mkhize, are using Facebook to share their Mathematics study material and solutions with the country’s rade 12 pupils during the COVID-19 national lockdown. Mkhize’s use of innovative and creative Mathematics and Accounting teaching and learning strategies earned…
Continue ReadingBachelor of Commerce in Accounting graduate Mr Rotondwa Masindi’s book: A Letter to My Mentee aims to make the transition from high school to tertiary education less daunting. The self-help book takes the reader on a journey of personal development and offers tools to unlearn bad habits from the past in order to become a…
Continue ReadingWill university education ever be the same after the COVID-19 pandemic? That is the focus of a book titled: The University of the Future: Responding to COVID-19, co-edited by Professor Dan Remenyi. The book explores the many solutions for this problem and how moving forward, universities such as UKZN will respond not only to the…
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