Acclaimed South African Theatre Collective, Empatheatre, which was established as part of Dr Dylan McGarry’s postdoctoral research, will present its new short film "Indlela Yokuphila: The Soul's Journey" at United Nations World Ocean Week in New York on 07 June 2023.

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Most philosophers of education or philosophically inclined scholars of education in the past century and a half would agree with the claim that, ideally, education should be the practice of freedom. That is, it ought to cultivate the ability to intelligently decide how we want to shape our lives. The aim of education should be to foster human autonomy.

Professor Justin Jonas, Professor of Physics and Electronics at the Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Department of Physics and Electronics, gave a lecture following his bestowal of the inaugural esteemed Vice-Chancellor’s Distinguished Award (2020). In attendance were family and friends, students, and the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sizwe Mabizela.

Community Engagement is not a new concept, as it has played a significant role in society over the years. However, its formalisation as a core function of universities is relatively recent. Community engagement helps universities to contribute to the socio-economic development of local communities.

Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 hosted the first sector-wide Language Resources Audit conducted by the South African Centre for Digital Language Resources (SADiLAR) at the Continuing Education Centre this week.

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On the second day of Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网's Community Engagement Learning Symposium at the Amazwi South African Museum of Literature, the Deputy Vice Chancellor of Academic and Student Affairs, Professor ‘Mabokang Monnapula-Mapesela, encouraged attendees to engage in difficult and uncomfortable conversations. She argued that universities must make community engagement an integral part of academics and not simply "a contribution".

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On 09 May 2023, the Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Community Engagement division launched its Community Engagement (CE) Learning Symposium, which included speakers from all over the globe. This was the first of three days of discussions and workshops centred around highlighting, as per the official website, the "developmental and transformative roles of universities" in incorporating CE in their institutions to serve "as a platform to build community-university relationships for the mutual benefit of all those involved in CE, such as students, communities and academics".

Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s Director of the Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation, Distinguished Professor Tebello Nyokong, has been selected as a Fellow of the Royal Society.

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Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s International Office recently hosted the International Education Association of South Africa’s (IEASA) Director Forum, the advisory body of IEASA. It was the first face-to-face event of the year of IEASA’s silver jubilee.

The GADRA Matric School, alongside Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网, celebrated the graduation of Junaid Denston, a former GADRA student, during the 2023 graduation season.

The International Education Association of South Africa (IEASA), the leading and only national organisation dedicated to higher education internationalisation in South Africa, is celebrating its 25th anniversary in 2023.

The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Pharmacy Department hosted its annual White Coat ceremony to officially welcome new students into the professional world of pharmacy.

Two students from the Institute of Physics at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of São Paulo, Brazil, are visiting Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 on a staff-student exchange programme to learn more about the luminescence properties of natural Brazilian minerals.