First Makhanda, then the world for The Printing Girls
When six former Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 fine arts classmates decided to revive their love of printmaking six years after graduating, they formed a collective and mounted a life-changing art exhibition at the National Arts Festival in Makhanda.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Chamber Choir back on tour after a two-year hiatus
The Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Chamber Choir (RUCC), conducted by Mr Kutlwano Kepadisa, are currently on their first tour since the COVID-19 pandemic hit. They are visiting Johannesburg and Bloemfontein between 19 and 23 August 2022.
How Professor Lobb overcame lockdown restrictions to enhance the computational chemistry curriculum
On 16 August 2022, Associate Professor in Chemistry Kevin Alan Lobb delivered a lecture titled "Software-based chemistry and its ideal placement in remote and post-COVID learning". The lecture explored teaching strategies that assisted students during remote and online teaching and how they remain useful now that in-person instruction has resumed.
Work of the heart – a thought-provoking conversation with alumna Nombulelo Gongqa
On 12 August 2022, Nombulelo Gongqa, a Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 alumna and the current Director of Organisational Change/Transformation at Diocesan School for Girls (DSG), hosted a conversation titled "Work of the Heart" for the postgraduates of the Organisational Development course at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网.
Stable Life: bringing us back to balance
Manager of Academic Administration Suzette Flanagan presented the effect of horses on people's well-being in her motivational address at the annual Registrar's Division Women's Day event on 10 August 2022. This event recognises women's strengths in adversity and is done in commemoration of women and girl-children who continue to experience the injustices of a patriarchal system.
Backlash against Higher Education Department’s draft university policy misses the point
The draft university policy is not about the public sector at all. Instead it sets out the future designations that will be available in the private higher education sector. It attends to the demand by private institutions that they too should be able to call themselves ‘universities’.
Much-loved Visitors’ Book retires due to POPI Act
Situated for years in full view in the Alumni House foyer, a historical Visitors’ Book has been available for students, parents, alumni, and visitors to comment in and leave their details. Sadly, due to the Protection of Personal information Act (POPI), this book will no longer be able to be used for its intended purpose.
Universities shouldn’t use software to monitor online exams: here’s why
Proctoring software monitors a student’s computer or phone while they write exams. These programs have been around for some time but became ubiquitous during online learning in the pandemic.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 takes bold steps toward the future with IDP review
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 constituencies converged at Mpekweni Beach Resort in Port Alfred from 12-14 August 2022 to deliberate and review the current Institutional Development Plan (IDP).
Registrar’s Division honours the Registrar in heart-warming Women’s Month celebration
It has become a tradition, started by Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网’s Registrar, Professor Adéle Moodly, to host a Women’s Day seminar within her Division and to honour women staff. This year, the Registrar’s Division flipped the script and celebrated her instead.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 academic appointed President of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa
Associate Professor Susi Vetter from the Department of Botany was recently elected President of the Grassland Society of Southern Africa (GSSA). The GSSA elects a new incoming President every year who serves on their Council for the following three years (as Vice-President, President, and Immediate Past President, respectively).
Master of Science student jets off to London to pursue her PhD
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Master of Science student, Ariana Watkins, will fly the Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 flag in London after she was selected for a studentship at the Francis Crick Institute through 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 College London (UCL).
Racism in South Africa: why the ANC has failed to dismantle patterns of white privilege
One of the sources of social discontent in post-apartheid South Africa is the legacy of white racism. This toxic legacy is evident in racialised poverty and inequality.
Student Affairs promotes effective & efficient mental health & wellbeing
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 is committed to providing a safe and conducive environment for its students.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 officially reopens the swimming pool
Celebrations and ululation were the order of the day on Friday, 5 August 2022 as Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Sports Administration cut the purple ribbon to officially re-open the swimming pool outside Bantu Steve Biko Union Building.
Connecting people, proteins and technology through network analysis
The notion of ‘six degrees of separation’ is a fundamental network analysis concept in social sciences, in which persons who are quite removed from one another are linked by a chain of, at most, six shared acquaintances. Therefore, we find ourselves using the phrase "Such a small world" to express our astonishment when we discover that we share a friend with another person. Beyond that, would it not be even more astonishing to consider amino acids as social groups of people with different roles and interactions? What's in store if proteins mutate or a few amino acids change?
The wonderful symbiosis of plants and fungi
Distinguished academics, lecturers, Deans, DVCs, and other special guests gathered to hear the inaugural lecture delivered by Professor Joanna Dames late last month. The mood was celebratory as Dames stood to give her first lecture as a full Professor at Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 launches a R90 million state-of-the-art Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sizwe Mabizela, today officiated the sod-turning ceremony to mark the commencement of a R90 million state-of-the-art building that will house a global Institute for Nanotechnology Innovation (INI).
Professor Bamgbose delivers thought-provoking public lecture on alternative methods of resolving conflict in nation building
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Law Faculty on Wednesday hosted a public lecture by former Deputy Vice-Chancellor (Research, Innovation and Strategic Partnerships) at the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 of Ibadan, distinguished visiting Professor Oluyemisi Bamgbose.
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 welcomes 61 interns as part of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative
Rhodes 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 Vice-Chancellor, Professor Sizwe Mabizela, welcomed 61 graduates to campus this week as they joined the 老虎机游戏_pt老虎机-平台*官网 as part of the Presidential Youth Employment Initiative (PYEI) programme.