Law Faculty Graduate Lecturing Assistants programme to be renamed.
Graduate Lecturing Assistants (GLAs), are post graduate Masters and Doctoral students within the Faculty of Law whom engage in teaching and administrative duties through tutorials, lectures and student consultations in respect of various undergraduate law modules. This programme was introduced in 2004, following a decision to only make use of LLB graduates as tutors in the Faculty.
The DVC Academic Prof Lawack, commented on the success of this programme and subsequently secured funding for teaching support across all the Faculties structured in a similar manner as the Law Faculty GLA programme.
Since 2021 we have seen Teaching Assistants / Graduate Assistants supporting our lecturing staff in the various faculties.
The term Graduate Assistants is very similar to our Graduate Lecturing Assistants as a result a decision was made to revisit the name GLA to reflect the nature of the programme.
As from March 2023 the GLAs will be known as the Graduate Tutors
On 9 and 10 February 2023, the UWC Faculty of Law conducted a Training Workshop for the 2023 cohort of Graduate Lecturing Assistants (GLA) now knows as Graduate Tutors (GT) in the Kader Asmal Moot Court.
The Workshop consisted of four sessions. On day one, Dr Conrad Potberg, Teaching and Learning Specialist in the Faculty of Law, discussed tutoring approaches and student support, and provided training to the GTs on online assessments, online teaching methods, and navigation of Ikamva, UWC’s learning management system. The next day, Dr Etienne Olivier (a former GLA that is now a lecturer in the Faculty), presented a session entitled ‘Managing academic relationships within the tutorial environment’. Thereafter, Dr Tinashe Kondo (a former GLA that is now a Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law), spoke about ‘The GLA Experience’.
Finally, the coordinator of the GLA programme, Professor Patricia Lenaghan, conducted a session explaining the terms of the GLA scholarship and the teaching and administrative duties of the GLAs.
‘The GT programme provides wholesome learning for students as tutors are able to bridge the gap and assist students in a small setting. The workshop setting was interesting as it was conducted by individuals who were once GLAs so it was inspiring to see how far one can go’ – Kago Moganane, 2nd year LLM student in Corporate Governance and Regional Development.
‘The GLA programme has provided me with the opportunity to assist in students learning and development. I enjoy and love engaging with the students and assisting their understanding of the content. The workshops taught me that managing academic relationships are not only about the structure thereof, but also about respect and the attitudes you bring to the relationship. Therefore, teaching and learning environments are not only about the content and structure thereof, but also about creating an engaging space that is fun and interesting. – Shunelle Grosch, 2nd year LLM student in International Human Rights Protection.
Graduate Lecturing Assistants (GLAs), are post graduate Masters and Doctoral students within the Faculty of Law whom engage in teaching and administrative duties through tutorials, lectures and student consultations in respect of various undergraduate law modules. This programme was introduced in 2004, following a decision to only make use of LLB graduates as tutors in the Faculty.
The DVC Academic Prof Lawack, commented on the success of this programme and subsequently secured funding for teaching support across all the Faculties structured in a similar manner as the Law Faculty GLA programme.Since 2021 we have seen Teaching Assistants / Graduate Assistants supporting our lecturing staff in the various faculties.
The term Graduate Assistants is very similar to our Graduate Lecturing Assistants as a result a decision was made to revisit the name GLA to reflect the nature of the programme.
As from March 2023 the GLAs will be known as the Graduate Tutors
On 9 and 10 February 2023, the UWC Faculty of Law conducted a Training Workshop for the 2023 cohort of Graduate Lecturing Assistants (GLA) now knows as Graduate Tutors (GT) in the Kader Asmal Moot Court.
The Workshop consisted of four sessions. On day one, Dr Conrad Potberg, Teaching and Learning Specialist in the Faculty of Law, discussed tutoring approaches and student support, and provided training to the GTs on online assessments, online teaching methods, and navigation of Ikamva, UWC’s learning management system. The next day, Dr Etienne Olivier (a former GLA that is now a lecturer in the Faculty), presented a session entitled ‘Managing academic relationships within the tutorial environment’. Thereafter, Dr Tinashe Kondo (a former GLA that is now a Senior lecturer in the Faculty of Law), spoke about ‘The GLA Experience’.
‘The GT programme provides wholesome learning for students as tutors are able to bridge the gap and assist students in a small setting. The workshop setting was interesting as it was conducted by individuals who were once GLAs so it was inspiring to see how far one can go’ – Kago Moganane, 2nd year LLM student in Corporate Governance and Regional Development.
‘The GLA programme has provided me with the opportunity to assist in students learning and development. I enjoy and love engaging with the students and assisting their understanding of the content. The workshops taught me that managing academic relationships are not only about the structure thereof, but also about respect and the attitudes you bring to the relationship. Therefore, teaching and learning environments are not only about the content and structure thereof, but also about creating an engaging space that is fun and interesting. – Shunelle Grosch, 2nd year LLM student in International Human Rights Protection.
