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Chief Justice Calls For An End To English As The Language Of Record In Courts
Addressing delegates at the International Association of Forensic Linguistics and Legal conference, partly hosted at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa’s Chief Justice, Judge Mandisa Maya, said a directive by former Justice and Constitutional Development Minister Michael Masutha that English remains the language of record for South Africa’s courts should be revisited. |
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Heard At The UWC Mental Health Colloquium: Mental Health Challenges On the Rise
Mental Health challenges are on the rise - including among university students. Eighteen universities from South Africa gathered for a two-day UWC mental health colloquium to advance the mental health and well-being of their students. |
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UWC Academic Advocates for a More Thoughtful Approach to University Teaching
In a South African higher education landscape increasingly shaped by managerialism, standardised performance targets, and administrative demands, a University of the Western Cape academic is making the case for a more deliberate, reflective pedagogy - slow teaching. |
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Rowing Is Growing At UWC
Often rowing is associated with the historic, annual race between Oxford and Cambridge universities - not with a girl from Soweto, taking up the sport relatively late, and in the process breaking down barriers. |
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Communications & Marketing Office
Do you have any important UWC stories to share? Do you know of an event that you’d like to see featured? Have you heard of UWC students, staff or alumni who’ve done amazing things, which you think the world should know about? Or maybe you have a few suggestions, comments or questions about something in this newsletter? Whatever the case may be, the Communications & Marketing Office would really like to hear from you. Just email us on ia@uwc.ac.za, call us on 021 959 4229, or drop by our offices. |
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