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The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria
Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/76891 The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria Calitz, Talita thandeka.mahlangu90@gmail.com Weber, K.E. Mahlangu, Martha Thandeka UCTD roles student leaders student protest transformation University of Pretoria Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-16 Dissertation (MEd)--University of Pretoria, 2019. In this study, I was investigating the role of student leadership played in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria (UP). In order to contribute to understanding, student leadership role played in institutional transformation at UP and also student leaders understanding of transformation following the #FeesMustFall protests. Hence much research focused on conflict, disruption, violence and closure of universities related to the #FeesMustFall; there are comparatively fewer studies about the role played by the student leadership in institutional transformation at universities. The study researched how student leaders’ voices and agency have been represented in the institutional transformation initiatives. A qualitative case study method was used, based on content analysis of transformation documents from social media and transformation and policy documents available at the UP portal. The documents revealed that the student leaders played important roles and negotiated with the university management and the government about tuition fees and demands for free education, as well as about the change of the language policy; the renaming of the university buildings, and balancing quotas to reflect the SA demographic at the university. Also discussed were the transformation of the curriculum and the institutional and residence culture. Student leaders played a significant role in drafting a policy for the renaming of university buildings and in drafting the four drivers for the proposed curriculum changes at UP and the self-reflection questions for faculties to interrogate their curricula. The documents reveal that, in response to these demands, there was a 0% increase at South African universities in 2016 for all of the tuition fees and full funding of education for poor students for the following three years was announced. The management changed the language of instruction policy as demanded. The Client Services Centre (CSC) was renamed to the Student Services Centre (SSC) while new buildings are now named after South African heroes. Most significantly, of the more than fifty thousand students now accommodated at the University, the majority are female and black and many black students are now accommodated in residences. Management also decided to integrate both Indigenous and Eurocentric knowledge in the curricula and eliminate all legacy systems leading to racial segregation at UP. bs2026 Education Management and Policy Studies MEd Unrestricted SDG-04: Quality education SDG-16: Peace, justice and strong institutions 2020-11-04T15:10:17Z 2020-11-04T15:10:17Z 20/05/08 2019 Dissertation Mahlangu, MT 2019, The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria, MEd Dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd <http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76891> A2020 http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76891 en © 2020 University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | UCTD roles student leaders student protest transformation University of Pretoria Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-16 The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title | The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title_full | The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title_fullStr | The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title_full_unstemmed | The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title_short | The role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the University of Pretoria |
| title_sort | role of student leadership in institutional transformation at the university of pretoria |
| topic | UCTD roles student leaders student protest transformation University of Pretoria Education theses SDG-04 Education theses SDG-16 |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/76891 |