ACHIEVING NELSON MANDELA UNIVERSITY?

399pp., paperback, Nelson Mandela University Press, Gqeberha, 2024

ISBN: 9781998959082

A collection of essays on the origins, evolution and future of Nelson Mandela University.

Contributions include:

"Origins and Pre-Merger Histories" by Denver A. Webb

"The Interpenetration of Politics and Higher Education: A kaleidoscopic view of the organisational identities of the University of Port Elizabeth, Vista University, and the Port Elizabeth Technikon" by Krishnavani Shervani Pillay

"Transitioning Towards a Student-Centric African University" by Luthando Jack

"System Discontent(s)" by Sibongile Muthwa

"Learning and Teaching in Times of Crisis: Saving the academic year" by Cheryl Foxcroft

"Reflections - Interview with Derrick Swartz and Sibongile Muthwa" by Crain Soudien. 

Professor Sibongile Muthwa is Vice-Chancellor of Nelson Mandela University and former Chairperson of Universities South Africa. Before joining the university she served as Director-General of the Eastern Cape Provincial Government and Director of the Fort Hare Institute of Government.

Historian Dr Denver Webb is the Senior Director of Strategic Resource Mobilisation and Advancement at Nelson Mandela University.