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Vice-Chancellor Message – 20 January 2023
Dear UJ Community, This coming Monday marks the fourth week since our University reopened for the 2023 Academic Year. I hope you managed to find some time to rest and recharge over the festive season, and that you are approaching the new year with even … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 20, 2023
UJ congratulates the Class of 2022, underlines virtualised 2023 student registration procedures
Passing the National Senior Certificate examinations is an important achievement that represents a gateway to our collective and individual future. An acceptance into further studies, whether at a university or a technical and vocational education and … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 18, 2023
How to address inequality embedded in the fourth industrial revolution
This opinion article first appeared in the Mail & Guardian on 16 January 2023. Ongoing progress with the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) worldwide has been promising. But it appears that, as with the third industrial revolution (3IR), the promis … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 17, 2023
Innovation needed from state and varsities to support internationalisation in higher education
Ylva Rodny-Gumede is a professor of communication studies and the senior director of the division for internationalisation at the University of Johannesburg. She recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in the Mail & Guardian on 13 Ja … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 16, 2023
UJ/Nissan partnership to enhance motor technology skills development
Until she began her studies at the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in 2017, Thuso Seome from Lefaragatlhe in Rustenburg didn’t know what makes a car move, let alone understand the inner workings of an engine. Today Seome (24), a master’s in mechanical … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 9, 2023
The Lost Prince of the ANC and ‘the people’s war’
Mandla J Radebe is an associate professor for strategic communication and director of the Centre for Data and Digital Communications at the University of Johannesburg. He recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in the Mail & Guardian … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: January 9, 2023
Academic freedom upheld at University of Johannesburg
‘Tell no lies’: University of Johannesburg rejects with contempt claims that it stifles academic freedom and transformation. In an article that appeared in Mail & Guardian last week, under the heading “Academic freedom on the line”, a former employ … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: December 23, 2022
Universities fight to keep campuses safe in the face of rising crime threats
Professor Letlhokwa Mpedi is the incoming Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. He recently penned an opinion article that first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 18 December 2022. The university, by its very nature and origi … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: December 19, 2022
South Africa’s new National Artificial Intelligence Institute can help transform our economy
By: Letlhokwa Mpedi, Tinyiko Maluleke, Tshilidzi Marwala and Khumbudzo Ntshavheni.They recently published an opinion article that first appeared in the Daily Maverick on 05 December 2022. The new institute will include projects such as AI for the minin … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: December 6, 2022
Free trade is necessary to increase Africa’s economic development
Professor Tshilidzi Marwala is the outgoing Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg. From 1 March 2023, he will be the Rector of the United Nations University and UN Under-Secretary-General. He is on Twitter at @txm1971. He rec … Continued
Author: Lutendo Tshifura Date: December 5, 2022