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COLLABORATION AND PARTNERSHIPS
UNIZULU is engaged in various collaborations and partnerships as evidenced below:
• UK-SA USDP University Staff Doctoral Programme:
Collaboration Grant. A HEI consortia collaboration grant application with the University of Johannesburg, UNIZULU as partner institution 1 and Glasgow University as partner institution 2 was submitted in 2019 and approved in early 2020. One of the aims of the USDP is to promote collaborations that seek to increase the number of academics with PhDs in South African universities (including enhancing the infrastructure and resources for PhD and master’s supervision). The USDP’s Phase 2 goal is to increase the number of permanent academic and professional staff at South African institutions with doctoral degrees while also building supervisory capacity in postgraduate programmes. The project (collaboration grant) is to support activities for the development of joint partnership programmes in support of doctoral training
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for academics at South African public HEIs. The grant was awarded in December 2019. A call for applications was published and the three institutions assisted with the selection process of the candidates. Five members of staff from UNIZULU applied and three members of staff from UNIZULU complied and were selected for the programme. Three supervisors from UNIZULU act as supervisor or co-supervisor for the 10 students and receive intensive supervisor training.
The Department of Chemistry has established a collaboration with the University of Lesotho to review UNIZULU programmes and explore the possibility of engaging elements of 4IR in the curricula.
Two lecturers from DALE are collaborating with the University of Western England on a British Council- funded project entitled: Can the Use of a Book Levelling APP Support the Development of the Knowledge and Skills Needed to Teach Reading in Rural and Township Schools for Pre-service Teachers and Teachers?
The Faculty of Education has a long-standing
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