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Seminar: Inclusion and Access in Higher Education in the Contexts of Finland and South Africa

Julkaistu 12.1.2022
Tampereen yliopisto
Welcome to the Seminar for Inclusion and Access in Higher Education in the Contexts of Finland and South Africa The Seminar will be held on Thursday, 13 January 2022 at 3.00 – 6.00 PM in Zoom.

Inclusion and Access in Higher Education in the Contexts of Finland and South Africa 

Zoom link: 

https://tuni.zoom.us/j/66076105680?pwd=eFVuTld2QW1EcTR3clowOXBSQXhEdz09 

Programme: 

15.00 Opening remarks. Sadhana Manik, University of KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa & Kaisa Kurki, Tampere University, Finland.

15.05 Introduction of the research groups

15.35 Theme 1: Access and Success in Higher Education 

15.35-15.55 Labby Ramrathan, University of KwaZulu-Natal: Consolidating lines of flight on student access and success into curriculum spaces in higher education. 

15.55-16.15 Henna Juusola, Tampere University: Accessibility of higher education in Finland and reference countries. 

16.15-16.35 Mlamuli Hlatshwayo, University of KwaZulu-Natal: Transformation Discourses in South African higher education.

16.35 Break

16.50 Theme 2: Diversity, Social Justice and Inclusion in Higher Education

16.50-17.10 Mervi Kaukko, Tampere University: Recognition and precarious mobilities: The experiences of university students from a refugee background. 

17.10-17.30 Marshall Maposa, University of KwaZulu-Natal: Conceptualising the relationship between the History textbook’s nature and genre and inclusion in a South African university. 

17.30-17.50 Vesna Holubek, Tampere University: Diversity of pedagogies and hybridisation of perspectives in transnational higher education. 

17.50 Closing of the seminar. Sadhana Manik, University of KwaZulu-Natal & Minna Mäkihonko, Tampere University

 

 

More information:

Heidi Latvala-White, heidi.latvala-white [at] helsinki.fi

Minna Mäkihonko, minna.makihonko [at] tuni.fi