Prof Tennyson Mgutshini. Manager: Learner supposrt and tuition
The College of Human Sciences Community Engagement office has, for the last few months, assumed total responsibility for the oversight of all of the College’s registered Community Engagement projects.
The office serves as the College’s formal support for all project leaders and prospective project leaders and offers training, support, guidance and in most cases, financial support to projects within the college.
Their involvement is at all stages of the project development process from conceptualization, through to implementation and continuous evaluation. Critically, the office ensures that all proposed initiatives adhere to institutional principles of Equality, Mutuality, Generosity an Reciprocity in all aspects of our work with communities and Within this, there is intentional acknowledgement that community engagement partnerships should be based on the basis of parity between the University and communities in informing, shaping and delivering meaningful change. We have an exciting year ahead of us and have planned a number of workshops to support project leaders.
These include three ethical community engagement practice and skills development workshops to be presented best practice with respect to ethical practice within CE. These skills development workshops will focus on the ethical considerations and provisions related to working with vulnerable populations. The workshops will also support the use of accepted global best practice to promote ethical practice by academics in their CE engagements.
In addition, two scholarship and teaching in community engagement workshops, targeted at all CHS academics will be
Eugenia Ndhundhuma: Community Engagemnet Coordinator
presented by the College of Human Sciences Engagement Office periodically. These workshops aim to build academic capacity and advance Research & Innovation and Teaching and Learning through Community Engagement. The workshops will focus primarily on supporting academics and project leaders with the development of project plans that support research and teaching innovation.
The College is proud to announce that its flagship project, the annual Language Festival, will take place on 5 September 2013 in the Northern Cape where once again educators and high school learners from the region will through an informative programme of music, dance, poetry and workshops celebrate the diversity of languages in our country. During September, the Community Engagement Office led by Prof Tennyson Mgutshini and supported by Eugenia Ndhundhuma, will showcase and exhibit all 44 registered projects and outreach events. This showcasing will include all active and envisaged projects in the College. Aim is to invite and encourage other academics to join these projects.
