Research Newsletter issue 2 April 2018

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MESSAGE FROM THE DEPUTY VICE-CHANCELLOR FOR ACADEMIC AFFAIRS AND RESEARCH DVC’S COLUMN Prof Mahlomaholo Geoffrey MAHLOMAHOLO The Office of the Deputy Vice- Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Research (DVC: AAR) at Walter Sisulu University (WSU) has given me the opportunity to see the story of women transcendence against all odds unfold in action. In spite of what the debates among the cultural, traditional and postmodern feminists could be; around who and/or what constitutes ‘Woman’, I am persuaded beyond any reasonable doubt about the academic and research prowess as well as general intellectual power resident in this subject positioning/person of a woman. If you are a Black woman researcher working at a Historically Disadvantaged university, serving communities which are defined as the poorest of the poor in rural contexts with limited access to privileges of modern day technologies, financial and other resources; becoming a rated researcher, is just an almost impossibility. And if you are a wife and a mother, who is employed and has a family to look after; the possibility becomes doubly removed. But if on top of all these, you are a Back woman who is pushed to the extreme margins of research because of social stereotypes about what the role of woman should be, then you need a miracle to even write a coherent research abstract. These obstacles referred to above, have however not prevent women researchers at WSU to scale those dizzying heights of research excellence. For example; the Acting Director and the driver of the WSU research project is a woman, more than 40% of rated researchers at WSU are women, a significant number of academic deans and heads of departments who provide research leadership are women, there is also a strong representation of women who publish is areas of natural, health, economic and management sciences, to mention a few. In conclusion, it is worth noting that the research output at WSU is at its emergent stage, and this implies that more effort should be spend on removing all the hurdles against women. More is and should be done to acknowledge and create greater spaces for even more women to discover the power they have in the service of their communities and research excellence at WSU. Ndinga Ndaka Ndini, your home is high in the skies! 2
CONTENTS Vision and Misson .............................................................................................................page 1 DVC’s Column ................................................................................................................page 2 Women Executive Leaders ................................................................................................page 4 Research in the Queenstown Campus ................................................................................page 5 Communications academics represent in Greece..................................................................page 6 Women challenging male dominated fields..........................................................................page 7 IT lecturer among SA Tech Industry’s most influential women..............................................page 8 OTT Campaign................................................................................................................page 10 Grant writing workshop...................................................................................................page 11 Women and the Legal Profession......................................................................................page 12 Balancing family life and career in research as a woman....................................................page 14 Woman in Research.........................................................................................................page 16 Women in Supervision.....................................................................................................page 18 Gallery...........................................................................................................................page 19 Stories written by: Ongezwa Sigodi Intern Journalist: Research Office Email: ongezwasigodi@gmail.com osigodi@wsu.ac.za T: 047 502 2819 C: 072 933 8540 Anita Roji Intern Journalist: Research Office Email: anitaroji.anie@gmail.com aroji@wsu.ac.za T: 047 502 2819 C: 078 069 6133 Please contact one of our intern journalists regarding any research stories you might have. Layout and Design by Linda Mynhardt Department of Marketing, Communications and Advancement 3
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