Public lecture: Enhancing pan-African collaboration – Strategies for access, digital inclusion, and student success in higher education
- Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi, University of Johannesburg
In this keynote, Professor Mpedi sets out a vision for the future of pan-African higher education collaborations, and the importance of widening access and digital inclusion for student success. Emphasising the importance of African research and knowledge production, he will also talk about UJ’s role in creating research and development initiatives between universities and industry, student and faculty exchanges, the creation of dual-degree programmes, and the use of collaborative teaching models.
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This talk is part of a day-long seminar on African research collaborations and partnerships. If you plan to attend the day in-person, and would like to join the visitors for a light sandwich lunch, please RSVP to zhongyu.wang@education.ox.ac.uk
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Professor Letlhokwa George Mpedi is the Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University of Johannesburg (UJ). He assumed the role in March 2023. Before his current position, he served as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic and Executive Dean (Faculty of Law). Professor Mpedi has published widely on social security and labour law in South Africa, Southern Africa, and Anglophone Africa. His most recent publications include a co-authored books Labour Law in Ghana (2022) published by LexisNexis, and Artificial intelligence and the law (2024) with Tshilidzi Marwala, published with Palgrave Macmillan. Professor Mpedi is an NRF-rated scholar.