"Despite these many challenges": the textual construction of autonomy of a corporatised south african university

Gray, Brenden

doi:10.17159/1947-9417/2017/2481

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“…Maar toe die Suid-Afrikaanse akademiese stelsel vanaf 1990 weer deel geword het van die wêreldwye akademiese gemeenskap, het die neoliberale ekonomiese revolusie ook vanaf daardie tyd oor Suid-Afrika begin spoel. Wat die situasie plaaslik vererger het, is 'n kombinasie van die sosiopolitieke en onderwysherstrukturering sedert 1994, wat beteken het dat die groeiende bestuurskultuur die Suid-Afrikaanse akademiese sektor met dubbele momentum getref het (vgl Gray 2017;McKenna 2020;Tomaselli 2021)…”

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The use of mise-en-abyme as a reflexive element in the migrant literature novel Die mooiste meisie van Genua (2019) by Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer La Superba, Ilja Leonard Pfeijffer's fourth novel, appeared in 2013 and has since been translated into several languages. The novel focuses on the migrant issue and outlines the unenviable position in which migrants find themselves in host countries. A different cultural framework, a different way of life and the refusal of host countries to make room for strangers and newcomers leave migrants distraught, lonely and without human dignity in host countries.The aim of this article is to establish how Pfeijffer uses mise-en-abyme in Die mooiste meisie van Genua, the Afrikaans translation of La Superba in 2019) to confront the modern man anew, not only with the social value system of the community in which he finds himself, but also with his own existential and identity crisis.

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“…This is in keeping with the marketplace functions of research, however innovative or decolonial the methods claim to be. Gray (2017) argues that these values serve a governmentality function and implicitly diminishes genuine academic autonomy by disconnecting our work from actual social justice, despite universities invoking societal problems as ‘rhetorical tropes’. As Swartz et al (2019) further noteThe multiplicity of conflicting but coexisting narratives about what universities should do in South African society – producing excellent research, preparing a labour force, or addressing societal inequalities – exposes a persisting tension surrounding the purpose of a public university.…”

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The revolution will not be peer reviewed: (creative) tensions between academia, social media and anti-racist activism

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2020

South African Journal of Psychology

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Trajectory of brain-drain and quality of work-life amongst Nigeria’s university lecturers: academic staff union of universities (ASUU) incessant strike in retrospect

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2023

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PurposeBrain-drain insurgency has become pervasive amongst professionals and the last option for everyone in the country to realise a sustainable quality of work-life (QWL). All youths now in the country have perceived migrating to the international workspace as a noble idea. This study investigates the incidence of brain-drain and QWL amongst academics in Nigerian universities.Design/methodology/approachTo sparkle a clearer understanding concerning factors preventing the QWL amongst Nigeria's lecturers, this study utilised a cross-sectional research design to survey the participants across all departments in federal institutions through an explanatory research approach. This study applied an array of adapted scales to evaluate members of academic staff track of what provoked the incidence of brain-drain amongst Nigerian lecturers and possible influence on their QWL. The study surveyed 431 members of academic staff in Nigerian universities to collect useful data and employed a structural equation model (SEM) to analyse the obtained data.FindingsThe outcome of this study highlights that there is a horrible condition of service amongst Nigerian lecturers, a poor compensation system, poor academic research funding and lack of autonomy are bane to the QWL experienced in Nigerian tertiary institutions today. This study indicates that poor staff development and inadequate university funding are part of the justification that provoked brain-drain insurgence, and allowed the government to lose their skilled and competent egg-heads in the university to other foreign nations of the world.Originality/valueThis study demonstrated that brain-drain has become part of Nigeria's national life given that all professionals are seeking better life where their skills, competence and energy would be valued. Brain-drain was not common until these days amongst academics and fewer studies were noted but this study showed a novel paradigm regarding the QWL and brain-drain trajectory.

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"Despite these many challenges": the textual construction of autonomy of a corporatised south african university

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The revolution will not be peer reviewed: (creative) tensions between academia, social media and anti-racist activism

Trajectory of brain-drain and quality of work-life amongst Nigeria’s university lecturers: academic staff union of universities (ASUU) incessant strike in retrospect

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