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Does belonging matter? Exploring the role of social connectedness as a critical factor in students' transition to higher education

Author: Pym, June ; Goodman, Suki ; Patsika, Natasha Date: 2011 Widening access to Higher Education throughout the world has meant an increase in the number of students who do not necessarily have the types of capital that universities require. This means an increasing need to engage with the issues that ... Read more
From fixing to possibility: changing a learning model for undergraduate students

Author: Pym, June Date: 2013 This article engages with the work of an equity initiative, the Academic Development (AD) programme in the Education Development Unit (Commerce) at the University of Cape Town. The programme focuses on providing access, improving graduation ... Read more
Harnessing agency: towards a learning model for undergraduate students

Author: Pym, June ; Kapp, Rochelle Date: 2013 This article describes a successful academic development programme in a Commerce faculty at a relatively elite, historically white university in South Africa. The writers argue that the programme has managed to achieve good results in recent ... Read more
Initiating a new information systems course: a case study in educational innovation

Author: Eccles, Michael ; Pym, June ; Johnston, Kevin Date: 2008 If South Africa is to transform its educational landscape, access to higher education is crucial. However, if equity of access is not coupled with equity of success, participation, and relevance, access can become problematic. The Information ... Read more
A study of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in South Africa

Author: Meinert, Leigh Date: 2013 This study adopts a sociological approach to the issue of academic resilience amongst first generation university students in a developing world context. As suggested in the opening quotation above, this study aims to generate insight in to ... Read more
Successful students’ negotiation of township schooling in contemporary South Africa

Author: Kapp, Rochelle ; Badenhorst, Elmi ; Bangeni, Bongi ; Craig, Tracy S ; Janse van Rensburg, Vicki ; le Roux, Kate ; Prince, Robert ; Pym, June ; van Pletzen, Ermien Date: Sep 2014 This article draws on data from a larger longitudinal qualitative case study which is tracking the progress of students over the course of their undergraduate degrees at a South African university. For this paper, we used background questionnaires ... Read more

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