"Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999
| dc.contributor.author | Steyn, Melissa | |
| dc.contributor.author | Van Zyl, Mikki | |
| dc.coverage.spatial | University of Cape Town | en_ZA |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2014-09-19T11:06:45Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2014-09-19T11:06:45Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2011-12 | |
| dc.description.abstract | This report is of value to those studying institutional culture in post-apartheid South Africa, and dynamics of transformation at South African institutions of higher learning. In this project, students spoke out about their experiences at UCT. In particular they describe how they perceived the university and the other students, and how their experiences impacted upon their academic performance and general well-being while attending UCT. In the study, the authors consulted a variety of policy documents and publicity materials from UCT. The authors then held 19 workshops with focus groups of students. Five were mixed while fourteen were purposive in that certain designated students, such as black student,s foreign students, women, etc. were targeted. The initiator of the study conducted ten of the focus groups, but for the others peer facilitators were used. From the findings it is clear that in students' experiences 'whiteness' still largely characterises the institutional culture. Many black students and some white students described incidents of overt racism against black academic staff and students. This report documents suggestions made by students, and also puts forward some recommendations. It is hoped that these will be received in the spirit in which the research was undertaken, namely to be helpful to UCT as it continues along the road of transformation. This report provides a forum in which diverse students voices are collated and reflected, on behalf of the students and committed educators, and for the continuance of outstanding education at UCT. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.apacitation | Steyn, M., & Van Zyl, M. (2011). <i>"Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Intercultural and Diversity Studies of Southern Africa (iNCUDISA). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7569 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.chicagocitation | Steyn, Melissa, and Mikki Van Zyl <i>"Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Intercultural and Diversity Studies of Southern Africa (iNCUDISA), 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7569 | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.citation | Steyn, M., Van Zyl, M. 2011-12. "Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999. University of Cape Town. | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.ris | TY - Working Paper AU - Steyn, Melissa AU - Van Zyl, Mikki AB - This report is of value to those studying institutional culture in post-apartheid South Africa, and dynamics of transformation at South African institutions of higher learning. In this project, students spoke out about their experiences at UCT. In particular they describe how they perceived the university and the other students, and how their experiences impacted upon their academic performance and general well-being while attending UCT. In the study, the authors consulted a variety of policy documents and publicity materials from UCT. The authors then held 19 workshops with focus groups of students. Five were mixed while fourteen were purposive in that certain designated students, such as black student,s foreign students, women, etc. were targeted. The initiator of the study conducted ten of the focus groups, but for the others peer facilitators were used. From the findings it is clear that in students' experiences 'whiteness' still largely characterises the institutional culture. Many black students and some white students described incidents of overt racism against black academic staff and students. This report documents suggestions made by students, and also puts forward some recommendations. It is hoped that these will be received in the spirit in which the research was undertaken, namely to be helpful to UCT as it continues along the road of transformation. This report provides a forum in which diverse students voices are collated and reflected, on behalf of the students and committed educators, and for the continuance of outstanding education at UCT. DA - 2011-12 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town KW - transformation KW - post-apartheid South Africa KW - institutional culture LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2011 T1 - "Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999 TI - "Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999 UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7569 ER - | en_ZA |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7569 | |
| dc.identifier.vancouvercitation | Steyn M, Van Zyl M. "Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999. 2011 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/7569 | en_ZA |
| dc.language | eng | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.department | Intercultural and Diversity Studies of Southern Africa (iNCUDISA) | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | en_ZA |
| dc.publisher.institution | University of Cape Town | |
| dc.rights | Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-SA 4.0) | * |
| dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ | * |
| dc.subject | transformation | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | post-apartheid South Africa | en_ZA |
| dc.subject | institutional culture | en_ZA |
| dc.title | "Like that statue at Jammie stairs" : some student perceptions and experiences of institutional culture at the University of Cape Town in 1999 | en_ZA |
| dc.type | Working Paper | en_ZA |
| uct.type.filetype | Text | |
| uct.type.filetype | Image | |
| uct.type.publication | All | en_ZA |
| uct.type.resource | Research report | en_ZA |