Walking on the wild side

The Zoology department at Rhodes has an exciting programme of postgraduate research in wildlife that reaches right around the country and beyond. From Calitzdorp to Zululand, Winterberg to Limpopo, and even into Botswana and Zimbabwe, Rhodes students are making a significant contribution to the understanding, management and conservation of a number of wildlife species, some of which are on the endangered list. 

Dr Dan Parker, lecturer and supervisor for many of the research projects, explains that the focus is on carnivore biology: the spatial ecology, habitat use and feeding habits of carnivores. There are currently nine postgraduate students in this area – eight Masters and ...read more

International meetings turn therapeutic

Professor Dave Edwards recently gave a keynote address at a conference of the International Society for Schema Therapy (ISST) in Berlin. His title was “Experiential work with imagery and dialogue methods in psychotherapy: Historical development, current practice and significance within schema therapy.” 

Prof Edwards was invited to deliver the keynote address on the basis of an article published in the Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry on the history of imagery ...read more

African statesmen to address the University

As South Africa and the rest of the African continent rejoices over hosting a successful 2010 FIFA World Cup – the first on African soil, 17 countries around the continent are also celebrating their Golden Jubilees of Independence.

The Pan African Youth Dialogue - a youth driven and managed organisation founded specifically to place young people at the centre of the development and public critique of every aspect of African society, working in partnership with the Rhodes University Stu ...read more

Promising Rhodes piano student goes international

Mia Pistorius, a third year piano student in the Rhodes Music Department, has recently been accepted to attend international concert workshops in Bulgaria and Germany.

Europe has a tradition of hosting intensive summer schools for musicians, designed to give some of the most promising young pianists in the world the chance to study with the most renowned teachers of the time. 

Mia has been chosen to attend two of these summer schools: the Varna International Piano Master Clas ...read more

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