“Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed people can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has.”
It was posters bearing this quote by Margaret Mead which launched the World Day of Social Justice on Monday, the first time the UN-declared day has been marked by Rhodes University.
The Rhodes University Centre for Higher Education, Research, Teaching and Learning (CHERTL) national project on postgraduate supervision received a major boost when it recently accepted a grant of 1 million euros from the Dutch agency NUFFIC.
In an hour-long briefing, Rhodes vice-chancellor Dr Saleem Badat yesterday revealed South Africa’s smallest university would again be punching well above its weight after raising millions for new academic and infrastructure projects.
Enthusiastic and committed, Brigitte Melly is to receive a Bronze award for her Masters dissertation from the Council of the Society of South African Geographers (SSAG), entitled “The Zoogeography of the cetaceans in Algoa Bay”.