In welcoming new students on Sunday, 5 February 2012, Vice-Chancellor, Dr Saleem Badat said, the first year students begin a new life journey – a voyage that is centred on higher learning and the making, sharing and spreading of knowledge and at the same time a voyage of self-discovery.
Rhodes University’s School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS) made two submissions to the Press Freedom Commission (PFC) public hearing in Johannesburg on Monday (30 Jan 2012), and described the ANC-proposed Media Appeals Tribunal to be potentially disastrous for South African democracy.
GRAHAMSTOWN: Political activist mom Fiona Adams, 52, who boycotted her Rhodes graduation ceremony 24 years ago in protest against the effects of apartheid on tertiary education, will become the first of the protesters to finally receive their moment in the academic sun.
It seems obvious that when studying the media, the media needs to be involved and should learn from the results. But there is a real disconnect between the academic and profession, says Michelle Solomon.