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Upcoming Events
Thursday, 11 March
17:00: Underwater Hockey Practice
19:00: Underwater Club Braai
18:00: Rugby Practice
18:00: Archery Practice
Friday, 12 March
Go And Male Variations At The Rhodes Box Theatre
18:00: Sco Opening Function
Saturday, 13 March
268 Men's Breakfast
268 Ladies Event
Go And Male Variations At The Rhodes Box Theatre
Human Rights Week
13:30: Bionic Breakers Break Dancing Academy
Sunday, 14 March
Human Rights Week
Happy Birthday Sonal
Kite- Surfing
18:30: Catholic Student Mass
19:30: Stargazing With Astrosoc
18:00: Archery Practice
Monday, 15 March
Rifle Practice
Human Rights Week
Happy Birthday Sonal
19:30: Aikido Training
18:00: Rhodes Rugby Practice
21:00: Mission-shaped Intro Course
18:00: Archery Practice
19:00: Pregs Govender Launches Human Rights Week
Tuesday, 16 March
Human Rights Week
Happy Birthday Sonal
17:00: Underwater Hockey Practice
18:00: Rhodes Rugby Practice
18:30: Bionic Breakers B-boy/b-girl Break Dancing Academy
19:30: Astrosoc Talk And Stargazing
19:00: Filmfest 2010: After The Wedding
Wednesday, 17 March
268 Bible Study
Human Rights Week
Thursday, 18 March
Friday, 19 March
Saturday, 20 March
Sunday, 21 March
Monday, 22 March
Tuesday, 23 March
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Rhodes School of Journalism and Media Studies (JMS)
2010 JMS Student Handbook - all you need to know: 
Student Handbook 2010
Latest News
Alumni multiply the 2010 effect
By Jolandi Snyders
Rhodes JMS 1970 – 2010, we are in our 40th year of existence. Let us celebrate this in a big way through our alumni scholarship fund in its 5th year anniversary. This year we aim to award 20 new alumni scholarships to the value of R100 000.
Ten scholarships of R5 000 each will be doubled by Telkom to reach our target for 2010. The first scholarship – dubbed Ultimate Kiffness – has been contributed by 12 alumni who each donated R500.
Alumni Clare Thomas, Tudor Caradoc-Davies and Samantha Reinders came up with the name and the idea during last year’s JMS reunion in Cape Town. They say: “As previous Rhodes students, we love the idea of being able to help a brilliant, passionate, and talented student who is deserving of a scholarship to continue his or her studies. If we can help them to not only establish themselves in the media industry, but to add it, to make a statement, make a difference and make the world think, then we’ve made a worthwhile contribution.” Read more...
| 2010 is going to be a big year for SA and for JMS with hosting the WJEC (read more in QUOTE 2nd edition). Let us make it an even bigger year for 20 JMS first year students! We aim to raise R50.000 in alumni scholarships, which Telkom would double, through a scholarship challenge!! Set up a new scholarship to the value of R5000 as an individual alumnus or a group of alumni! |
Latest Quote edition released Nov 09Quote is the official vibrant and dynamic JMS publication that is produced by the staff and students of the School of Journalism and Media Studies. It is released twice yearly and reports on the ins and outs of the happenings in and around the Africa Media Matrix. Anthea Garman, our senior writing and editing lecturer recently commented: "It's such a bright in your face up and at em publication that I'm proud to be associated with it." Take a look for yourself and read away. |
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JMS Staff Click Away
Communicative competencies of students will be expanded in the near future. Rhodes JMS Staff members attended their first IsiXhosa lecture this week as a pilot study. JMS will be implementing IsiXhosa for Journalism classes as part of the curriculum for undergraduate students in 2011. The staff felt that if they will be requiring of students to learn isiXhosa, they should do so themselves.
New accredited course for JMS
The new Post-Graduate Diploma of Economics Journalism (PGDipEJ) is now officially accredited. The PGDipEJ, designed and funded by the Centre of Economics Journalism in Africa (CEJA) at Rhodes University can now be offered to students with a degree or requisite prior learning.
The aim of the course is to educate working journalists about business, finance and coverage of the macro-economy, and give them the knowledge and skill to apply what they learn at the workplace, enabling them to become "reflective practioners".
For the past year, would-be PGDipEJ students have ... read more
The “ardent Africans” are here
By: Siyasanga Tyali
They could have chosen to go to any institution of higher learning in the world, but this year’s MA students chose the out of the way, relaxed but prestigious Rhodes University. The JMS alumni and events officer, Jolandi Snyders, titled them the “ardent Africans”.
Sarah-Jane Bradfield, Sharon Karamangi, Ntombomzi Mbelebele, Jolly Ntaba, Sihle Nyathi, Loisa Mbatha, Phillip Santos, Stanley Tsarwe and Duncan Collins have all made it to this year’s Masters of Journalism and Media Studies class. This year’s nine MA students were selected from 33 applic ... read more
NEW IN TOWN
The nine fulltime MA students for 2010 are all ardent Africans who approached this New Year with enthusiasm. They are ready to read about, interrogate and explore the various areas of Journalism & Media Studies. The group was officially welcomed with our traditional cocktail evening on 29 January.