Academic literacies unpacked at CPUT colloquium
SCHOLARSHIP: Presenters and respondents with Fundani’s Dr Lynn Coleman (denim jacket) and academic literacies world expert, Mary Lea (green trousers), at the regional colloquium to discuss scholarship, research and practice of Academic Literacies held at the Cape Town Hotel School
Friday, 21 November 2014
Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development recently held a regional colloquium to discuss scholarship, research and academic literacies in the South African context.
The colloquium provided a space for collegial engagement among the universities in the Western Cape to participate in a conversation that attempted to mark-out, reclaim and re-assert a possible role for an academic literacies research perspective within their higher education context.
The colloquium brought together an interesting mix of established scholars and emerging voices connected by their adoption and use of an academic literacies perspective to frame and direct their explorations of student writing and learning in the South African higher education context.
Held at the Cape Town Hotel School, the colloquium also featured academic literacies expert Mary Lea, a Reader in Academic and Digital Literacies in the Institute of Educational Technology at the Open University in the UK, as a respondent.
Academic literacies is a field of enquiry which emerged in the mid-1990s and focuses on student writing in higher education.
Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Learning and Teaching, Prof Anthony Staak, says the majority of students who enter universities are not able to write and read at the level which is required at university and providing support to them was taken seriously at CPUT .
“Fundani is at the centre of most of these efforts,” added Staak.
Written by Kwanele Butana
Email: butanak@cput.ac.za
News categories
- Advancement 12
- Alumni 89
- Awards 29
- Campus Life 22
- Community Engagement 179
- Disability Unit 12
- Applied Sciences 91
- Business & Management Sciences 82
- Education 102
- Engineering & the Built Environment 127
- Health & Wellness Sciences 82
- Informatics & Design 60
- Fundani CHED 23
- Funding 20
- GBV 16
- Graduation 68
- HIV/Aids Unit 50
- Know Your CPUT 69
- Library 17
- News 3636
- RTIP 317
- Residences (Accommodation) 13
- Staff 709
- SIP 42
- Students 1421
- Student Health 48
- Sport, Arts & Culture 105
- SRC 5
- Student Affairs 16
- University Leadership 17
- Varsity Shield 13
- Vice-Chancellor 21
- Work-Integrated Learning 24
- THENSA 12
Latest NEWS
Photo Credit: Iviwe Tom
Postgraduate orientation connects students with tools for success
Tuesday, 05 May 2026
Read more