UCT scrambles to recover valuable material lost in library fire
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - The UCT community, including the alumni, have urged researchers around the world who have photocopies or images of documents destroyed in the Jagger Library fire to contribute those to help recover some of the lost records.
Dr Maha Rafi Atal, a postdoctoral research fellow at the Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg, Denmark, took an initiative to establish a registry of copies of materials that researchers have among their research collections.
Atal, who is collecting the information online, said in light of the fire at UCT on Sunday, academics and other researchers around the world who have worked in those special collections and have taken photocopies or mobile phone images of documents may be able to contribute those to help recover some of the lost records.
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Anger after UCT appoints 69yr old retired white man to head up transformation
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Cape-Town - THE appointment of a 69-year-old retired white man as the acting deputy vice-chancellor (DVC) for transformation at UCT has been labelled a slap in the face of many suitable black, femme and queer candidates who should be encouraged to take up the portfolio.
Weighing in on controversy surrounding the appointment of British historical archaeologist and Emeritus Professor Martin Hall, UCT’s Student Representative Council (SRC) in a statement yesterday said they opposed the appointment even if it was a temporary one.
Reports emerged at the weekend that the DVC for transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was replaced with Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, on a R2 million salary package at a time when academics, staff and unions have been ordered to make cutbacks.
Backlash over appointment of white academic to head up transformation at UCT
By Sisonke Mlamla
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Cape Town - The University of Cape Town s (UCT) vice-chancellor Mamokgethi Phakeng, once the darling of black academics and students, seems to have fallen out of favour with them, after the appointment of a white retired academic to replace a black female academic in charge of transformation at the university.
Deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation, Professor Loretta Feris was allegedly replaced by a 72-year-old professor Martin Hall on a R2 million salary package.
Hall, who served in a variety of roles at UCT between 1983 and 2008, assumed duties as acting deputy vice-chancellor: Transformation on April 1.
The University of Cape Town (UCT) is never far away from a race-based controversy, and history appears to be repeating itself at the hallowed campus. Professor Loretta Feris, who had served as the Deputy Vice-Chancellor for Transformation, has stepped down from her role at the institution – but the pick to replace her hasn’t kept everyone happy…
Transformation professor steps down from UCT role
UCT released a statement about Feris’ decision to take an early sabbatical before her term as DVC ends. They praised the professor for her multitude of achievements, after explaining why the two parties were going their separate ways.