scholarly journals Re-imaging the Eastern Cape Province: Sustainable Human Development from the Perspectives of the State, Civic Society, and the University

2015 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 127 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jayshree Thakrar ◽  
Gary Minkley
Keyword(s):  
Human Development ◽  
The State ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
Planning Commission ◽  
Civic Society ◽  
The Third ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The University

The Eastern Cape Planning Commission identifies human development as the central concern that the Provincial Development Plan should be premised on (Eastern Cape Planning Commission, 2012). This article proposes to critically examine the emerging (albeit implicit) philosophicalfoundation for sustainable human development, which we read as a combination of consciousness, capability, and rational organisation, and discusses these three interrelating aspects against selected stakeholders of sustainable human development: the State, civic society and the university. We determine that a re-imagination of the Eastern Cape Province would require serious consideration for the reshaping of the State, a rethinking of the roles and relationships with, and between, civic society, and a review of the third mission of the university.

scholarly journals Spin-offs of the Third Mission and social innovation: the case study of the research–training–intervention project of Geodata Ltd

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 19-25
Author(s):  
Ezio Del Gottardo ◽  
Salvatore Patera
Keyword(s):  
Social Innovation ◽  
Research Training ◽  
Participatory Culture ◽  
Training Intervention ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
Empowerment Evaluation ◽  
The Third ◽  
First Results ◽  
The University ◽  
Start Ups

Abstract As a result of enactment of Law 297/1999, many Italian universities could improve the opportunities in applied research, activating spin-offs and start-ups in conformity with those regulations. This is a new challenge in the universities’ mission: universities are capable (and therefore they are asked) to generate not only new knowledge and competent professional profiles, but also to make a new effort in implementing the “third mission” for promoting social innovation. Considering this background, we present a research project - a training intervention named “Participatory culture, personal branding and organisational wellness” - by Espéro Pvt, a spin-off of the University of Salento, for Geodata Engineering Ltd., located in Turin, Italy. Presented below are the theoretical framework (learning organisation, empowerment evaluation and organisational wellness) and the methodology, as well as the first results.

Positive Effects of the Innovative Start-Up on University Spin-Offs

2018 ◽  
pp. 289-307
Author(s):  
Michela Piccarozzi ◽  
Cecilia Silvestri ◽  
Alessandra Stefanoni
Keyword(s):  
Third Mission ◽  
University Policy ◽  
Optimal Development ◽  
Positive Effects ◽  
The Third ◽  
Start Up ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The University ◽  
Start Ups ◽  
Regulatory Intervention

The third mission of the university has developed over the years, becoming a key aspect of university policy. The spin-offs are increasingly prosperous and innovative. Over the last decade University spin-offs in Italy have developed, but there are many difficulties that hinder the creation and success of such initiatives. A recent regulatory intervention, however, has created the conditions to overcome these difficulties by introducing the theme of innovative start-ups. Through the analysis of this issue we want to emphasize if these start-ups can contribute to the optimal development of spin-offs.

Higher Education, Social Welfare, and Corruption

2019 ◽  
pp. 54-78
Author(s):  
Marlene M. Mendoza-Macías
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Human Development ◽  
Wealth Distribution ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
The Social ◽  
The World ◽  
Primary Focus ◽  
The University ◽  
Social Management

The world is facing multiple changes and challenges; the environment shows inequalities, poverty, and corruption. Ecuador is not the exception. The man is declared the primary focus of the Ecuadorian Constitution to meet such changes. The objective of decreasing poverty, improving wealth distribution, and contributing to sustainable human development is unavoidable. In that context, the university has the pivotal role in generating interaction with society and its reality, to train professionals social and humanly responsible towards such facts, to promote the social management of knowledge from different action fields. The goal of this chapter is to specify the role of higher education institutions (HEIs) in a society where they take part, to draw up social responsibility of universities in Guayaquil and the challenges they face, as well as actions that contribute to the eradication of corruption and greater wellbeing of the society.

scholarly journals Humanitarization of University and Social Engagement Mission

2021 ◽  
Vol 30 (11) ◽  
pp. 52-63
Author(s):  
O. V. Zinevich ◽  
T. A. Balmasova
Keyword(s):  
Higher Education ◽  
Social Engagement ◽  
The United States ◽  
University Education ◽  
Third Mission ◽  
Non Profit ◽  
The Third ◽  
Good For ◽  
Mode Of Being ◽  
The University

The paper focuses on substantiating the institutional significance of the humanitarian component of University education and demonstrating opportunities for its implementation through non-profit activities of the University community. Transition to the new technological order accentuates the relevance of new personal and communicative competencies formed on the basis of education in humanities. Humanitarization is a priority task, which is reflected in the University education practices in the United States and European countries. The idea of upbringing a humanitarianly educated and humanitarianly oriented personality is declared in the discourses of the world leading Universities’ missions, whose activities are aimed at achieving public good for the society and its sustainable development. Russian documents and discussions on higher education emphasize the importance of humanitarization, but in practice, the humanitarian component in Russian universities is clearly being underestimated. In our opinion, this is due to the fact that humanitarization means mainly the strengthening of the cognitive element of University programs – the expansion of humanitarian specialties and humanitarian courses, but socially oriented University practices are not taken into account. Meanwhile, humanitarization includes both the translation of humanitarian knowledge and values – the strategic goals of the development of society, the state, the region, and the activity-based approbation of the knowledge gained in extra-curricular practices.Humanitarization of higher education is considered in the article from the standpoint of social and philosophical analysis, within the ontological aspect as a mode of being of an institutionally organized human activity on knowledge production and translation, which has closely been expressed in creating University 3.0, as well as in the idea and discourse of the third mission of University. The third mission sufficiently strengthens its emphasis on the anthropological and social function – orientation of University activities towards the genesis of a creative personality and the increased good for society. The goal of achieving the good is explicitly present in those social practices that are aimed at participating in the life of society without direct commercial gain and is implemented outside the University. The article examines the main types of socio-humanitarian practices in universities in Western countries.

Exploring lecturers' emotional challenges on their work performance at a rural university in Eastern Cape Province

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 13-31
Author(s):  
Newlin Marongwe ◽  
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Shakespeare Chiphambo ◽  
Harry Kasumba
Keyword(s):  
Teaching And Learning ◽  
Work Performance ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Eastern Cape Province ◽  
Eastern Cape ◽  
University Management ◽  
Emotional Challenges ◽  
The University

Lecturers' well-being is essential for successful education at any university. The paper seeks to explore the untold stories of emotional challenges faced by some lecturers in a rural institution of higher learning in Eastern Cape Province of South Africa. Today's universities are faced with myriad challenges, among them is lecturers' well-being. Lecturers‘ anxiety is now rampant but not enough attention is given to it since people assume that academics can cope with life's stresses. Exploring the problem and consequences on lecturers' work will provide strategies that could be implemented by the university management. The existential anxiety theory, qualitative-case study design and a purposeful sampling technique were used for the study. Interviews were utilised to collect data. Data presentation and analysis were done using verbatim quotations. The study established that university lecturers were overwhelmed by challenges such as job uncertainty, pressure to engage in research, supervision, frequent student unrest, dwindling resources, pressure to integrate information communication and technology in teaching and learning, and so forth. The study concluded that lecturers were facing a myriad of challenges that had a negative impact on the execution of their duties. The paper recommends that the university management should develop a model to address the lecturers' identified challenges.

Association between Governance and Human Development in South Asia

2016 ◽  
pp. 254-273 ◽  
Author(s):  
Arindam Laha
Keyword(s):  
South Asia ◽  
Human Development ◽  
South Asian ◽  
Good Governance ◽  
The State ◽  
Working Environment ◽  
Asian Countries ◽  
Governance System ◽  
Sustainable Human Development ◽  
Catalytic Role

Good governance could play a catalytic role in creating an enabling working environment where the dream of sustainable human development can be fulfilled, whereas poor governance could erode individual capabilities to meet even the basic needs of sustenance for vulnerable sections of the population. Under this backdrop, this study attempts to explore empirically the association between the governance and human development in the context of South Asian countries. Broadly, a converging trend of both the indices of governance and human development across South Asian countries is noticeable with the passage of time. Moreover, substantial empirical evidences suggest that the state of governance and that of level of human development are positively correlated in the sense that countries having a better functioning of governance system are also the countries with relatively high levels of human development.

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