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INTRODUCING THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM (SAHECEF)

INTRODUCING THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM (SAHECEF). ORIGIN OF SAHECEF. Exploratory discussions started in 2008 Initially intended as a forum for institutional managers of community engagement Further meetings & discussions Steering Committee

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INTRODUCING THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM (SAHECEF)

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  1. INTRODUCING THE SOUTH AFRICAN HIGHER EDUCATION COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORUM (SAHECEF)

  2. ORIGIN OF SAHECEF • Exploratory discussions started in 2008 • Initially intended as a forum for institutional managers of community engagement • Further meetings & discussions • Steering Committee • Launch Colloquium, 2-3 Nov 2009, MUT (22 public & 1 private HEI) • Establishment of working groups

  3. SAHECEF Launch Colloquium 2-3 November 2009, Hosted by Mangosothu University of Technology

  4. INAUGURAL BOARD MEETING • 30 November-1 December 2009, UJ • Constitution accepted • Board constituted; primus and secundus mandated in writing by Vice-Councilors • Election of Executive Committee • Election of Chairperson

  5. SAHECEF IS COMMITTED TO: • Advocating, promoting, supporting, monitoring, and strengthening community engagement at South African Higher Education Institutions; • Furthering community engagement at Higher Education Institutions in partnership with all stakeholders with a sustainable social and economic impact on South African society; and • Fostering an understanding of community engagement as integral to the core business of higher education.

  6. OBJECTIVES • Advocate and champion community engagement in South African Higher Education with relevant stakeholders; • Share experiences and best practice in terms of community engagement; • Explore opportunities for cooperation between South African Higher Education Institutions in terms of community engagement; • Encourage partnerships between South African Higher Education Institutions and other national and international stakeholders in terms of community engagement; • Facilitate the generation and management of knowledge about community engagement in a South African context;

  7. OBJECTIVES (CONT.) • Facilitate the dissemination of new knowledge in the field of community engagement; • Promote community engagement as a vehicle for development and transformation; • Facilitate the establishment of a national community engagement resource centre; • Facilitate the organisation of national community engagement conferences and provide platforms for debate about practices , monitoring and evaluation; and • Promote debate about innovative practices in the field of community engagement in the context of Higher Education.

  8. Advocacy, sharing & cooperation • NRF • CHE • DHET • HESA • SAHECEF Board Meetings • SAHECEF Working Groups • Conferences, colloquia, workshops

  9. Partnerships • Talloires Network: regional partner, 17 SA HEI members & Steering Committee membership • Global Universities Network for Innovation (GUNi): • HESA: contemplating formalisation

  10. Knowledge generation & dissemination • 2011 Conference: Book of abstracts, special issue, SAHECEF 2nd Celebration Booklet • T&L WG: Colloquium, Proceedings, Training • Research WG: publication in progress / NRF call • Volunteerism: 2 workshops, Volunteer Guide, participation in VOSESA conference • Partnerships WG: workshop (CPUT) • Management & Governance: publication in progress

  11. Promote development and transformation • Link to university-community engagement to development agendas on different levels • Transformation of SA society • Transformation of the university / elite HE system (pedagogy, epistemology, corporate citizenship)

  12. CE Resource Centre • CHESP resource centre at UWC • Has to be built out to become national CE resource centre

  13. Conferences & debates • 2011 national CE Conference • 2013 ISSL • 2014 national CE conference • Talloires/Walmart Seminar Series • Working Groups • Individual university CE conferences (UL, Wits, CUT, Rhodes, TUT, CPUT, UWC, UCT, UNISA)

  14. CONFERENCE 2011: THEMES • Community Engagement: The changing Role of South African Universities in Development • Themes • Philosophies, conceptions and theories • Processes of institutionalisation and formalisation of Community Engagement • Community Engagement in Practice • Promoting CE as Scholarship • Community Partners and Partnerships

  15. CONFERENCE 2011: KEYNOTE SPEAKERS • Local: Dr S Badat (RU), Profs M Swilling (SU), Mayekiso (NMMU), J Smith (SU), G Minkley (UFH) • International: Prof John Goddard (University of Newcastle, UK), Prof Ron Barnett (Institute of Education, UK), Dr Roxana Cardenas (Monterey University, Mexico)

  16. SUMMATIVE STATEMENT This organisation has in a relatively short time succeeded to lay a solid foundation to organise staff (academics, administrators, support staff) involved in a range of expressions of community engagement at SA universities into a community of practice that is committed to a scholarship of engagement. Its major source of capital is passion and commitment.

  17. THANK YOU

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