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Conference on Education and Social Justice

Invitation

Media coverage

  1. Newzroom Afrika TV interview
  2. Polity article: "Education has enormous potency to achieve social justice - Thuli Madonsela"
  3. PowerFM podcast interview

Event details

Theme:

Social Justice and Education for the 21st Century: Towards a Decade of Equalizing Opportunities and Optimizing Social Justice Outcomes in and Through Education

Keynote address:

Prof Fernando M. Reimers is the Ford Foundation Professor of the Practice of International Education and Director of the Global Education Innovation Initiative and of the International Education Policy Masters Program at Harvard University. An expert in the field of Global Education, his research and teaching focus on understanding how to educate children and youth so they can thrive in the 21st century. He is a member of UNESCO’s high level commission on the Futures of Education.

Key speakers include:

  • Prof Thuli Madonsela, Social Justice Chair, Stellenbosch University and M-Plan Convenor
  • Prof Wim de Villiers, Rector and Vice-Chancellor, Stellenbosch University
  • Prof Nicola Smit, Dean of Law, Stellenbosch University

Date: 3 June 2021, 09:00 - 17:00

Venue: Digital event taking place on Microsoft Teams


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By Chair in Social Justice team
Published 25 May 2021


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About the Chair:

Professor Thulisile “Thuli” Madonsela, an advocate of the High Court of South Africa, heads the Centre for Social Justice and is a law professor at the University of Stellenbosch, where she conducts and coordinates social justice research and teaches constitutional and administrative law.

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