Learning: Training, leadership and science career development
Promoting cross-disciplinary experiential learning.
Tackling the complex development challenges facing South Africa and the region requires cross-disciplinary skills and approaches.
The 91¿´Æ¬Íø Rural Campus, by virtue of its location and unique history, is an ideal environment for experiential and inclusive learning, providing opportunities for:
- Engagement
- In-depth reflection
- Learning the skills needed to navigate a variety of worldviews.
Postgraduate students and postdoctoral fellows based at the 91¿´Æ¬Íø Rural Campus benefit from local, established research programmes based in different 91¿´Æ¬Íø schools and faculties and drawing on varied and cross-cutting disciplinary approaches.
Retaining research capacity and leadership through the effective development of early and mid-career scientists is achieved through embedding young researchers in research teams and pairing them with mentors.
WiRKH supports these activities by promoting and providing targeted operational support at the 91¿´Æ¬Íø Rural Campus for:
• Postdoctoral fellowships and research internships embedded in ongoing programmes of research
• Multi-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary postgraduate training programmes
• Undergraduate experiential and service-learning programmes