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360º PERSPECTIVES | ISSUE 7 | 2020/2021
Foreword » Welcome to this special edition of 360° Perspectives that celebrates the achievements of UWC over its six decades of existence.
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HAT MAKES THIS A UNIQUE EDITION is
the fact that it melds together the past and present achievements of our university. Through the anecdotes of our alumni, we get a glimpse of the transformative role that the institution plays in the lives of our students and alumni. Dr Randall Carolissen, who recently stepped down as administrator of the National Student Financial Aid Scheme (NSFAS) and has been appointed as the Dean of the University of Johannesburg Business School, says: “No other institution offered generations a gateway out of poverty.” SARChI Chair in the Development of Human Capabilities and Social Cohesion through the Family, Prof Nicky Roman, whose husband Allan and two sons also pursued their degrees at UWC, says: “During the apartheid era, if you were not white you were made to feel lesser than or incapable. I was never going to go to a university other than UWC because UWC was home, a space where I could be myself and where I was not going to be compared to someone other than myself. I could grow and become.” The university’s impact on international students is shown in the article on Namibia’s Minister of Justice, Yvonne Dausab, who came to