SAP Roundtable Programme

DESIGNING FOR SOCIAL JUSTICE PARTNERSHIP

2025 GLOBAL SaP ROUNDTABLE PART 2 Date: 2 - 3 October 2025

PROGRAMME |

Time: 08h00 - 16h00

Venue: Cape Town Hotel School, Granger Bay Campus & Hybrid

Day 1 Time

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08h00 - 09h00 09h00 - 09h15

Arrival and Registration Welcome (Hybrid)

09h15 - 09h30

Poem (Hybrid)

Presenter Xena Cupido: Director Fundani Centre for Higher Education Development CPUT

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Bulela Limba Institution: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

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Blessing Gumbi Institution: University of Cape Town 09h30 - 10h00

Opening (Hybrid)

Prof Rishidaw Balkaran: DVC Learning and Teaching CPUT

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10h00 - 10h30

Provocation 1 (Hybrid)

Simthandile Tyhali Institution: University of the Western Cape

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10h30 - 11h00

Student response (Hybrid)

Reflections on SSPs

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11h00 - 11h30 Tea Break Theme: Decolonial Methodologies and Epistemic Justice Exploring indigenous knowledge systems, decolonial frameworks and epistemic transformation.

Chair: Xena Cupido Time

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11h30 - 12h00

Crafting Decolonial Student-Staff Partnership To Enact Curriculum Transformation And Renewal Framework At UWC Institution: University of the Western Cape

Siyabulela Sabata & Logan Adams

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12h00 - 12h30

We Don’t Really Want To Decolonise, Do We? A Journey In Medical Education Institution: University of Cape Town

Dina-Ruth Lulua, Kananelo Sello and Tony Noveld

12h30 - 13h00

Reimagining Research Partnerships Through Decolonial-Relational Approaches Institution: University of Westminster

Kyra Araneta, Kelsea Costin, Jennifer Fraser, Fatima Maatwk, Özge Süvari and Esra Tahir

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Theme: Decolonial Methodologies and Epistemic Justice Exploring indigenous knowledge systems, decolonial frameworks and epistemic transformation.

Chair: Zwelibanzi Ngculu - Parallel Session 1 (Poster Presentation in-person) 11h30 - 12h00

Ubuntu And Ilima In Action Institution: Stellenbosch University

Loots R, Dunn SBA and Tsholetsane A

12h00 - 12h30

Decolonising Community Engagement With UBUNTU Institution: Vaal University of Technology

Masebala Tjabane & Ally Jan Smith

12h30 - 13h00

Reading And Thinking Together As An Act Of Social Justice Institution: University of Cape Town

Nomkhosi Xulu-Gama, Bianca Tame, Yonela Mlambo, Zukiswa Zanazo and Boikhutso Maubane

13h00 - 14h00

Arnold Brock Room

Lunch

Theme: Student-Staff Partnerships For Institutional Change Focusing on relational, participatory approaches to research, supervision and institutional transformation.

Chair: Lukhona Leni - Parallel Sesion 2 (Oral Presentation - Hybrid) 14h00 - 14h30

Decolonising Research Relationships: Co-Constructing Knowledge Through Student-Staff Partnerships In South African Education Institution: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Clayton Pieters, Amy Padayachee, Samantha Kriger, Nomthandazo Buthelezi and Nonkosi Mdiza

14h30 - 15h00

Navigating The Landscape: Dynamics Of Senior Student Mentors And Academic Development Staff Members In University Programming Institution: University of Johannesburg

Hale Tsehlana, Zweli Lukhele, Venessa Damons and Siyabonga Ntiyiso Mkhonto

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Theme: Student-Staff Partnerships For Institutional Change Focusing on relational, participatory approaches to research, supervision and institutional transformation.

Chair: Ashleigh Petersen-Cloete: Parallel Session 2 (Poster in person) Time

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14h00 - 14h20 Disrupting The Status Quo: Centering Social Justice In Partnerships Institution: University of Limpopo

Medwin Sepadi

14h20 - 14h40 Student–Staff Partnership Voices: Co-Creation Of A First-Year Transition Programme Institution: University of the Western Cape

Brittany Adams, Zoe Bok, Tina Hlanjwa and Michelle Jaftha

14h40 - 15h00 Innovating Undergraduate Mathematics Curriculum: From Student-Focused Workshops To Students As Tutors, Designers, Writers, And Researchers In A Teaching Community Of Practice Institution: University of Cape Town

Ruach Slayen, Kenneth Freeman, Faith Katabwa, Johnson Mahlangu, Caleb Nyathi, Kate le Roux and James Mbewu

15h00 - 16h00 Designing For Social Justice Partnerships - Voices In The Field Institution: Cape Peninsula University of Technology

Asanda Ngoasheng

Arnold Brock Room

Imbizo Room

Theme: Technology, Digital Spaces, And Decolonial Design Using digital tools and platforms to foster equity, access and student agency.

Chair: Tefo Mosienyane - Parallel Session 3 (Oral Presentation - Hybrid) 15h00 - 15h30 Heutagogical Nexus: Builiding A Digital Ecosystem Of Support For Staff And Students In Open Distance E-learning Institution: University of the Free State

Dollly Mthembu

15h30 - 16h00 Student Curriculum Partnerships (SCP): Co-Creating Inclusive And Future-Ready Cybersecurity Curricula Institution: London Metropolitan University

Muhammad Saeed UI Hassan Raza and Jessica Hoarau

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Theme: Technology, Digital Spaces, And Decolonial Design Using digital tools and platforms to foster equity, access and student agency.

Chair: Deidre Johnson - Parallel Session 3 (Poster in person) Time

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15h00 - 15h30

Digital Belonging By Design: Building Institutional Literacy With Students Institution: University of Cape Town

Luna August

15h30 - 16h00

KHANYA EBE HUB: Decolonising Academic Advising Through Ai-Enhanced Student-Staff Partnerships In South African Engineering Education Institution: University of Cape Town

Athenkosi Nzala

16h00 - 17h00 Keynote Speaker Prof Emerita Laura Rendón, University of Texas - San Antonio Chair: Subethra Pather

Arnold Brock Room

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Strengthening Student-Staff Partnerships: Employing A Humanized Approach Through Validation, Belonging and Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy

Laura I. Rendón Ph.D. is a nationally-recognized student advocate, scholar and contemplative educator. Prof Emerita Laura Rendón, University of Texas - San Antonio, and she has held faculty and administrative appointments at several universities. She earned a doctorate in higher education administration at the University of Michigan.

Rendón grew up in a low-income, single-parent household along the U.S. Mexico border in Laredo, Texas. She is a teaching and learning thought leader and developed validation theory as a framework to foster student success. Rendón is the author of Sentipensante (Sensing/Thinking) Pedagogy: Educating for Wholeness, Social Justice and Liberation along with eight other books and monographs and an extensive list of scholarly publications. Rendón is the 2021 recipient of the Howard Bowen Distinguished Career Award issued by the Association for the Study of Higher Education.

In 2023 Rendón received the Distinguished Alumni Award at the University of Michigan and at San Antonio College.

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17h00 - 17h15

Closing of Day 1

Associate Professor Subethra Pather: UWC

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17h15 - 18h15

Network Event

Drumming Workshop

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18h30

Dinner

End of Day 1

Day 2 Time

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09h00 - 09h30

Opening

Restaurant Daniela Gachago Institution: University of Cape Town

09h30 - 09h40

Poem 2

Zoe Bok Institution: University of the Western Cape Logan Adams Institution: University of the Western Cape

Theme: In Conversation: A North And South Engagement Chair: Lukhona Leni - Panel (Hybrid) 09h45 - 11h00 Pedagogies For Social Justice And Designing For Social Just Partnership Project Institution: University of the Western Cape, University of Cape Town, Cape Peninsula University of Technology and University of Westminster Team 11h00 - 11h30

Esai Reddy Ashleigh PetersenCloete, Zwelibanzi Ngculu, Kelsea Costin, Özge Süvari and Yumeng Hang

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Tea Break

Theme: Curriculum Innovation And Co-Creation Highlighting collaborative curriculum design, assessment and student-led educational reform.

Chair: Daniela Gachago - Parallel Session 1 (Oral Presentation Hybrid) 11h30 - 12h00 Can Collaborative Rubric Co-Creation Enhance Agency And Transformation In Nambia Institution: Namibia University of Science and Technology

Katherine Carter and Johanna Botha

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12h00 - 12h30 Dot4d Student Fellowship Programme: Exploring Partnership And Promoting Student Voice Through Open Education Institution: University of Cape Town

Bianca Masuku and Nico Pampier

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12h30 - 13h00 A Reflective Discussion On The Contribution Of Tutors And Graduates Lecturing Assistants (Ta’s) Advancing Decolonisation Of Student Staff Partnerships In South Africa’s Tertiary Education System Institution: University of the Western Cape

Enathi Paulse

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Theme: Decolonial Methodologies And Epistemic Justice Exploring Indigeneous knowledge systems, decolonial frameworks and epistemic transformation.

Chair: Subethra Pather - Parallel Session 1 (Oral Presentation Online) 11h30 - 12h00

Improving Student Belonging And Success Through Co-Created Decolonized Pedagogies And Anti-Racist Practice Institution: Leeds Trinity University

Syra Shakir

Arnold Brock Room

12h00 - 12h30

Aiming To Improve Social Inclusion In Physician Assistant Students’ Classroom Experience Through Partnership Institution: Tufts University

Haili Dunbar and Rayner Loder

Arnold Brock Room

12h30 - 13h00

Lunch

Theme: Community Engagement And Afrocentric Practices Centering Ubuntu and Afrocentric philosophies in higher education transformation.

Chair: Asanda Ngoasheng 14h00 - 14h30 Attempts To Remember What Was Dismembered: Student Cultural Integration Through The Student Hubs Of Convergence At Nelson Mandela University Institution: Nelson Mandela Metropolitan 14h30 - 15h00

Decolonising Community Engagement With UBUNTU (Also Presented Poster) Institution: Vaal University of Technology

15h00 - 15h30 Transforming Leadership Development: A Socially Just Approach Enhanced By Student-Staff Co-Creation Institution: University of Cape Town

Carl Leshilo

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Masebala Tjabane and Ally Jan Smith

Christine Immenga, Naledi Mohale and Abicha Tshiamala

15h30 - 16h00

Designing For Socially Just Partnership Project Re-Envisioning Ssps For Global South (Dreaming And Reflective Session) Institution: University of Cape Town and University of the Western Cape

Esai Reddy and Ashleigh Petersen-Cloete

Arnold Brock Room

16h00 - 16h30

Closing of Day 2

Subethra Pather and Sydney Adams

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Thank You End of Day 2