Sustaining the University of Johannesburg and Western Sydney University partnership in the time of COVID : a qualitative case study
- Bennett, Brett M., Barton, Gregory A., Hifazat, Sameer, Tsuwane, Basetsana, Kruger, Laurence M.
- Authors: Bennett, Brett M. , Barton, Gregory A. , Hifazat, Sameer , Tsuwane, Basetsana , Kruger, Laurence M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Environmental History , Internationalisation , Study Abroad
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/461719 , uj:41135 , Citation: Bennett, B.M. et al. 2020. Sustaining the University of Johannesburg and Western Sydney University partnership in the time of COVID: a qualitative case study.
- Description: Abstract: This article offers a qualitative case study of how COVID has changed an existing international education partnership between the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa and Western Sydney University (WSU) in Australia which involves collaboration with the not-for-profit Nsasani Trust and focuses on sustainability. Before COVID, both universities ran joint student mobility programs in the Kruger National Park (KNP) and were developing further plans for staff mobility and co-developed post- grad programs involving residency in both countries. These plans changed as a result of the COVID pandemic, which started in early 2020. Societal responses to the COVID pandemic, including national border closures, have forced academics, administrators and students to reconsider how internationalisation programs function during and after the pandemic. Using a qualitative case study based on personal experience, we argue that pre-existing university-to-university connections built before COVID will sustain linkages, but that the previous structure of engagement – based on physical mobility – can shift to new arrangements that can be run fully digitally or used to support limited mobility when international travel resumes in the future. We position the UJ-WSU relationship in the historical context of internationalisation to both highlight the enduring nature of international engagements and suggest that changes are required to make international education sustainable.
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- Authors: Bennett, Brett M. , Barton, Gregory A. , Hifazat, Sameer , Tsuwane, Basetsana , Kruger, Laurence M.
- Date: 2020
- Subjects: Environmental History , Internationalisation , Study Abroad
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/461719 , uj:41135 , Citation: Bennett, B.M. et al. 2020. Sustaining the University of Johannesburg and Western Sydney University partnership in the time of COVID: a qualitative case study.
- Description: Abstract: This article offers a qualitative case study of how COVID has changed an existing international education partnership between the University of Johannesburg (UJ) in South Africa and Western Sydney University (WSU) in Australia which involves collaboration with the not-for-profit Nsasani Trust and focuses on sustainability. Before COVID, both universities ran joint student mobility programs in the Kruger National Park (KNP) and were developing further plans for staff mobility and co-developed post- grad programs involving residency in both countries. These plans changed as a result of the COVID pandemic, which started in early 2020. Societal responses to the COVID pandemic, including national border closures, have forced academics, administrators and students to reconsider how internationalisation programs function during and after the pandemic. Using a qualitative case study based on personal experience, we argue that pre-existing university-to-university connections built before COVID will sustain linkages, but that the previous structure of engagement – based on physical mobility – can shift to new arrangements that can be run fully digitally or used to support limited mobility when international travel resumes in the future. We position the UJ-WSU relationship in the historical context of internationalisation to both highlight the enduring nature of international engagements and suggest that changes are required to make international education sustainable.
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Globalisation, internationalisation and export opportunities for South Africa
- Bronkhorst, Seugnet, Nieuwenhuizen, Cecile
- Authors: Bronkhorst, Seugnet , Nieuwenhuizen, Cecile
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Globalisation , Internationalisation , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/406750 , uj:34211 , Citation: Bronkhorst, S. & Nieuwenhuizen, C. 2019. Globalisation, internationalisation and export opportunities for South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: The economic resources of capital, technology, and data as well as the exchange of goods and funds and the agriculture supply sector all become part of the ‘border-less world’. The Government and private organisations are arduously demanding factors to stimulate growth in the South African economy through various strategies and comprehend export development as a priority. The Department of Trade and Industry grow the export base and increase exports from South Africa as well as develop an approach to export expansion supported by strategic export promotion in line with global best practice resulting in the Integrated National Export Strategy (INES) or ‘Export 2030’. Within the demand for wood, South Africa has the opportunity to increase its wood supply into world markets in the future to various countries and indications are of countries and regions which might be future potential markets with this research main aim towards entering the European Union market. South Africa may enter the EU markets without any tariff barriers because it falls under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). However, South African produce still have to meet certain requirements to enter the EU market, for example, they have to provide evidence of origin to EU customs in the form of a Certificate of Origin and the wood or articles therefore must be transported directly to the EU from the country of origin. There are a number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) for wood products, being more complex than tariffs and more difficult to gauge their impact with an even greater trade-restricting effect than tariffs. One of these measure is the use of import quotas for forest products is declining, resulting in difficulties. However, the use of export restrictions, particularly on logs, has been increasing, and had a major impact on trade in forest products.
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- Authors: Bronkhorst, Seugnet , Nieuwenhuizen, Cecile
- Date: 2019
- Subjects: Globalisation , Internationalisation , South Africa
- Language: English
- Type: Conference proceedings
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/406750 , uj:34211 , Citation: Bronkhorst, S. & Nieuwenhuizen, C. 2019. Globalisation, internationalisation and export opportunities for South Africa.
- Description: Abstract: The economic resources of capital, technology, and data as well as the exchange of goods and funds and the agriculture supply sector all become part of the ‘border-less world’. The Government and private organisations are arduously demanding factors to stimulate growth in the South African economy through various strategies and comprehend export development as a priority. The Department of Trade and Industry grow the export base and increase exports from South Africa as well as develop an approach to export expansion supported by strategic export promotion in line with global best practice resulting in the Integrated National Export Strategy (INES) or ‘Export 2030’. Within the demand for wood, South Africa has the opportunity to increase its wood supply into world markets in the future to various countries and indications are of countries and regions which might be future potential markets with this research main aim towards entering the European Union market. South Africa may enter the EU markets without any tariff barriers because it falls under the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP). However, South African produce still have to meet certain requirements to enter the EU market, for example, they have to provide evidence of origin to EU customs in the form of a Certificate of Origin and the wood or articles therefore must be transported directly to the EU from the country of origin. There are a number of non-tariff measures (NTMs) for wood products, being more complex than tariffs and more difficult to gauge their impact with an even greater trade-restricting effect than tariffs. One of these measure is the use of import quotas for forest products is declining, resulting in difficulties. However, the use of export restrictions, particularly on logs, has been increasing, and had a major impact on trade in forest products.
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The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern Africa
- Authors: das Nair, Reena
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Internationalisation , Supermarkets , Competition
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/251082 , uj:26176 , Citation: das Nair, R. 2018. The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern Africa. Development Southern Africa, 35:3, 315-333, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2017.1390440
- Description: Abstract: In the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth and spread of supermarket chains. This paper assesses the internationalisation of supermarkets and potential reasons for the uneven outcomes seen in different countries in the region. Several factors account for the spread, including rising urbanisation, increasing per capita income, greater economies of scale and scope and more efficient procurement and distribution systems. However, the current literature does not adequately consider the importance of culture, proximity to suppliers and impact of policy objectives of national governments on the success of supermarkets in host countries, especially in developing countries. It also does not consider the nature of competitive rivalry between supermarkets and how this affects internationalisation. This paper highlights the importance of these factors in understanding the outcomes in selected southern African countries.
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- Authors: das Nair, Reena
- Date: 2018
- Subjects: Internationalisation , Supermarkets , Competition
- Language: English
- Type: Article
- Identifier: http://hdl.handle.net/10210/251082 , uj:26176 , Citation: das Nair, R. 2018. The internationalisation of supermarkets and the nature of competitive rivalry in retailing in southern Africa. Development Southern Africa, 35:3, 315-333, DOI: 10.1080/0376835X.2017.1390440
- Description: Abstract: In the past two decades, southern African countries have experienced rapid growth and spread of supermarket chains. This paper assesses the internationalisation of supermarkets and potential reasons for the uneven outcomes seen in different countries in the region. Several factors account for the spread, including rising urbanisation, increasing per capita income, greater economies of scale and scope and more efficient procurement and distribution systems. However, the current literature does not adequately consider the importance of culture, proximity to suppliers and impact of policy objectives of national governments on the success of supermarkets in host countries, especially in developing countries. It also does not consider the nature of competitive rivalry between supermarkets and how this affects internationalisation. This paper highlights the importance of these factors in understanding the outcomes in selected southern African countries.
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