Troubling the numbers: is teacher demand projections possible within the context of HIV/AIDS

This article explores two ways of knowing about teacher demand within the context of HIV/AIDS. It argues that by privileging particular variables that one wants to conceptualise, interrogate and understand, projections on teacher demands may vary. Which variables then needs to be conceptualised and what projections on teacher demand are reasonable within the HIV/AIDS pandemic? This article further explores possible responses that higher education needs to consider with respect to teacher supply and demand. The search for new and appropriate research methodologies within the veil of secrecy that shrouds HIV/AIDS is yet a challenge for higher education to inform research in this area. South African Journal of Higher Education Vol.17(2) 2003: 171-18

Transformational access: The Upward Bound Programme as a possibility for promoting access to Higher Education

The Upward Bound Programme (UBP) was a model of intervention to redress access of previously disadvantaged students to higher education. Upward bound was conceptualised on the assumption that by exposing school learners to university life and giving them additional academic tuition, their chances of accessing university education will be enhanced. In this article we offer an understanding of the success of such an intervention. We argue that gaining access into higher education goes beyond attaining appropriate pass rates. Data generated through a tracer study project was used to explore the workings of the UBP as a useful tool for creating conditions of hope and possibility. Success and access, however, are shaped by a range of contextual and personal forces that make the educational transformational agenda of the country a challenging responsibility. This article alludes to these challenges through an understanding and critique of the Upward Bound Programme. South African Journal of Higher Education Vol. 21 (4) 2007: pp. 733-75

An exploration of pupils enrolment projections within KwaZulu-Natal: Implications for teacher demand analysis

No Abstract. South African Journal of Higher Education Vol. 21 (1) 2007: pp.163-18