{"id":3888,"date":"2018-07-19T18:04:36","date_gmt":"2018-07-19T16:04:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/?p=3888"},"modified":"2018-07-20T08:50:09","modified_gmt":"2018-07-20T06:50:09","slug":"the-ubuntu-learning-community-celebrates-mandela-day-at-brandvlei-prison","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.sun.ac.za\/law\/the-ubuntu-learning-community-celebrates-mandela-day-at-brandvlei-prison\/","title":{"rendered":"The Ubuntu Learning Community celebrates Mandela Day at Brandvlei Prison"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dr Mary Nel, the\u00a0academic director of a new educational partnership between Stellenbosch University (SU) and Brandvlei Prison in Worcester and a number of colleagues, including Prof Reggie Nel (Dean of Theology)\u00a0and students from SU\u00a0celebrated Mandela Day at the Brandvlei Prison on 18 July 2018.<\/p>\n

The educational partnership, \u00a0which is the first of its kind in South Africa, is known as the Ubuntu Learning Community. It is an initiative of Prison to College Pipeline South Africa. P2CP is a project started at John Jay College of Criminal Justice in New York by Prof Baz Dreisinger and focuses on educating those in incarceration with the aim of integrating them into the university community upon release.<\/p>\n

The Ubuntu Learning Community in collaboration with P2CP-SA is the first prison-university partnership in South Africa.<\/p>\n

It is envisaged that\u00a0an interdisciplinary pilot project will commence in 2019, where, under facilitation of SU academics,\u00a0SU students and incarcerated UNISA students from Brandvlei will learn together in prison.\u00a0 The theme decided on after a brainstorming session in Brandvlei involving SU students, SU academics and incarcerated UNISA students is: \u201cAm I because we are?\u00a0 Exploring selves and communities.\u201d\u00a0 Currently the Faculty of Law and the Departments of English and History are involved in the initiative.\u00a0The Stellenbosch University Law Clinic is also excited to become involved in this project and to explore ways in which the relationship between clinical legal education and prison education can be used as a tool for social impact and transformation.<\/p>\n

Any\u00a0SU academics or SU students who are interested in learning more about the initiative are welcome to contact Dr Mary Nel at mnel@sun.ac.za<\/a><\/p>\n

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Some of the participants at the Mandela Day celebration. Prof Reggie Nel (second from left), Prof Baz Dreisinger (fourth from left), Dr Mary Nel (middle) with Brandvlei staff and SU students<\/p><\/div>\n

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