#GCS 2.2.17 Pt3

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Professor Cheryl de la Rey is the Vice-Chancellor and Rector of the University of Pretoria. In this podcast she talks about the dramatic campus events of the 2016 academic year, the future of tertiary education in South Africa and the innovation that the UP has undertaken in terms of online education. Gareth also criticises the ugly architecture and language policy of the University. The Professor gives Gareth a lesson in gender preferences in study too.
2 Feb 2017 1AM English Explicit South Africa Society & Culture · News

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