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10 April 2025
Dr Dwayi speaks about his new role in internationalisation at CUT
“In the higher education sector as a whole, the internationalisation function is transcending into new trajectories, from the old model of international affairs where it has been understood as an administration function, to being a significant element of the academic project”. These are the words of the Senior Director for Centre for Global Engagement (CGE) at the Central University of Technology (CUT), Dr. Valindawo Dwayi.
Dwayi highlights the importance of the Centre for Global Engagements at CUT as a vital knowledge resource for internationalisation. This approach focuses on empowering academics, staff, and students to participate in global initiatives, decision-making, and building partnerships. In practical terms, it involves integrating expertise in teaching and learning, research, and community engagement into the overall strategy for internationalisation.
“At CGE, we are very particular about local and international partnerships. Through our focus on international academic partnerships (IAPs), we are intentional about transforming CUT to actualise her identity and significance as a university. IAPs constitute the main key success factor in the quality of our academic project. Only when we produce credible knowledge can CUT defend its value in the global space.”
As a result, the CGE team advocates for internationalisation that benefits both academics and students by leveraging powerful theories of change to drive impactful research initiatives and foster collaboration and innovation on the global level. “Our approach is to advocate for knowledge as more of the embodied than disembodied selves. Being globally engaged ought to come as second nature to the identity and significance of a typical CUT scholar,” continued Dwayi.
Dr Dwayi concludes that, for CUT, internationalisation is not just an idea to aspire to but a call to action for all major actors in knowledge advancement. This call to action is a responsibility that each member of the university community must embrace, as internationalisation provides a space to question mainstream ways of thinking and doing in more disruptive and transgressive ways.
Caption: Dr. Valindawo Dwayi, Senior Director: Centre for Global Engagement (CGE) at CUT.
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