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‘Taking hold’ of mobile phone stories in a Cape Flats reading club
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
This ethnographically-orientated intervention explored how members of a Cape Flats reading
club “took hold” (Street, 2009) of digital literacy in their engagement with online fictional
stories accessed by a mobile phone. ...
The curriculum as preparation for the world of work: A critical analysis of the learner curriculum for young adults at a Community Education and Training College.
(UWC, 2020)
The main objective of the research is to analyze critically how the curriculum at a Community College in the Western Cape prepares young adults for the world of work in the fields of Travel and Tourism and Small Medium and ...
Determining the spectroscopic quadrupole moment of the first 2+ state in 36Ar
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
A series of reorientation-effect Coulomb-excitation experiments
were carried out at iThemba LABS from April to May 2016.
Enriched ion beams of Ar, Ar and S were bombarded at safe
energies, well below the ...
The relationship between adolescents' subjective well-being and career aspirations adolescents residing in low socio-economic communities in Cape Town: The mediating role of social support
(University of the Western Cape, 2020)
Adolescence is a critical developmental stage wherein adolescents face various challenges which
potentially impact on the development of their future orientation, the setting of and working
towards goals, and ultimately ...
Research data management in public universities in Malawi
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The emergence and subsequent uptake of Information and Communication Technologies has
transformed the research processes in universities and research institutions across the globe.
One indelible impact of Information and ...
Exploring practices adopted by African students to attain completion in the University of the Western Cape
(UWC, 2020)
This study explores practices that enable African doctoral students to manage their experiences in order to make progress and eventually complete their doctoral study at the University of the Western Cape in South Africa. ...
Evaluation of the effects of micro, small and medium enterprises finance policy on job creation in Nigeria
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The researcher attempted to assess the effectiveness of Bank of Agriculture (BOA)
microloan scheme on job creation among micro and small enterprises. This is in view of
the unprecedented rise in the unemployment rate in ...
The genus Spongites (Corallinales, Rhodophyta) in South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
Coralline red algae (Corallinales, Hapalidiales, Sporolithales: Corallinophycidae, Rhodophyta)
are widespread and common in all the world’s oceans (Adey & McIntyre 1973; Johansen 1981;
Littler et al. 1985; Björk et al. ...
Laccases from actinomycetes for lignocellulose degradation
(University of the Western Cape, 2012)
Lignocellulose has a complex structure composed mainly of lignin, hemicellulose and cellulose. Several enzymes are needed for the degradation of lignocellulose into simple sugars. Actinomycetes are known to produce laecases ...
Social entrepreneurs’ perceptions on the contribution of networking toward organizational sustainability of social enterprises in Cape Town, South Africa
(University of the Western Cape, 2019)
The main aim of this study was to make contributions to the body of literature on social enterprises, and more specifically in an African context. The nascent nature of social enterprises as an organisational structure is ...