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Established in 1904, Rhodes University is the province's oldest university, and it is the sixth oldest South African university in continuous operation, being preceded by the University of the Free State (1904), [4] University of Witwatersrand (1896), University of South Africa (1873) as the University of the Cape of Good Hope, [5] Stellenbosch ...
Rhodes University Library housed the Thomas Pringle Collection, which later formed the National English Literary Museum, colloquially known as NELM.Launched in 1972 at the instigation of Professor Guy Butler, Karin de Jager [7] recalls that the "fledgling Thomas Pringle Collection was housed in the only available open space in the Rhodes Library – for unknown reasons dubbed The Priest’s Hole.
The Cory Library for Humanities Research, formerly The Cory Library for Historical Research, is a research library at Rhodes University, and is one of the branch libraries of the Rhodes University Library services. [1] In addition to its preservation of Eastern Cape history, it also contains the archives of the Methodist Church of Southern Africa.
In 2004 the higher education environment in South Africa was restructured, realigning the previously advantaged and disadvantaged institutions. Some of the eight member institutions of the SEALS consortium merged to form the Walter Sisulu University, Rhodes University, the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the University of Fort Hare. [6]
The International Library of African Music (ILAM) is an organization dedicated to the preservation and study of African music.Seated in Grahamstown, South Africa, ILAM is attached to the Music Department at Rhodes University and coordinates its Ethnomusicology Programme which offers undergraduate and post-graduate degrees in Ethnomusicology that include training in performance of African music ...
Since 2013, Rhodes University has held this critical position about rankings [11] Rhodes position was given credence by Wits University, when Wits recently re-published an article in “The Conversation” [12] entitled “ University rankings are unscientific and bad for education: experts point out the flaws”. [13]
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Jakes Gerwel, chancellor of Rhodes University and Rhodes Trust CEO John Rowett hatched the idea. The Rhodes Trust wished to return some of Rhodes' wealth to South Africa and Africa "in a symbolic act of reconciliation and reparation". [2] It was determined that funding of £1 million would be provided annually to the foundation for the ...