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The University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN; Zulu: INyuvesi yakwaZulu-Natali, Afrikaans: Universiteit van KwaZulu-Natal) is a public research university with five campuses in the province of KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa. [7] [6] It was formed on 1 January 2004 after the merger between the University of Natal and the University of Durban-Westville. [1]
When timetables are constructed by hand, the process is often 10% mathematics and 90% politics, [2] leading to errors, inefficiencies, and resentment among teachers and students." [1] For the simplest school timetable, such as an elementary school, these conditions must be satisfied: [3] a teacher cannot teach two courses in the same time slot
FET is a free and open-source time tabling app for automatically scheduling the timetable of a school, high-school or university. FET is written in C++ using the Qt cross-platform application framework. Initially, FET stood for "Free Evolutionary Timetabling"; as it is no longer evolutionary, the E in the middle can stand for anything the user ...
Professor Makgoba joined the former University of Natal as its Vice-Chancellor in 2002, and oversaw its merger with the University of Durban-Westville into the University of KwaZulu-Natal. UKZN is one of the top five research-intensive universities in the country [5] and ranked amongst the top 500 Universities in the World. [6] [7]
In 1984 an updated version was published, edited by Jennifer Verbeek, Mary Nathanson and Elaine Peel, as Webb’s Guide to the Official Records of the Colony of Natal. [1] [5] 1965. A History of Natal. Co-authored with Edgar Brookes. [20] [18] [21] A second edition with a new preface was published in 1987. [19] [1] 1976-2014.
Professor Abdool Karim is widely recognized for his visionary and bold leadership in conceptualizing and creating research institutions in South Africa. During his tenure at the MRC and the University of KwaZulu-Natal, he created five new successful research centres – building research infrastructure and capacity in South Africa.
The comments were critical of UKZN vice-chancellor Malegapuru Makgoba's alleged repeated attempts to block from the senate agenda a faculty of Science and Agriculture submission on academic freedom, which refers to a "prevailing culture of incivility and racial stereotyping that further impedes the free exchange of ideas" at the university. [24]
She is an honorary professor of the University of KwaZulu-Natal, and was listed in 2019 by public servant organization Apolitical as one of the 100 most influential people in climate change in the world. [10] She received honorary doctorates from the University of Twente in 2022 [11] and from the University of Cape Town in 2023. [12]