This page was updated in December 2022
Here you find documents produced by or in collaboration with the UCT Knowledge Co-op.
Guides for working in Communities:
- What is the Co-op and how can it help
- UCT Knowledge Co-Op. Student Guide. 2014
- UCT Knowledge Co-Op. Code of Good Practice for Engaged Scholarship, 2020
News
Innovation at UCT 2023 - https://uct.ac.za/sites/default/files/media/documents/uct_ac_za/190/rci_innovationsuct_brochure_2023_-_web.pdf
A UCT research programme co-creates knowledge with adjacent communities. 23 July 2023. https://www.usaf.ac.za/a-uct-research-programme-co-creates-knowledge-with-adjacent-communities
Research meets community-based organizations. 7 FEBRUARY 2023. UCT Knowledge Co-op: https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2023-02-07-uct-knowledge-co-op-research-meets-community-based-organisations
Research that affirms and disrupts. 21 JUNE 2017. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2017-06-21-research-that-affirms-and-disrupts
Stepping Stone Video Outreach Programme 2016. UCT Knowledge Co Op. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RuOAq9PF1-o
Careers expo champions non-profit sector. 13 AUGUST 2015. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2015-08-13-careers-expo-champions-non-profit-sector
Hand-in-hand: Knowledge works for communities. 07 AUGUST 2015. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2015-08-07-hand-in-hand-knowledge-works-for-communities
The case against privatizing knowledge. 22 SEPTEMBER 2014. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2014-09-22-the-case-against-privatising-knowledge
A little help from friends. 03 JUNE 2013. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2013-06-03-a-little-help-from-friends
Research put to work in local communities. 05 SEPTEMBER 2011. https://www.news.uct.ac.za/article/-2011-09-05-research-put-to-work-in-local-communities
Articles:
- Janice McMillan, Suki Goodman, and Barbara Schmid, Illuminating “Transaction Spaces” in Higher Education: University–Community Partnerships and Brokering as “Boundary Work” Journal of Higher Education Outreach and Engagement, v20 n3 p8-30. 2016.
- IPD, Report on the UCT Knowledge Co-op pilot. Evaluation report at the end of the pilot phase, August 2013.
- McMillan , Goodman & Winkler. Establishing the criteria for ’good practice': Evaluating a model of a university-community knowledge partnership, Poster presented at the GUNI conference GUNI poster, Barcelona, May 2013.
- McMillan et al. ’Researching practice': a first step in evaluating the complex practices in a university-community ÂKnowledge Co-op'. Paper presented at the 5th Living Knowledge conference, Bonn, 10-12 May 2012.
- Penfold & Goodman. Literature Review: Evaluating Knowledge Partnerships, 2011.
- 2021 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2020 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2019 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2017-2018 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2016 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2015 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
- 2014 Quality Assurance report__UCT Knowledge Co-op
Outputs from Co-op projects can be found in the list on the Completed Projects page along with the respective project description.