THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE UWCs SLOGAN

UWC’s SLOGAN FROM HOPE TO ACTION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

UWC’s specific strength • Very keen to participate • > 40 years experience with

Mathematical modelling • Mathematical modelling of the environment, natural resource exploitation and the economics

Earth Sciences • Climate Change and its impact on – Erosion patterns – Soil

Conservation Biology and IOI • Climate Change and its impact on – Biodiversity and

CLIMATE CHANGE • Common Denominator across the sciences – Mathematics – Physics – Earth

Methods • Earth Systems Science approach – We must use each others’ strengths to

EAT • Full first year course • Full second year course • Half third

EAT Content • Deals with aspect of the environment from the viewpoint of –

IWRM • Similar to EAT but and MSc level • Takes in people of

EAT and IWRM • Difficult to manage – Breaking down faculty barriers is hard

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THE UNIVERSITY OF THE WESTERN CAPE

UWC’s SLOGAN FROM HOPE TO ACTION THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

UWC’s specific strength • Very keen to participate • > 40 years experience with raising educationally disadvantaged learners to the same standard at degree level as graduates from other Universities as almost all have jobs and many are in senior management positions now

Mathematical modelling • Mathematical modelling of the environment, natural resource exploitation and the economics thereof • Focus Areas: – Topology – Graph theory – Fluid dynamics – Biomaths – Math of finance

Earth Sciences • Climate Change and its impact on – Erosion patterns – Soil type change and the concomitant change in water penetration characteristics – Aquifer recharge – Groundwater movement and behaviour

Conservation Biology and IOI • Climate Change and its impact on – Biodiversity and its management • Time series analysis • Remote-sensing products • Calculation of vegetation-health and water stress determination with remote sensing techniques • Operational Biological Oceanography

CLIMATE CHANGE • Common Denominator across the sciences – Mathematics – Physics – Earth Sciences – Conservation Biology – Marine Biology

Methods • Earth Systems Science approach – We must use each others’ strengths to complement each other rather than stare ourselves blind on our own expertise • Significant experience with the integration of Physical Sciences and various humanities – Integrated Water Resources Management – Environmental Awareness and Techniques • Sustainable development principles • Distance, contact and adult learning – NISL – CACE

EAT • Full first year course • Full second year course • Half third year course

EAT Content • Deals with aspect of the environment from the viewpoint of – The lawyer – The geographer – The Geologist – The Social Scientists – Management – Economics?

IWRM • Similar to EAT but and MSc level • Takes in people of different backgrounds • Looks at all aspects of managing the resource

EAT and IWRM • Difficult to manage – Breaking down faculty barriers is hard – Breaking open the Silos is even harder – Requires a dedicated player who has tenacity to engage all role players on an on going basis • Yet it’s the only way to go with the Earth Institute

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