HSRC Seminar: HSRC-USAf Dialogue Series: The Impact of COVID-19 on Different Student Groups 
22 June 2020 

Online seminar Overview: The first in the new HSRC-USAf Dialogue Series celebrates Youth Month by focusing on the impact of universities’ COVID-19 response on different groups of students. Following the welcome to the new series by the respective Heads of the HSRC and USAf, Prof. Crain Soudien facilitates five distinct inputs on the impact of universities’ COVID-19 responses on different groups of students. What have been the various responses? How have their impacts on different student groups been mitigated? What is the emerging post-lockdown plan? These short presentations are followed by a question and answer session and a discussion to explore the key higher education policy takeaways and best practices at institutional and system levels. . Chair:     Prof. Crain Soudien, CEO, Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) Speakers:     Prof. Tawana Kupe, Vice Chancellor, University of Pretoria Dr Sizwe Mabizela, Vice Chancellor, Rhodes University Dr Angelique Wildschut, Senior Manager: Research and Policy, National Student Financial Aid Scheme Prof. Thierry Luescher, Research Director, HSRC Siphesihle Msomi, ISRC President & Mthatha Campus Premier, Walter Sisulu University Discussant:     Prof. Ahmed Bawa, CEO, Universities South Africa (USAf) For more information: http://www.hsrc.ac.za/en/events/seminars/launching-hsrc-usaf-dialogue-series