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    Partnership for first-year students in innovative programme
    (José Frantz, 2020) Pather, Subethra
    Over the past few years, much emphasis at higher education institutions in South Africa has been placed on constructing higher education in a more collaborative manner. The #RhodesMustFall movement followed by #FeesMustFall protests in 2015-16 signalled that transformation at higher education institutions was moving at a very slow pace, and students’ voices and engagement were absent. The Fallist movement called for the opening up of the higher education space to involve a more inclusive society. This meant that it was time for universities to redefine the students’ relationship with the institution. The shift was from viewing our students as clients to viewing our students as partners in learning, teaching and student success. According to Paul Ramsden (2008), the success of higher education institutions is dependent on meticulous, deliberate and strategic participation of students in partnership with academics to improve teaching and learning and in this way also promote a sense of ownership.
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    What social innovation and development can do for a university
    (José Frantz, 2020) Pather, Subethra
    Invention and innovation are two different concepts. In thecase of an invention, an investment of resources financial or otherwise is made, with the outcome being new knowledge. Innovation, on the other hand, is the outcome of utilising the new knowledge that is the outcome of the invention process to address a market or societal need and thereby results in value creation, which may be monetary or other. As articulated in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Report 2010, “Innovation is about creating value from knowledge ... Knowledge is the key input to innovation.”