Vol. 13 No. 1 (2025): June
This issue of Critical Studies in Teaching and Learning (CriSTaL) (Vol. 13, Issue 1, June 2025) brings together five thought-provoking papers that explore the intersecting challenges of academic writing, multilingualism, decoloniality, and student activism in South African higher education. The contributions examine writing centres through critical reflexivity, advocate for translanguaging as a means of fostering linguistic equity, and reimagine Life Orientation as a transdisciplinary counter to neoliberal pressures. Further, the issue engages deeply with African indigenous knowledge systems through the concept of ukuthunywa, and reflects on the personal and structural toll of decolonial student movements. Together, these papers invite readers to critically reimagine higher education as a more inclusive, just, and transformative space.
