Vol. 13 No. 2 (2025): December
December

Volume 13, issue 2 of CriSTaL brings together ten research articles and three book reviews that engage critically with key challenges shaping contemporary higher education. Organised around four interrelated themes—sustainable development, language and linguistics, artificial intelligence, and social justice—the issue showcases innovative pedagogical practices while interrogating dominant discourses, power relations, and assumptions within the academy. Contributions span diverse disciplinary and institutional contexts, including the Arts, Economic and Management Sciences, Physics, Language Education, and Doctoral Education, and draw on a range of methodological approaches. Across the issue, authors explore how higher education can respond more thoughtfully to social, environmental, linguistic, and technological complexities. 

 

Articles

Yvonne-Marié Brand, Janelize Morelli
1-22
Sustainable community engagement within the Arts: A conceptual framework
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2911
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Neil Eccles
23-48
Reflecting on the impacts on undergraduate economic and management science students of a Freirean-inspired module in sustainability education
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2766
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Heidi Matisonn, Amanda Hlengwa
49-66
Beyond the blueprint: (De)constructing mentorship for mid-career academics
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2686
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Tarryn Frankish, Sphelele Ngubane, Andrea Alcock
67-87
Critical considerations for COIL practitioners in Higher Education: A review of literature from South Africa, the Global South and developing spaces.
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2552
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Mbali Sunrise Dhlamini, Russell H Kaschula
88-101
Language inclusion and neo-colonialism: The impacts of ethnolinguistic admission criteria at South African universities
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2830
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Dennis Alonzo, Jan Michael Vincent Abril, Cherry Zin Oo
102-127
The use of Artificial Intelligence in English language assessment: Empirical evidence and future directions
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2723
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Yasser Atef, Maha Bali
128-155
Whose metaphor is it anyway? Analysing AI metaphors from positionality and values of speaker and recipient
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2796
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Rubby Dhunpath
156-176
Beyond empty signifiers: Reclaiming social justice as an academic pursuit in higher education
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.3093
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Bako Nyikun Audu, Honjiswa Conana, Delia Marshall
177-200
Physics graduate preparedness: A human capabilities perspective
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2808
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Sioux McKenna, Paul Ashwin, Diane Negra, Patrick Onyango, Marie Paretti, Christine Teelken
201-219
Redesigning doctoral education in South Africa: The case for structured coursework
https://doi.org/10.14426/cristal.v13i2.2895
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