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University of the Witwatersrand
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Keywords

Environmental Education, Green Skills, Critical realism, Just Transition, Green Jobs

Countries

South Africa

Biography

Dr. Presha Ramsarup is the Director of the Centre for Researching Education and Labour, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg. Her PhD focused on a systems approach to change orientated learning pathways and sustainable development. Her work is focused on supporting Green Skills development through an employer led demand project to identify green jobs and researching opportunities to green traditional jobs across sectors.

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Employment (2)

University of the Witwatersrand: Johannesburg-Braamfontein, Gauteng, ZA

2017-04-01 to present | Director (Centre for Researching Education and Labour )
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University of the Witwatersrand : Johannesburg-Braamfontein , Gauteng, ZA

2015 to 2017 | Green Skills Programme National Co-ordinator (Centre for Researching Education and Labour )
Employment
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Education and qualifications (2)

Rhodes University: Grahamstown, ZA

2008-04-01 to 2015-04-01 | PhD
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Rhodes University : Grahamstown , Eastern Cape, ZA

2005-01-01 to 2008 | MEd (Education )
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Professional activities (22)

Southern African Association for Environmental Education : Johannesburg , ZA

Secretary General
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SIPS Occupational Task Team : Johannesburg, ZA

Environmental Manager and Environmental Engineer
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SADC Regional Environmental Education Programme: Botswana , BW

South African Representative
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Researching Work and Learning : Eastern Cape, ZA

Advisory Committee Member
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National Teacher Education Working Group for Environmental Education: Johannesburg , ZA

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National Environmental Skills Planning Forum: Johannesburg , ZA

Chairperson of the Research Committee
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National Core training Team for rollout of NCS : Johannesburg , ZA

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Greenmatter Fellowship : Johannesburg , ZA

Environmental Leader in South Africa
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Conference Paper:Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA): Johannesburg , ZA

2019 to 2019 | Green Skills research tools (SA)
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Conference Paper:Environmental Education Association of Southern Africa (EEASA): Johannesburg , ZA

2019 to 2019 | EMS and Sustainbility, a curriculum investigation (SA)
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Conference Paper:Conference for the United Kingdom Forum for International Education and Training: Oxford , GB

2019 to 2019 | VET and Inclusion. ( Oxford City)
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Conference Paper: Journal for Vocational Education and Training conference: Oxford , GB

2019 to 2019 | Framing a Sustainability lens on VET: an Absence and Emergence Laminated System Analysis (University of Oxford)
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Conference Paper: University of Lillehammer: Lillehammer , NO

2018 to 2018 | An Expanded Methodological view of Learning Pathways: Absenting Absences.
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Conference Paper: Education and the Social Sciences International Research School: Grahamstown , ZA

2018 to 2018 | Working with Critical Realism: the story of my PhD. Critical Realism. Rhodes University. Environmental Learning Research Centre)
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Conference Paper: Teacher Mentoring and Peer Learning Conference.: Hong Kong, CN

2017 to 2017 | Understanding the implications of 'greening' occupations for planning of TVET . Greening TVET curriculum and skills . ( Education University Of Hong Kong UNEVOC Centre. (joined via skype).
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Conference Paper: Southern Africa Regional Forum on Improving the Quality of TVET Teachers through Training and Greening TVET.: Lilongwe, MW

2017 to 2017 | Greening TVET: Experiences of Greening Work.
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Conference Paper: South African Green Youth Indaba.: Johannesburg , ZA

2017 to 2017 | Transitioning into Green Jobs in a Green Economy.
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Conference Paper: National Skills Conference: Pretoria , ZA

2017 to 2017 | Can NSDS Impact/evaluation research study influence the NSDP?
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Conference Paper: National consultation for South African Environmental Education Strategy: Pretoria , ZA

2017 to 2017 | Designing a Country Strategy (Pretoria)
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Conference Paper: International Critical Realism Conference.: Turin, IT

2017 to 2017 | Absences in Environmental Learning Pathways. ( University of Turin)
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Conference Paper: Education and the Social Sciences International Research School. : Grahamstown , ZA

2017 to 2017 | Working with Critical Realism: the story of my PhD. Critical Realism Rhodes University. Environmental Learning Research Centre)
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Conference Paper: 10th Researching Work and Learning Conference: Grahamstown , ZA

2017 to 2017 | An Expanded Methodological view of Learning Pathways: A laminated systems perspective. ( Rhodes University)
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Funding (3)

Fundisa For Change

2019 to 2021 | Contract
Fundisa for Change (Johannesburg , ZA)
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GCRF

2018 to 2021 | Grant
University Of Nottingham (Nottingham , GB)
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Occupations and Skills

2018 to 2021 | Contract
BANKSETA, MERSETA and SERVICES SETA (Johannesburg , ZA)
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Works (22)

Skills for the just energy transition: Is skills research ‘on track’?

South African Journal of Science
2024-09-26 | Journal article
DOI: 10.17159/sajs.2024/17877
Contributors: Presha Ramsarup; Victoria Hepplethwaite; Wendy I.J. Poulton; Nicola Jenkin
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A landscape view of emerging sustainability responses within VET

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2024-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2024.2320911
Contributors: Presha Ramsarup; Simon McGrath; Heila Lotz-Sisitka
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Oil, transport, water and food: a political-economy-ecology lens on VET in a climate changing world

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2024-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2024.2320910
Contributors: Heila Lotz-Sisitka; Simon McGrath; Presha Ramsarup
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Towards vocational education and training and skills development for sustainable futures

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2024-03-14 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2024.2317574
Contributors: Simon McGrath; Presha Ramsarup
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A laminated, emergentist view of skills ecosystems

Journal of Critical Realism
2022-10-20 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/14767430.2022.2145768
Contributors: Presha Ramsarup; Heila Lotz-Sisitka; Simon McGrath
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Green Skills Research in South Africa: Cases,Models and Methods

2019 | Book
Part of ISBN: 9780367233402
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Vocational education and training for African development: a literature review

Journal of Vocational Education & Training
2019-11-05 | Journal article
DOI: 10.1080/13636820.2019.1679969
Part of ISSN: 1363-6820
Part of ISSN: 1747-5090
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The green economy learning assessment South Africa

Higher Education, Skills and Work-Based Learning
2018-08-13 | Journal article
Part of DOI: 10.1108/heswbl-03-2018-0041
Part of ISSN: 2042-3896
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Green skills

Sustainability Transitions in South Africa
2018-07-11 | Book chapter
DOI: 10.4324/9781315190617-8
Part of ISBN: 9781315190617
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An Expanded Methodological View on Learning Pathways as Progression in Learning and Work

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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An In-depth Case Study of Environmental Engineering

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Analysing Career Stories with Dialectical Critical Realism in Learning Pathways research

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Boundary Making and Boundary Crossing in Learning Pathways Access and Progression

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Enabling Green Skills: Pathways to Sustainable Development: a source book to support planning for green economies 2017

2017 | Book
DOI: 10.21504/10962/62694
Contributors: Preshna Ramsaruphttp://orcid.org/https://orcid.org/00; Mike Ward; Eureta Rosenberg; Nicola Jenkin; Heila Lotz-Sisitka
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Introduction: Researching Sustainable Development Learning Pathways Towards Progression in Learning and Work

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Learning Pathways and Articulation

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa.
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Learning Pathways and Differentiation

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa.
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Systems Elements Influencing the Emergence of Learning Pathways from a Green Skills Perspective

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
Part of ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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Understanding Learning Pathways and Transitioning: Perspectives from the Literature.

SAQA Bulletin: Learning Pathways, the National Qualifications Framework (NQF), and Lifelong Learning in South Africa. 17(1)
2017 | Journal article
ISBN: 978-1-920649-47-0
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The nature of learning and work transitioning in boundaryless work: the case of the environmental engineer

Southern African Journal of Environmental Education
2017-12-07 | Journal article
DOI: 10.4314/sajee.v.33i1.8
Part of ISSN: 2411-5959
Part of ISSN: 1810-0333
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Absenting the absence of parallel learning pathways for intermediate skills:

Critical Realism, Environmental Learning and Social-Ecological Change.
2016 | Book chapter
ISBN: 978-1-138-02519-6
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Building capacities for green just and sustainable futures

South African Journal of Education
2016 | Journal article
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http://joe.ukzn.ac.za/Libraries/No_65_2016/Building_capacity_for_green_just_and_sustainable_futures_–_a_new_knowledge_field_requiring_transformative_research_methodology.sflb.ashx
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