Dear Staff and Students

My name is Jerome Thokozani Mkhize. I am a Ph.D. student at the College of Law and Management Studies in the School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (UKZN). 

You are invited to consider participating in research on the analysis of the implementation of disability strategies in selected South African universities.

Aim of the study:

The study seeks to explore how Higher Education Institutions (HEI) in South Africa implement disability policies to accommodate differently-abled students (DAS), conventionally known as students with disabilities. 

Ethical Clearance for this study has been granted by UKZN as per Protocol Reference number HSSREC/00004799/2022 as attached to this email. This study is supervised by Professor F.A. Ruffin in the School of Management, Information Technology, and Governance at the UKZN, Westville Campus.

Participation in this study involves:

-Semi-structured interview that will take approximately 30 to 45 minutes

-The completion of a 16-minute questionnaire

Click on the link to access the Informed consent form for the interview. It takes approximately 3 minutes to complete: https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1idoItCpDUeMFbFGsBktUXxD8lM3yaxHgQB2QNr2wUVUN1dNN0xCRURJRzRNQ0FES05TTldUQTNHRS4u

Kindly click on the link to access the questionnaire. It takes approximately 16 minutes to complete: 

https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=1idoItCpDUeMFbFGsBktUXxD8lM3yaxHgQB2QNr2wUVUNjJDOVpHSEVRRlQ4U0Q2TUhWTERBR0NEMS4u

I look forward to hearing from you. 

Yours sincerely,

Jerome Thokozani Mkhize

Email: 214582457@stu.ukzn.ac.za or Mkhizej4@ukzn.ac.za

Cell number: (+27) 63 479 0626