Ruksana Osman

TL;DR: In Malawian higher education policy documents, the concept of learning environment seems to be conceptualised narrowly as the physical environment in which lecturers or academics facilitate learning as discussed by the authors, which is a need to expand the notion to include the influence of the entire socio-political setting or "lifeworld" to which Malawi universities belong.

TL;DR: In the context of a decolonised university in South Africa, students will be one of the drivers of change as mentioned in this paper, which is relevant as South Africa remains a developing country in many respects and its universities are considered an integral aspect of the aspirations to address issues pertaining to socioeconomic development.