Siyanda Ntlabathi

Siyanda Ntlabathi serves as HOD of the Technology Enhanced Learning Department at the Teaching and Learning Centre at the University of Fort Hare, where she provides strategic and academic leadership to enhance teaching and learning practices across the institution. With a background in Commerce and ICTs in Education, she supports academics in implementing technology-enhanced learning, developing Blended Learning Design and Curricula, integrating e-portfolios, and providing foundational support through Extended Curriculum Programmes (ECP). Additionally, she promotes academic development by fostering innovation and excellence through Communities of Practice.

Nereshnee Govender

Prof Nereshnee Govender is currently a Writing Centre Practitioner at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). She has served in this role since the inception of the DUT Writing Centre in 2013. She holds qualifications in the Social Sciences and Humanities sector as well as Higher Education Studies. She is committed to student and staff development and enhancing learning, teaching and research in higher education. Her research interests include learning and teaching in higher education, decolonising pedagogies, social responsibility in higher education, academic literacies, writing centre pedagogy, and student and staff development in higher education. She is well published and has presented at many national and international conferences with a focus on teaching, learning and research in the South African higher education environment.

Dr Anthea H M Jacobs

Anthea H M Jacobs is a graduate of Stellenbosch University (SU), holding both a Master’s and PhD in Education Policy Studies. With a rich background in education spanning the basic, further, and higher education (HE) sectors, she brings a wealth of experience to her role as an Academic Developer at the SU Centre for Teaching and Learning. The core focus of her job is the professional development of academics, which gives her the opportunity to live out one of her passions, which is empowering and building the capacity of others.

Anthea’s research interests encompass a broad spectrum of topics including HE TLA, professional development, and transformative pedagogies. In her current role, Anthea leverages her extensive expertise to drive meaningful change and innovation, striving to create an environment where TLA are not just processes but transformative experiences that shape the future of education.

Prof Muhammad Nakhooda

Bio coming soon.

Dr Rosaline Govender

Dr Rosaline Govender has a Doctorate in Education from UKZN. She has been working within the field Academic Development since 2011 at the Durban University of Technology (DUT). Her experience in academic development spans across student, staff and curriculum development. At institutional level, she has served as a member of several task teams including General Education and Siyaphumelela. She has been an active participant in the HELTASA’s Professional Development Special Interest Group (PDSIG) 2015-2017 where she served as a committee member. From 2018-2019 she served as a Co-Convenor the PGSIG and in 2020 she was nominated as the Convenor of the Professional Development Learning Community. She presently coordinates the Learning, Teaching and Assessment Module which is part of the Postgraduate Diploma in Higher Education at the DUT.