Speakers

Makeba T. Green is a professor and chair of the department of Social Work at, Bowie State University and proud alumnus.  Dr. Green received her PhD from the School of Social Work at Clark Atlanta University, (Atlanta, GA), Master’s of Social Work (MSW) from Howard University (Washington, DC) and a Bachelor’s of Social Work (BSW) […]

Nolusindiso Kayi is the Senior Manager: Strategic Research Projects at SAQA. She joined SAQA from Universities South Africa (USAf) where she was Senior Manager Student Success. Prior to that, she was the Director: University Research Support and Policy Development at the Department (Ministry) of Higher Education and Training (South Africa).

Thembani Nosipho Hoho is a Research Assistant in the Office for International Affairs. She forms part of the Scholarships, Marketing and Web Content portfolio within the Office for International Affairs.

Atlehang Bokaba is a Research Assistant in the Research portfolio and in the Director’s office of the Office for International Affairs at the University of the Free State, South Africa. She is also a Research Assistant for the Female Voices on COIL project.

Tafadzwa Ruzive is an internationalisation practitioner with experience in higher education finance and administration. He cut his teeth in internationalisation at the then NMMU International Office, assisting with finance and administration.

Growing up in the creatively diverse neighbourhood of Heidedal, Bloemfontein – located in the Free State – I was surrounded by a plethora of languages, traditions, cultures, and perspectives. Exposure to such diversity at a young age ignited a curiosity in me to further explore my surroundings, laying the foundation for future explorations into the

Dr Maud Blose is currently a Teaching Advancements at a University (TAU) Fellow. She holds a PhD in Media and Cultural Studies from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She’s also a Fulbright Scholar with a MSc in Broadcast Journalism from the Medill School of Journalism at Northwestern University, Chicago, U.S.A. She has over a decade experience

Professor Chika Sehoole is a professor of higher education and the Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Pretoria. He obtained his PhD at the University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, in December 2002.

I am currently doctoral PhD student whose research topic pertains to international partnerships for research and global competitiveness in higher education. My study aims to analyse the ways in which University of Pretoria, an African flagship university, used international partnerships as a strategy to become research-intensive and globally competitive and to what extent these international