Curriculum Design and Renewal

I have worked and studied at diverse institutions through my 24 year engagement with higher education.

Stellenbosch University

As part of the teaching staff in the Department of Global Health, I have developed and implemented several Continuous Professional Development (CPD) short courses, workshops, and trainings. I would like to highlight the Qualitative Evidence Synthesis short course that was first developed in 2017 and has now been registered as a module in the 2022 handbook – being taught jointly by myself and another lecturer at KU Leuven. I have also worked with colleagues on developing Knowledge Translation short courses, which are now postgraduate modules, and with others on the new Introduction to Global Health short course, which will eventually become a standalone module. To date, I have worked with others to develop 3 modules from short course to a postgraduate semester module. Currently, I am working with a team on a Human Resources for Health module (in Health Systems) that is supported by a FINLO grant we were awarded this year. Being a part of the Global Health short course committee and working with others in the FHMS to integrate global health into the curriculum has been a learning experience for me. It has provided me with a foundation on how to approach integration into the curricular in future. Most importantly, I have a good working relationship with others in the FMHS.

This year I launched the Inclusive Health Research Programme within the Division of Health Systems and Public Health, Stellenbosch University (SU) to advance transdisciplinary teaching, learning, assessment, and research for inclusive and equitable health, as part of our strategic plan. The vision of the unit is to build equitable bridges between science and the public. The unit was initiated with funding from the Springer Nature Award, and I have funded 3 junior staff to support activities. Additionally, I lead the SU Public Square in Social and Environmental Determinants of Health which is spearheaded by the office of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor Prof Sibusiso Moyo.

Pearson International (now Eduvos)

From 2010 - 2014 I was the Head of Research and Ethics at Pearson International (now Eduvos). During this time I worked with all undergraduate years and students in the Honours year, both in the Psychology Department and the Business Management Department.

During my tenure I set up the first Research and Ethics Committee on the Tygervalley campus. I enlisted colleagues from the University of the Western Cape and Stellenbosch University to support this process as external committee members. Due to the success of this committee, we supported the Claremont campus, by reviewing their student research projects through our committee. I was also invited by the main campus in Midrand to join the National Research Committee of the institution.

To support students and provide a contextually relevant and holistic experience, I employed transdisciplinary research supervisors for the theses. Additionally I developed extra-curricular capacity building workshops in protocol development, literature reviews, interviewing skills, and data analysis. Learning was further integrated by providing real life experience on existing research projects led by myself or colleagues in my network.

Modules I convened and was responsible for included:

Pre-degree: Bridging Mathematics

First year: Quantitative Techniques & Business Statistics

Second year: Research Methodology, Child Development, Adult Development

Third year: Statistics in Psychology

Honours: Research Methods

My first class that I taught from 1st to 4th year.

The first cohort of Pearson students to attend a national PsySSA conference in 2018

African Christian College

ACC has an international identity that is reflected in the diversity of their students, lecturers, staff, and board, which typically represents 12+ African nations gathered together at the campus in Eswatini. ACC provides undergraduate-level, accredited programmes relevant to our African context.

In June 2012 I was invited to tailor and teach a course LEA308: Leadership Development and Assessment in Organisations in exchange for a month long stay in rural Swaziland to spend time writing. This was a fantastic experience in which I felt enriched and got to network with others from acorss Africa.

This particular class was an interesting dynamic for me as a young African female in a classroom with 12 African older males srudying leadership. However, we got along well and each day we connected around the subject matter and engagements so much more.

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