ENGAGE 15 Resources – Transformation at our universities
Here's the video recording of the session - The state of transformation in South African universities. The Transformation Oversight Committee (TOC) ...
Masculinities at university – Resources
Resources: Recording of the ENGAGE. Powerpoint - Masculinities at University The fascinating discussions in the Chat are here.
Masculinity at universities
Given the high levels of gender based violence in South Africa generally and in our universities in particular, there is ...
ENGAGE 13 – Resources
To those who attended our 13th ENGAGE gathering, we appreciate your participation and involvement. Even if you were unable to attend, ...
ENGAGE 13 – Engaging Northern hegemony
In the Academy of Science of South Africa newsletter of 29 March 2023, Professor Jonathan Jansen bemoans, in the context of ...
ENGAGE 12 – Resources
Here is the video recording of the session - The student-centred university. In this ENGAGE, we examined a recently released research ...
ENGAGE 11 – Resources
Coaching Coaching is an integral component of HELM's leadership development approach and its bespoke interventions. In this ENGAGE, we made ...
Academic advising is a critical determinant of student success
Academic advising plays a critical role in improving the success rate of students, and in advancing social justice. This was ...
The valuable lessons learnt during South Africa’s Academic Advising journey
Students want to be empowered to drive their success towards achieving their own academic and career goals. This is where ...
ENGAGE 10 Resources
Embedded below is the recording of the session. The engagement took the form of a presentation by Professor Francois Strydom, ...
ENGAGE 10
Academic advising: A catalyst for student success. Academic advising, nationally and internationally is recognised as a key high impact practice ...
ENGAGE 9
Mark Barnes recently sent out a tweet saying President Cyril Ramaphosa must appoint the 100 best people to fix the country. ...
University, what university? The praxis of 4IR in higher education
At the recent Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) ENGAGE #8 event, blended learning, critical thinking and leadership attributes received ...
ENGAGE 7: Internationalisation
Even before the pandemic, internationalisation of higher education had become much more than joint degrees and exchanges, with a knowledge drift ...
Reigniting the Internationalisation of Higher Education in South Africa
While the CoVID-19 pandemic prevented students from going overseas to study because of travel bans, it did create opportunities for ...
An advocacy for global learning for all and internationalisation in an African context
Internationalisation in higher education is entering a new and critical phase in which it has to become more inclusive and ...
Towards improving the mental health of students at South African universities
Findings of one of the largest student mental health surveys ever undertaken in the world – which was initiated by ...
A focus on the mental health of staff at SA universities
Not enough attention has been paid to staff at South Africa’s universities when it comes to their mental health. However, ...
ENGAGE 6: Mental health at our universities
For a traumatic event, like Covid-19, to be assessed and processed, normally requires that it is over. But as ...
ENGAGE 5: Digital Ideation
From the usual registration woes in February 2020 to empty lecture halls, deserted campuses, hollowed out residences, Covid-19 ushered in ...
ENGAGE 4: What it Means for Deans
HELM, in conjunction with the Ali Mazrui Centre for Higher Education Studies at the University of Johannesburg hosts the fourth ...
ENGAGE 3: Student Success
The Covid pandemic has amplified the context in which student learning and development take place. More precisely, learning and development are ...
ENGAGE 2: Covid-19 and African higher education
HELM ENGAGE asks a simple if unthinkable question: What are the benefits of Covid-19? Without diminishing the terrible cost of the ...
ENGAGE 1: Women in Leadership
The opening engagement examined the impact of the Women in Leadership (WiL) Programme. With an introduction to the HELM ENGAGE ...
Women in Leadership (WiL) Programme – 2023 launch
Reflect and learn as a leader and change agent at your own institution The sound of the late Tina Turner’s What’s ...
Emboldening women’s leadership in the university: WiL Certification Ceremony
Opening with a live and rousing version of “Celebration” performed by the Two Tone band, The Women in Leadership (WiL) Programme ...
WiL 2022 – A compendium
The inaugural Women in Leadership (WiL) programme was launched in the middle of a pandemic (September 2020) and the second WiL ...
WiL Gallery 2020
The first cohort of 26 senior members of staff from 17 universities participated in the 2020 WiL programme. Based on ...
WiL Programme sessions
The inaugural Women in Leadership (WiL) programme was launched in the middle of the pandemic (September 2020) and was necessarily ...
News and views
This section provides a catchment area for news, brochures, academic articles and other material related to the WiL programme. News ...
WiL Programme evaluation
The British Council and USAf co-commissioned M&ESURE Research and Evaluation to undertake a review of the WiL pilot programme (2021) ...
The WiL team
Prof Denise Zinn is the HELM Programme Leader for the Women in Leadership Programme. Previously she held the positions of ...
Comings and Goings
'Comings and Goings' is HELM’s occasional newsletter. These updates are purposefully meant as ‘forthcoming attractions’ rather than as a list ...
HELM SUMMIT 2022 Resources:
- Download the Summit report.
- View the HELM SUMMIT 2022 on YouTube channel.
(It contains all the recordings of the Summit sessions for those who may have missed a particular session.) - Dr Seale and Prof Dolores Guerrero on the composition and function of HELM and CCAS.
- Dr Muki Moeng on her leadership journey.
- Prof Denise Zinn in conversation with WiL alumni.
- Dr Jason Bantjes on mental health in South African universities.
- Dr Charl Davids on student mental health.
- Dr Randhir Auluck on leading and managing change at universities.
- Dr Bernadette Johnson on coaching.
- Prof Morris Mthombeni on partnerships in higher education.