SASS Opening ceremony
Increasing student success via Student Affairs professionalisation: SASS 2025 is launched Developed by Universities South Africa’s (USAf) Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) programme and ...
Armed Love: Women Leading Through Complexity and Courage
Reflections from the Women in Leadership (WiL) Class of 2024 Certification Ceremony The Women in Leadership (WiL) Programme is one of the flagship ...
Advancing student affairs to transform higher education in South Africa
What is relevant, effective and impactful Student Affairs, Student Support and Development for holistic student success, and how does it look like across South ...
Collaboration between academic and support staff is key to student success
South Africa’s higher education institutions are unique; they exist within varied financial, socio-economic and historic contexts. However, within this diverse landscape, there needs to ...
WiL alumni gathering in 2025: sustaining the momentum
A significant gathering of the Higher Education Leadership and Management’s (HELM’s) Women in Leadership (WiL) alumni is set for early 2025, and is envisioned ...
Growing a movement: Women in Leadership (WiL)
The final session of the 2024 Women in Leadership (WiL) programme on 1 November 2024 began with a seemingly simple but profoundly symbolic activity: ...
ENGAGE 19 – Higher Education Professionalisation
Higher education professionalisation refers to the systematic efforts to develop and enhance the skills, knowledge, and competencies of all staff in higher education, from ...
Universities South Africa’s second Student Affairs and Student Success cohort begins their leadership programme
Wednesday, 14 August saw the Higher Education Leadership and Management (HELM) programme launching its second intake of the Student Affairs and Student Success (SASS) ...
ENGAGE 18 – Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholars
The Advancing Early Career Researchers and Scholars (AECRS) programme addresses the needs of emerging academic researchers in the South African higher education and research ...
2023 SASS Compendium
Collaborating with relevant stakeholders in the sector and key associations, like the South African Association of Senior Student Affairs Practitioners, HELM has designed a capacity ...