Higher Education Reform Experts South Africa (HERESA) Training Event The HERESA team is excited to finally host our first event of this programme! This event will be bringing together all our members from across the globe to find solutions to the concerns which have emanated from the Appraisal study, conducted in 2021. Kindly see the…
The second session for the HERESA Café focused on how educators and researchers in entrepreneurship and innovation can learn from each other and the role of communities of practice. Last year, HERESA established four Communities of Practice (CoPs) in the following areas: Entrepreneurship of Teaching And Learning, Work-Integrated Learning (WIL), Competency-Based Learning and Curriculum Development…
For almost two years, the world has had to adapt to the varying new normals that the COVID-19 pandemic has presented. For the Higher Education Reform Experts South Africa (HERESA) project, this adaptation has strengthened our commitment to reform and revitalise higher education in South Africa. In the first few months of the COVID-19 pandemic,…
As an organisation that supports inter-regional, South-South-North collaboration in the higher education and research sectors, OBREAL Global is delighted to team up with THENSA and this dynamic consortium to help inspire concrete higher education reforms at multiple levels in South Africa. OBREAL Global is not only supporting the management of the project, but is promoting…
Using examples of peer learning groups/communities of practice, the proposed HERESA Cafe conversation aims to ignite a conversation on the value of establishing such a group and more practically, some tips on how to set up and sustain the group.
Over warm cups of coffee shared over three different continents, members of the HERESA community came together to talk about the Flipped Classroom model for the first HERESA Café. The inaugural HERESA Café got off to an exciting start as members of the HERESA community gathered to discuss the topic, “How Not to Slip in…
The HERESA community is proud to announce the launch of HERESA Café, a series of pop-up conversations with pedagogic experts around themes in teaching. Ahead of the first HERESA Café, which will take place on 5th October from 10:00 to 11:00 (South African time). THENSA interviewed Dr Elina Botha from Tampere University of Applied Sciences…
The first conversation will be organised around the theme of Flipped classrooms with a short introduction to the topic by experts from Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK, Finland). We will discuss questions such as “Is my teaching subject suitable for Flipping?” “Am I ready as a teacher /as an institution to start Flipping?” “Do…
“Can the Higher Education Reform Experts South Africa (HERESA) project be used as a tool to re-conceive South Africa’s higher education sector in the Fourth Industrial Revolution and post-pandemic world?” Read the full article here
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