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SU Teaching Fellowships 2022

​​SU Teaching Fellowships 2022

Teaching fellowships were initiated at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2009 with a twofold aim: to provide an opportunity for outstanding academics to develop their teaching expertise, and to stimulate the growth of the scholarship of teaching and learning at the University. The University has awarded 17 fellowships since then:

  • Dr Elize Archer (Centre for Health Professions Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Dr Taryn Bernard (Extended Degree Programme, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Dr Margaret Blackie (Department of Chemistry and Polymer Science, Faculty of Science)
  • Prof. Debby Blaine (Department of Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, Faculty of Engineering)
  • Prof. Elmarie Costandius (Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Dr Berna Gerber (Division Speech-, Language-, and Hearing Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Dr Marianne McKay (Department of Viticulture & Oenology, Faculty of AgriSciences)
  • Prof. Ian Nell (Department of Practical Theology and Missiology, Faculty of Theology)
  • Prof. Dana Niehaus (relocated) (Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Nicola Plastow (Division of Occupational Therapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Geo Quinot (Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law)
  • Prof. Ingrid Rewitzky (Vice-Dean: Learning and Teaching, Faculty of Science)
  • Dr Michael Schmeisser (Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of AgriSciences)
  • Dr Gretha Steenkamp (School of Accountancy, Faculty of Economic and Management Sciences)
  • Dr Marianne Unger (Division of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Susan van Schalkwyk (Centre for Health Professions Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Dr Helena Wessels (deceased) (Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education).

The University Capacity Development Plan (UCDP) will be funding two more fellowships from January 2022. The fellowships provide excellent teachers and scholars of teaching and learning[1] with the opportunity to spend more consistent periods of time (one to three years), with various forms of support, to focus on aspects of curriculum renewal, the exploration of teaching and learning, and the dissemination of good teaching and learning practice in departments and faculties.

The closing date for applications for the 2022 teaching fellowships is 1 November 2021.

For more information, including the stipulations of the fellowships and the application guidelines, please contact Dr Karin Cattell-Holden, kcattell@sun.ac.za.

[1] “[E]xcellent teachers and scholars of teaching and learning" refer to lecturers who research their teaching practice, drawing on educational literature, and contribute to the body of teaching and learning knowledge through publishing their findings.​​