The 2022 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) Conference for academics at SU is fast approaching. This year's conference theme is 'Re-imagining assessment culture and practices for a transformative student experience'. It will be a hybrid event – the pre-conference workshops will be presented face-to-face at the Devon Valley Protea Hotel just outside Stellenbosch, while the rest of the conference proceedings will happen online on MS Teams. The keynote speaker on the morning of Wednesday the 24^th of October is Professor Paul Ashwin from Lancaster University. His keynote address will focus on “The role of assessment in a transformative university education". 

In addition to the keynote speaker, an exciting keynote panel is lined up for the morning of Tuesday the 25^th of October. The keynote panellists are Professor Lan Yang (University of Hong Kong); Professor Francois Cilliers (University of Cape Town); and Professor Richard Stevens (Stellenbosch University). Last week we showcased Professor Lan Yang. This week it is the turn of Professor Francois Cilliers (picture above).​

Professor Francois Cilliers (MB,ChB, HonsBSc, Med(Sc), MPhil(Higher Education), PhD(Health Professions Education) [Maastricht]) joined the University of Cape Town at the end of 2012 and attained the status of Full Professor in 2018. He served as Director of the Health Sciences Education Development Unit and went on to be a founder member of the Department of Health Sciences Education at UCT. He headed the department from 2017 - 2021. His research interests include the learning effects of assessment; faculty development; and educational research development. Professor Cilliers's keynote address will focus on “Assessment drives learning. What drives assessment?" Click here to read more. 

For more information about the SU SoTL Conference, please visit the SU SoTL Conference website or contact Anthea Jacobs at jacobsa@sun.ac.za