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Teaching Fellowships

​​​​​​​​SU Teaching Fellowship

​Teaching fellowships were initiated at Stellenbosch University (SU) in 2009 with the aim of, inter alia, providing an opportunity for selected academics to develop their teaching expertise and stimulating the growth of the scholarship of teaching and learning at the University. The University has awarded 14 fellowships since then. 

The University Capacity Development Grants (UCDG) funded​ another (one) fellowship from January 2021. 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. 

​For more information about the ​SU Teaching fellows, click here​.



Academics who have completed teaching fellowships at SU are:

  • Dr Elize Archer (Centre for Health Professions Education, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences) 
  • Prof. Elmarie Costandius (Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences)
  • Dr Berna Gerber (Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Ian Nell (Department of Practical Theology and Missiology, Faculty of Theology)
  • Prof. Dana Niehaus (Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • Prof. Nicola Plastow (Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)
  • ​​Prof. Geo Quinot (Department of Public Law, Faculty of Law)
  • Dr Helena Wessels, deceased.

The following academics currently hold a teaching fellowship:

  • Dr Marianne McKay (Department of Viticulture & Oenology, Faculty of AgriSciences)
  • Prof. Ingrid Rewitzky (Vice-Dean: Teaching and Learning, Faculty of Science)
  • Dr Michael Schmeisser (Department of Horticultural Sciences, Faculty of AgriSciences)
  • Dr Marianne Unger (Department of Health and Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences)

More information about the Teaching Fellowships is available from Dr Karin Cattell-Holden, kcattell@sun.ac.za or X 3074.

We are very proud of the following teaching fellows from Stellenbosch University:

*Please contact us if the information below is incomplete.

2022​
 Dr Marnel Mouton

Department​: Botany and Zoology
Faculty: Science​

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2021​
 Dr Taryn Bernard

Department​: Extended Degree Programme
Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences​



2021​
 Prof. Debby Blaine

Department​: Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering
Faculty: Engineering​



2021​
 Dr Gretha Steenkamp

Department​: School of Accountancy
Faculty: Economic and Management Sciences​


2021​​
 Prof. Susan van Schalkwyk

Department​: Centre for Health Professions Education
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences​



2020​
 Dr Margaret Blackie

Department​: Chemistry and Polymer Science
Faculty: Science​


2018​
 Dr Michael Schmeisser

Department​: Horticultural Science
Faculty: AgriSciences​


 


2018​
 Dr Marianne Unger

Department​: Physiotherapy
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences


2017​
 Prof Ingrid Rewitsky

Department​: Mathematical Sciences
Faculty: Science


2017​
 Dr Elize Archer

Department​: Centre for Health Professions Education
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences

2016​
 Marianne McKay

Department​: Viticulture and Oenology
Faculty: AgriSciences

2016​
 Dr Helena Wessels

Department​: Curriculum Studies
Faculty: Education

*Dr Wessels passed away in February 2018.

2015​
 Dr Berna Gerber

Department​: Division of Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences

2015​
 Prof Ian Nell

Department​: Practical Theology
Faculty: Theology



2015​
 Dr Nicola Plastow

Department​: Division of Occupational Therapy
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences​

2013​
 Geo Quinot

Department​: Public Law
Faculty: Law​


2011​
 Prof Juanita Bezuidenhout

Department​: Centre for Health Professions Education
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences​


2011​
 Prof Prof Elmarie Costandius

Department​: Visual Arts
Faculty: Arts and Social Sciences​


2011​
 Prof Dana Niehaus

Department​: Psychiatry
Faculty: Medicine and Health Sciences


 

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​SU Teaching Fellowships​

A proposal for the creation of teaching fellowships at Stellenbosch University was accepted at a Senate meeting in 2009. The University has successfully awarded ten fellowships to date. This programme is an excellent opportunity to consolidate and extend expertise with regard to teaching and learning at the faculty or departmental level.

Aims

  • To enhance the stature of teaching and learning at Stellenbosch University
  • To provide an opportunity for selected academics to develop their teaching expertise
  • To stimulate the growth of the scholarship of teaching and learning at the University
  • To provide the opportunity for a systematic, rigorous and reflective approach towards teaching and teaching innovation at the University.

A University fellowship scheme is intended to convey prestige and provide support for selected academics to focus for a stipulated period of time on the practice and scholarship of teaching. The scheme will make provision for a minimum of one award per annum. The fellowship scheme provides the opportunity for excellent teachers and scholars of teaching and learning to spend more consistent periods of time, with various forms of support, to focus on aspects of renewal, exploration and dissemination of good practice within Departments and Faculties.

The individual will remain in his or her Department, but will focus on aspects of teaching and learning that will enhance his or her teaching and contribute to the development of the scholarship of teaching and learning in the department and faculty.  The project is managed by the CTL.


National TAU (Teaching Advancement at Universities) Fellowships 

The TAU (Teaching Advancement at Universities) Fellowships Programme was initiated in 2015 as a collaborative project between several South African universities under the aegis of HELTASA (Higher Education Learning and Teaching Association of Southern Africa) and with the support of the CHE (Council for Higher Education). It is funded by the DHET (Department of Higher Education and Training).

Aims

  • To contribute towards the enhancement of teaching and learning in higher education in South Africa by supporting the development of a cadre of academics across institutions and disciplines as scholars, leaders and mentors in their fields
  • To enhance the status and stature of teaching and further popularise the concept of teaching excellence
  • To contribute towards the definition of what teaching excellence means in varied institutional settings.

The Fellowships are awarded in two-year cycles. Up to three nominees per institution may be put forward. Nominees must have at least a doctorate and be in a senior lecturer position. A national committee selects the candidates.

To read more about the 2021 - 2022 TAU Fellows from SU, click here.


National TAU Fellows from SU*

We are very proud of the following national TAU Fellows from Stellenbosch University:

*Please contact us if the information below is incomplete.

​2016-2017: 

Prof. Elmarie Costandius
Department of Visual Arts
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences

Prof. Ian Couper
Ukwanda Centre for Rural Health
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Prof. Geo Quinot
Department of Public Law
Faculty of Law

 

2018-2019: 

Dr Berna Gerber
Division of Speech-Language and Hearing Therapy
Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences

Prof. Ian Nell
Department of Practical Theology
Faculty of Theology

Dr Helena Wessels
Department of Curriculum Studies
Faculty of Education
 *Dr Wessels passed away in February 2018.​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

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