US: GOLDMAN SACHS OFFERS TRAINING FOR 10,000 WOMEN
The Goldman Sachs business group is to plough US$100 million over a five year period to provide for 10,000 women, mainly in developing countries, with a business and management education via partnerships between universities in the United States and Europe and business schools in emerging and developing economies. Initial academic partners include the Columbia, Harvard and Standford business schools in the United States; the American Universities of Afghanistan and Cairo; the Indian School of Business, Hyderbad; the US International University, Kenya; the University of Cape Town Graduate School of Business and the University of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
The HERS-SA Annual General Meeting took place on Monday 26 May 2008.
HERS-SA is a Voluntary Association and, according to its' Constitution, is required to have "Members", that is individuals who monitor that the Association is fulfilling its goals. In attendance were three of the five HERS-SA Management Board Members and seven Members representing higher education institutions.
HERS-SA is pleased to welcome new Management Board Member, Ingrid Fourie, and new Member Firoza Patel from theUniversity of South Africa (UNISA).
The five members of the HERS-SA Management Board were re-elected for a further year.
Members whose term of office runs until the next HERS-SA AGM in May 2009 are as follows:
Fatima Darries
Karen Esler
Colette February
Loveness Kaunda
Charmaine Klein
Firoza Patel
Beatrice Thuynsma
Joanne Uphill
Antoinette van der Merwe
Nan Warner
Denise Zinn
Although in terms of South Africa Law HERS-SA only has a limited number of official Members, it is important to remember that it is the broader participation of ALL the HERS-SA women in its activities that is the strength of HERS-SA.
NATIONAL HIGHER EDUCATION CONFERENCE:
"INSTITUTIONAL CULTURES and HIGHER EDUCATION LEADERSHIP:
WHERE ARE THE WOMEN?"
Thursday 27 and Friday 28 March 2008
Middle Campus, University of Cape Town, South Africa
The conference was a joint initiative of HERS-SA, the Department of Education, The Council on Higher Education (CHE), and Higher Education South Africa (HESA)and attracted 120 delegates including Vice Chancellors and senior executives from across South Africa and other African countries. The Conference was convened to focus on the paucity of women at senior levels in higher education. It resulted in a DECLARATION calling for a significant improvement in the representation of women in senior academiC, administrative and executive leadership positions in all higher education institutions. The Minister of Education, Naledi Pandor, received the Declaration on behalf of the Department of Education. The Declaration was also presented to HESA and CHE.
HERS-SA is pleased to announce that we are participating in an international study provisionally entitled: ‘Gender and senior management in Higher Education: cross cultural perspectives’. The study is led by Dr. Kate White from Monash University, Australia and Prof. Barbara Bagilhole, Loughborough University, United Kingdom and the nine countries included the study (Australia, UK, New Zealand, Ireland, Finland, Sweden, Portugal, Hungary and South Africa) are collectively known as the Women in Higher Education (WHEM) Network.
Following a literature review the study was divided into three phases including:
Phase 1 (completed): Collation of data about the number of women holding senior positions in universities in each of the participating countries
Phase 2 (currently underway): Qualitative interviews with (past and current) Vice-Chancellors, Deputy Vice-Chancellors, Registrars, Executive Directors and Deans about the skills required for effective senior management of universities, particularly teaching, research, management and leadership skills.
Phase 3: Development of a tentative skills benchmark as a tool for assessing future incumbents of these managerial positions (based on the interview outcomes).
The findings will be discussed with interested HE bodies in participating countries, presented at conferences, and included in various publications.
Dr. Sarah Riordan, a HERS-SA Board member, is the researcher responsible for this study in South Africa.
HERS-SA PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES in 2008
The HERS-SA ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND was launched in 2006 through an initiative by Aderonke Akeredolu and Oludolape Amole from Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Nigeria who were delegates at the HERS-SA ACADEMY 2006. In appreciation of the opportunity afforded to them by attending the ACADEMY, their aim was to provide funds for the ACADEMY fee for future delegates who did not have access to the necessary financial support.
Following the launch of the HERS-SA ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND, donations have been received from other HERS-SA ACADEMY 2006 and 2007 delegates and HERS-SA ACADEMY 2006, 2007 & 2008 presenters in their personal capacities.
We are delighted to report that there were sufficient funds to support one delegate’s fee at ACADEMY 2008.
HERS-SA would welcome contributions to the ACADEMY SCHOLARSHIP FUND. Please contact Penny Franz on email: penny@chec.ac.za
CONGRATULATIONS!!
HERS-SA ALUMS OR WORKSHOP PARTICIPANTS:
ASSOC PROFESSOR TANIA BOTHA on her appointment from 1 January 2009 as Manager: Research Capacity Development and Funding Opportunities, at the Health Sciences Faculty, Tygerberg Campus, Stellenbosch University.
DORA ACKERMAN (above) from Central University of Technology, Free State who was awarded the SABINET / LIASA Librarian of the year award for 2008.
PROFESSOR MABEL IMBUGA (above) on her appointment from 1 August 2008 as Vice Chancellor of Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology (JKUAT)
SEHAAM KHAN on her appointment in June 2008 as Associate Professor, Department of Health Sciences, Faculty of Health & Wellness Science, Cape Peninsula University of Technology
SUSAN VAN SCHALKWYK (above) Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Stellenbosch on obtaining a PhDHERS-SA Annual General Meeting takes place.
INGRID FOURIE who joined HERS-SA as a part-time Management Board Member on 1 May 2008.
PROFESSOR PETRA ENGELBRECHT Executive Dean of the Faculty of Education at the Potchefstroom campus of North West University, on being awarded a Senior Research Medal by the Education Association of South Africa (EASA). She was honoured for her exceptional contribution towards research in education, her key role in the establishment of an equiable education system, and her contribution towards colleagues' personal and professional development in the fields of education and psychology.
PHYLLIS WEBB who joined HERS-SA as a part-time Administrator to the HERS-SA Board on 1 February 2008
LESLEY SHACKLETON (above left), HERS-SA Board Member on obtaining a PhD: "Negotiating institutional transformation: a case study of gender-based change in a South African university" in December 2007.
SARAH RIORDAN (above right), HERS-SA Board Member on obtaining a PhD: "Career Psychology factors as antecedents of career success of women academics in South Africa" in December 2007
HILDA VEMBER from the Cape Peninsula University of Technology who not only passed her Masters in Education from the University of the Western Cape in June 2007 but is going to Sri Lanka in November 2007, at the invitation of the Anglican Bishop of Columbo, to do HIV/AIDS training and community capacity building with lay people on the Island of Colombo.
DR TODD Maja on her appointment of Associate Dean of the Faculty of Science at Tshwane University of Technology
ROCKY RALEBIPI-SIMELA on her appointment as Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Academic at the Central University of Technology (CUT) in Bloemfontein, effective October 2007
