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Professor Mandla Stanley Makhanya was appointed Principal and Vice Chancellor of the University of South Africa on 1st January, 2011 and is a prominent proponent of Higher Education leadership and advocacy. He has served as President of the International Council for Distance Education (ICDE) till 31st December, 2017. Professor Makhanya is also the Treasurer of

Professor Chrissie Boughey is Deputy Vice Chancellor at Rhodes University in South Africa. She was born and educated in Britain and holds a DPhil degree in Linguistics. She worked in the Arabian Gulf for many years before moving to South Africa in the late 198os. Her early research work focused on the relationship between language

Dr. James Edward Groccia is Professor Emeritus of Higher Education at Auburn University in Alabama, USA and Visiting Professor in the Institute of Educational Sciences at the University of Tartu in Estonia. He is a former President of the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education, the world’s largest academic development professional organization. During

Dr Tess Goodliffe specialises in developing and supporting quality cultures in higher education as a consultant and training facilitator.  She previously worked with the Oman Academic Accreditation Authority (OAAA), serving as the Deputy CEO Technical Affairs from 2013 to 2018.  She played a key role in the development and implementation of Oman’s national institutional accreditation

Professor Asha Singh Kanwar, one of the world’s leading advocates of learning for sustainable development, is the President and Chief Executive Officer of the Commonwealth of Learning (COL). Prior to joining COL, Professor Kanwar served briefly at UNESCO\’s Regional Office for Education in Africa where she came after a distinguished career at the Indira Gandhi