The North-West University’s (NWU’s) Faculty of Humanities will be hosting an online presentation on leadership legitimacy during radical change on 6 October 2020.

Prof Linda du Plessis, vice-principal and deputy vice-chancellor for planning and Vanderbijlpark Campus operations, will be the keynote speaker.

According to prof Pamela Maseko, executive dean of the Faculty of Humanities, Prof Du Plessis will share the findings of her research from her most recent doctorate. For this international Professional Doctorate of Business Administration (DBA) degree, she conducted a phenomenological study on leadership legitimacy during radical change in higher education.

About the keynote speaker

Prof Du Plessis has been working in higher education for 28 years, of which 18 years have been in management.

She has been involved in a range of projects including serving as member of the national task team that developed the revised funding framework for higher education. She was a project leader of an international research collaboration project focusing on teacher training, funded by the British Council and in partnership with the University of East London.

Prof Du Plessis was originally trained as an IT programmer and systems analyst and has a MScHons degree in information systems.

She also holds a PhD in education. This thesis considered the integration of technology and action learning for the training of information system learners.

She recently became the first South African to successfully complete the DBA degree at the University of Bath in the United Kingdom.

Please click here to register for the event.

Prof Linda du Plessis.