Shan Simmonds, is a full professor and the Director for the Centre for Higher Education Professional Development (CHEPD). She is an NRF (National Research Foundation) rated researcher with expertise in curriculum studies, higher education, transformation and social justice. Shan’s intellectual work in Curriculum Studies is further enhanced through her involvement in international and national research networks.
Julia Blitz is a registered Family Physician who has a PhD in Health Professions Education (HPE) from Stellenbosch University. While now retired from full-time work, she continues to work with some South African medical schools (including NWU) as they develop or renew their medical programmes.
She was awarded an Honorary Fellowship of the Royal College of General Practitioners (UK) in recognition of her “major contribution internationally to both undergraduate education and postgraduate training in the context of Family Medicine”.