First group of successful Future Professors celebrated

A gathering of a group of top South African academics at the University of Mpumalanga in March signalled the successful culmination of the first and second stage of the Department of Higher Education and Training’s (DHET) innovative Future Professors Programme (FPP), Phase 1.

The FPP is a collaborative initiative aimed at developing qualities of academic excellence and leadership among a select pool of academic staff from all 26 South African public universities. Funded by the DHET, the FPP operates nationally, administered at Stellenbosch University (Phase 1) and the University of Johannesburg (Phase 2).