30 September 2025

Time

Activities

 Presenter/Lead

07:30 – 08:30

Registration

Welcoming Tea and Coffee

All

Session 1

Facilitator: Prof Itumeleng Setlhodi

08:30 – 09:00

Opening remarks & Introductory video

Prof. Itumeleng Setlhodi

HEQAF2025 Convenor

09:00 – 09:20

Welcoming and Official Opening of HEQAF

Dr Azwindini Tshivhase 

Acting VP: Teaching and Learning, Community Engagement & Student Support, Unisa 

 

09:20 – 09:40

Overview of the forum and unpacking the main forum theme

Prof Lumkile Lalendle

Executive Director: Institutional Quality Assurance, UNISA

09:40 – 10:00 Message of support from CPUT office of the VC Dr Siyanda Makaula
Director: QMD, CPUT
Chairperson: HEQAF Organising Committee
10:00 – 10:20 Quality Assurance in the Age of Innovation: Rethinking Standards for Adaptive Learning Dr Whitfield Green
CEO: Council on Higher Education
10:20 – 10:40 Digital World - Digital Education. MOOCs as Cornerstone for a Digital University

Prof. Dr. Christoph Meinel
President & CEO

German University of Digital Science

Session 2

Facilitator: Dr Siyanda Makhaula
10:40 – 11:00 SUB-THEME PRESENTATION:
Quality as transformation

ST-Rethinking Quality Assurance for Flexibility and Innovation

Q & A
Dr Britta Zawada
Coordinator: Quality Assurance Framework, Council on Higher Education
11:00 – 11:20 SUB-THEME PRESENTATION:
Quality and Ethics of AI-Driven Tools
ST-Technology Enhanced Learning and Digital Transformation
 
Q & A
Ms Lipalesa Makoele
Digital Strategist
11:20 – 11:40 Tea Break

Session 3

Facilitator: Dr. G. Gatsha
11:40 – 12:00 SUB-THEME PRESENTATION: Transformation of leadership, governance, and management of the quality function
ST-Leadership, Policy and Institutional Readiness for Change
Q & A
Dr Sefora Mkuzangwe
Director: Student Admissions and Operations, UNISA
12:00 – 12:20 SUB-THEME PRESENTATION:
Quality: From point zero to situated, adaptive learning environments
ST- Student Engagement, Inclusion and Holistic Support
Q & A
Dr Shahida Jansen
Deputy Director: Academic & Technology Support at the Unisa Parow campus
12:20 – 13:30 Lunch Break
QAF Lunch Hour: IQA Functionality Revisited

Session 4

 Facilitator: Prof Lumkile Lalendle
13:30 – 14:00 Panel Discussion: Prof  Mpine Makwe
Executive Dean College of Education, Unisa
Dr Danasagran Naidoo

Senior Director, DIRAP: Directorate for Institutional Research and Academic Planning, UOFS

Dr Siyanda Makaula
Director: QMD, CPUT

14:00 – 14:15

Tea Break

Session 5

Facilitator: Dr Meiya Nthoesane
14:15 – 15:35 4 Breakaway + 1 M& D Knowledge forum
  [3-4 presentations per session]
Paper presentations
15:35 – 15:50  Closing Remarks and Announcements Prof Corne Van Staden
15:50 – 17:00 Speed dating
17:00 -  till late Cocktail