Name of University: University of Pretoria

Location: Pretoria, South Africa

Time of course: 4 p.m.

Name of Vice-Chancellor and Principal: Professor Cheryl de la Rey

Students: 60,000

University background:

The University of Pretoria is located in the South African capital with over 60,000 students on seven campuses. Nine faculties deliver more than 1,800 academic programs through 140 departments and 85 centers and bureaus. Central administration is located at the Hatfield Campus in Pretoria.

The University of Pretoria is a diverse and dynamic university community comprising students from all parts of South Africa and an increasing number of international students. In 1996, the University of Pretoria became the university with the highest research output in South Africa and has maintained this status. In 2008, the University of Pretoria celebrated its Centenary and remains at the forefront of tertiary education in South Africa through collaboration with world- class partners to ensure continued excellence in learning and teaching

Global Classroom teachers:

Professor Maxi Schoeman, Deputy-Dean: Postgraduate Studies and Ethics

Schoeman holds a doctorate from the University of Wales (Aberystwyth). She joined UP in 2000, and served as professor and head of the Department of Political Sciences. She currently also serves as chair of the Core Social Sciences Cluster in the Faculty of Humanities. She is a member of the University Council and an adjunct professor in the School for Public Policy at George Mason University in the United States. In 2016, Professor Schoeman was appointed as the deputy dean: postgraduate studies and ethics in the Faculty of Humanities (University of Pretoria). She has held research fellowships with Cambridge University (1995-96), the Copenhagen Peace Research Institute (2001), the Dag Hammarskjöld Foundation (2009) and the Nordic Africa Institute (2009). She was awarded the 2014 Claude Ake Visiting Chair at the University of Uppsala. She has presented guest lectures and seminars at, amongst others, the universities of Copenhagen, Aalborg, Konstanz, Indiana and Beijing.

She maintains close research ties with the African Leadership Centre in Nairobi and the Kofi Annan International Peacekeeping Training Centre in Accra. Schoeman is a member of the Advisory Board of the African Peace Network of the Social Sciences Research Council in New York, deputy chairperson of the Institute for Global Dialogue and a trustee of the Institute for Security Studies. She serves on the editorial boards of several local and international journals in the field of international relations.

Roland Henwood

Henwood is a lecturer in the Department of Political Sciences at UP and holds a master’s in Political Science from UP. He teaches South African politics and policy; strategic and security studies; democratization and human rights. He also taught as a guest lecturer in journalism (TUT) and has presented lectures at various universities abroad.

Research is related to the themes of governance, South African politics and policy. He has participated in various research projects and as policy advisor. Publications include journal articles in international and South African academic journals, an edited book, chapters in books and reports. He has presented papers at National and International conferences. Henwood serves on the editorial board of the Strategic Review for Southern Africa.

Henwood also contributes to the policy environment and policy discussions through regular contributions to training and participation in programs of various institutions and organizations. He regularly contributes to domestic and foreign printed and electronic media.