{"id":4405,"date":"2019-02-19T15:36:15","date_gmt":"2019-02-19T13:36:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/?p=4405"},"modified":"2020-04-18T15:38:20","modified_gmt":"2020-04-18T13:38:20","slug":"dr-audrey-msimanga-appointed-head-of-school-of-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spu.ac.za\/index.php\/dr-audrey-msimanga-appointed-head-of-school-of-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Audrey Msimanga heads Education"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"4405\" class=\"elementor elementor-4405\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-50a8e0bf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"50a8e0bf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-269c73e3\" data-id=\"269c73e3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2b461b32 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2b461b32\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dr Audrey Msimanga has been appointed as the new Head of the SPU<a href=\"http:\/\/localhost\/spu\/index.php\/education-overview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> School of Education<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">She holds a PhD in Science Education from the University of the Witwatersrand as well as an MSc in Zoology; BSc Hons in Biological Science and a BSc in General Botany and Zoology.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Her most recent position was Academic Head, Postgraduate, School of Education at the University of the Witwatersrand.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A prolific researcher, Dr Msimanga has a wealth of international experience as a visiting researcher at the University of Warwick, UK; the University of Georgia, USA; the Royal Museum of Central Africa, Belgium and the National History Museum in Paris, France.<\/p>\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As an active leader in her field, Dr Msimanga has held leadership and community service positions which include:<\/p>\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Member, National Doctoral review committee, CHE, South Africa<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.saarmste.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">SAARMSTE<\/a> executive (Southern African Association for Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education)<\/li>\n<li>Acting Head &#8211; Maths, Environment &amp; Natural Sciences, Solusi University 2004<\/li>\n<li>Acting Regional Director, National Museums &amp; Monuments, Western region 2001.\u00a0\u00a0<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dr Audrey Msimanga has been appointed as the new Head of the SPU School of Education. 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