Dr Albert van Jaarsveld. The Council of the University of KwaZulu-Natal announced the appointment of Dr Albert van Jaarsveld, the current Chief Executive Officer of the National Research Foundation as the new Vice-Chancellor and Principal of the University with effect from
Executive Mayor of Tshwane Mr Kgosientso Ramokgopa addressing the leadership event.UKZN celebrated 10 years of student leadership on the Westville campus. Hosted by the Student Services Division, the event also acknowledged the academic achievements of current student leaders.
Dr Abdul Mirza (centre) receives his Titans Award from panel judges CEO: South African Maritime Safety Authority, Commander Tsietsi Mokhele (left), and the CEO of the Gautrain Management Agency, Mr Jack van der Merwe.Postdoctoral researcher in UKZN’s School of Chemistry and Physics Dr Abdul Mirza was announced as a regional winner in the 2014 Titans – Building Nations Awards prize-giving ceremony at the Gallagher Convention Centre in Johannesburg.
Attendees at the Nanotechnology Workshop.The School of Chemistry and Physics in the College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science recently held a workshop as part of the newly initiated Nanotechnology Platform.
Professor Cheryl Potgieter delivers her welcome address at the SAERA Conference. 
Doc Nhassengo (DUT), Dr Sibusiso Chalufu (UKZN), Dr Saloschini Pillay (UKZN), Professor Crain Soudien (UCT), Dr Llewellyn MacMaster (US) and Laetitia Permall (UWC).
The Reverend Jim Wallis of the United States delivers a public lecture at UKZN.
Professor Smile Dube addressing students.University of California’s Economics and International Finance expert, Professor Smile Dube, delivered a Lecture on globalisation, multinational companies and Foreign Direct Investments (FDI) to postgraduate finance students at UKZN.
Dr Felice Levine at the 2014 SA Education Research Association Conference.Dr Felice Levine of the World Education Research Association (WERA) delivered a keynote address at a plenary session at the 2nd South African Education Research Association (SAERA) Conference in Durban. The Conference is partnered with UKZN’s School of Education.
Students at a College of Humanities Careers Day.Aimed at showcasing careers in the field of the Humanities, the College of Humanities Student Support Services held a Careers Day on both the Howard College and the Pietermaritzburg campuses.
Mr Sibusiso Mbhele, Author of A Real Leader. 
At the second SA Education Research Association Conference are (from left) Professor Elizabeth Henning, Professor Michael Samuel and Professor Andre Keet.If you really want to change a nation and invest in a child’s future, the best and brightest teachers should be right down there in Grade 1, says Professor Elizabeth Henning of the Centre for Education Practice Research at the University of Johannesburg (UJ).
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College staff before participating in the giant inflatable obstacle course.The College of Health Sciences’ (CHS) Communications Workshop provided fun and games for participants but also useful information about the role of effective communication in teamwork and collegiality.
Captain Kanthum Naidoo-du Plessis serenaded by the Durban Tenors.
Ongoti bamalungelo abathengi: uSolwazi Tanya Woker, uAdv Neville Melville noNksz Wendy Knowler.
Mr Ajay Bissessur demonstrates the wonders of Science at the Great UKZN Science Show-Off held in celebration of National Science Week.
Professor Larry Hadley and Professor Andrea Hayes-Jordan after the public lecture. Registrars of Paediatric Surgery and Radiation Oncology were inspired by a public lecture at UKZN delivered by respected paediatric surgeon Professor Andrea Hayes-Jordan of the United States on childhood sarcomas
Dean and Head of School, Professor Albert Modi, with Dr Aryo Feldman of the CFFRC and Dr Tafadzwanashe Mabhaudhi.UKZN’s School of Agricultural, Earth and Environmental Science (SAEES) recently signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC), situated at the University of Nottingham in Malaysia.
Conference presenters (from left) Mr Yapa Mahinda Bandara, University of Tasmania; Ms Larissa van der Lugt, Erasmus University in Rotterdam; Theo Notteboom, University of Antwerp and GSB&L academic Dr Mihalis Chasomeris.Graduate School of Business and Leadership academic Dr Mihalis Chasomeris spoke on: “Port Pricing in South Africa: A Critique of Transnet’s Application of the Revenue Required Methodology”, in his presentation to the International Association of Maritime Economists...
Subsistence Farmer Ms Fakazile Mthethwa with UKZN’s Dr Mvuselelo Ngcoya at a policy workshop.UKZN’s School of Built Environment and Development Studies (BEDS) in partnership with local NGO, Decentralised Environmental Solutions (DES), recently hosted a policy workshop which investigated the role of subsistence agriculture in peri-urban communities as a tool for facilitating ...
Ms Tendai Chibarabada distributes information to high school pupils at UKZN’s College of Agriculture, Engineering and Science stand.
Professor Damtew Teferra.The International Journal of African Higher Education (IJAHE) has published its maiden issue with contributions from academics and Higher Education practitioners in Higher Education Institutions and other organisations in Africa and around the world.
Professor Shiren Motala, and executive member, Professor Volker Wedekind of UKZN’s School of Education.Equity, access and quality in basic education comprised the focus of Professor Shireen Motala’s presidential address at the 2nd South African Education Research Association (SAERA) Conference held in Durban recently.
Business forum panellists: Professor Deresh Ramjugernath, Ms Margaret Hirsch, Professor Matthew Lester and Professor Shahida Cassim.The role of education in cultivating entrepreneurs who have valuable contributions to offer South Africa’s sustainable economic development came under the spotlight at a Business Forum hosted by the Graduate School of Business and Leadership in association with Sanlam.
